List of snooker player nicknames

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the actual name of a person. As in many sports, in snooker many players have nicknames.

List of nicknames[]

This is a list of common nicknames for notable professional snooker players.

Player Nickname(s) Reference Pankaj Advani The Prince of Pune [1] Mark Allen The Pistol [2][3] Eagle Eyed [4] Sam Baird The Blade [5] Stuart Bingham Ball-run [6][7] Nigel Bond Basildon [8] 00-147 [9][10] The Real Bond [11] Luca Brecel The Belgian Bullet [12] Marcus Campbell The Dumbarton Destroyer [13][14] Ali Carter The Captain [4][15] Eddie Charlton Steady Eddie [16] Chen Zhe Sleepy [17] Jamie Cope The Shotgun [18] Matthew Couch The Couchernator [19] Dominic Dale The Spaceman [20] Ryan Day Dynamite [21] Joe Davis The Sultan of Snooker [22] Mr. Snooker [23] Emperor of Pot Mark Davis The Battler from Hastings [24] Steve Davis The Nugget [25][26] The Ginger Magician [25][26][27] Ginger Mushroom [26] Master Cueman Interesting [26][27] Romford Slim [27] Paul Davison Snowy [28] Ding Junhui The Star of the East [29] Pot Noodle [30][31] Enter the Dragon [32] Chinese Sensation [33][34] Ken Doherty Darlin' of Dublin [35] Crafty Ken [36] Ken-do [37] Scarface [32] The Ranelagh Rascal [38] 'Dogged' Doherty [39] Graeme Dott The Pocket Dynamo [40] The Pocket Rocket [41] Dott the Pot [42] Pot the lot Dott [43] Tony Drago The Tornado [44] The Maltese Falcon [45] The Boss [3] Peter Ebdon The Force [46] Ebbo [47] The Ebdonator [48] Psycho [32] Mr Intensity [49] Patsy Fagan Pin-up boy [50] Igor Figueiredo T-Igor [51] Allison Fisher The Duchess of Doom [52] Neal Foulds Buzby [53] Silvino Francisco The Silver Fish [54] Marco Fu Hong Kong Fuey [32] Full of Eastern Promise [55] Cue-Man-Fu [56] David Gilbert The Angry Farmer [57] David Gray Casper [58] Martin Gould The Pinner Potter [59] Anthony Hamilton Sheriff of Pottingham [60] Swampy [61] The Robin Hood of Snooker [62] Bjorn Haneveer The Iceman [3] Quinten Hann The Wizard of Oz [63] Dave Harold The Stoke Potter [64] Pride of the Potteries [62] Barry Hawkins The Hawk [65] Stephen Hendry The Golden Boy [66] The King of the Crucible [67] The Golden Bairn [68] The Great One [66] The Ice Man [69] The Maestro [66] The Wonder Bairn [70] Andy Hicks The Cream of Devon [71] The Toast of Tavistock [72] Alex Higgins The Hurricane [73] John Higgins Wizard of Wishaw [74][75] The Kid [75] Andrew Higginson Widnes Warrior [76] Michael Holt The Hitman [77] Paul Hunter Beckham of the Baize [78][79] The Man with the Golden Cue [79] Snooker Spice Joe Johnson The Shoe [80] Jamie Jones The Cimla Quiff' [81] Mark King The Romford Battler [82] The Royal King

Player Nickname(s) Reference Rod Lawler Rod the Plod [83] Liang Wenbo The Fearless [84] Wenbo selecta "Should he stay or should he go" Jack Lisowski Jack-Pot [85] Clark McConachy Mac [86] Ian McCulloch The Preston Potter [87] The Pride of Preston [88] Anthony McGill Licensed To Thrill [89] The Tartan Nugget [90] Rory McLeod The Highlander [91] The Dentist [92] Alan McManus Angles [93] Stephen Maguire The Merlin of Milton [4][94] On-fire [32] Livewire [95] Maggi [96] Chris Melling The Magician [97] Tony Meo The Cat [98] Meo, Meo Robert Milkins The Milkman [99] Darren Morgan Welsh Wizard [100] David Morris The Wolf of Walkin Street [101][102] Shaun Murphy The Whiston Warrior [103] The Magician [104] Fergal O'Brien The Baby-faced Assassin [62] Fearless Fergal [105] Martin O'Donnell The MOD [106] Ronnie O'Sullivan The Rocket [107] The Essex Exocet [108] Sean O'Sullivan The Storm [109] Andrew Pagett The Welsh Wizard [110] John Parrott The Entertainer [111] Mr JP Joe Perry The Gentleman [112] The Fen Potter [113] Barry Pinches The Canarian [114] Dechawat Poomjaeng Mr Poombastic [115] Mick Price The Postman [116] John Rea King of the Baize [117] Ray Reardon Dracula [32] Jimmy Robertson Robbo [118] Neil Robertson The Melbourne Machine [4][119][120] Thunder from Down Under [121] Alain Robidoux Scoobie [122] Mark Selby The Jester From Leicester [123] Mark the Shark [124] Kirk Stevens Starship Trooper [125] Captain White Magic The Man in the White Suit [126] Matthew Stevens The Welsh Dragon [127] Shakin' Stevens [128][129] Joe Swail The Outlaw [130] Allan Taylor Albino Assassin [131] David Taylor The Silver Fox [54] Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Thai-Namite [132] Cliff Thorburn The Grinder [133][134] Rhett Butler of the green baize [134][135] Champagne Cliff [134] Willie Thorne Mr. Maximum [136][137] The Great 'W.T.' [137][138] The 'Homer Simpson' of snooker [139] Judd Trump Haircut 100 [140][141] The Ace (in the Pack) [142][4] Danny the Boy [141] Judd Triumph The Juddernaut [143] Hossein Vafaei The Persian Prince [144] John Virgo Mr. Perfection [145] Ricky Walden Stamina Man [146] James Wattana The Thai-Phoon [3][147] The Thai Tornado [3][148] Tong Sit Choi [3] Bill Werbeniuk Big Bill [149] Jimmy White The Whirlwind [150] Michael White Lightning [151] Mark Williams The Welsh Potting Machine [152] Sprog [153] The Welsh Wonder [154] Cliff Wilson The Whirlwind [155] Kyren Wilson The Warrior [156] Nutcharut Wongharuthai Mink [157] Jon Wright Giro [158] Xiao Guodong X-Factor [159] Yan Bingtao The Tiger [160] Zhang Anda Mighty Mouse [161]

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