List of Nicknames
This is a list of common nicknames for notable professional snooker players.
| Player |
Nickname |
Reference |
| Mark Allen |
The Pistol |
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| All-in |
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| Eagle Eye |
| Stuart Bingham |
Ball-Run |
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| Nigel Bond |
Basildon |
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| 00-147 |
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| The real Bond |
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| Luca Brecel |
The Belgian Bullet |
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| Marcus Campbell |
The Dumbarton Destroyer |
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| Ali Carter |
The Captain |
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| Eddie Charlton |
Steady Eddie |
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| Chen Zhe |
Sleepy |
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| Jamie Cope |
The Shotgun |
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| Matthew Couch |
The Couchernator |
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| Dominic Dale |
The Spaceman |
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| Ryan Day |
Dynamite |
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| Joe Davis |
The Sultan of Snooker |
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| Mr. Snooker |
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| Emperor of Pot |
| Steve Davis |
The Nugget |
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| The Ginger Magician |
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| Ginger Mushroom |
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| Master Cueman |
| Interesting |
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| Romford Slim |
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| Paul Davison |
Snowy |
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| Ding Junhui |
The Star of the East |
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| Pot Noodle |
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| Enter the Dragon |
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| Chinese Sensation |
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| Ken Doherty |
Darlin' of Dublin |
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| Crafty Ken |
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| Ken-do |
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| Scarface |
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| The Ranelagh Rascal |
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| 'Dogged' Doherty |
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| Graeme Dott |
The Pocket Dynamo |
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| The Pocket Rocket |
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| Dott the Pot |
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| Pot the lot Dott |
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| Tony Drago |
The Tornado |
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| The Maltese Falcon |
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| The Boss |
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| Peter Ebdon |
The Force |
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| Ebbo |
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| The Ebdonator |
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| Psycho |
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| Patsy Fagan |
Pin-up boy |
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| Igor Figueiredo |
T-Igor |
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| Allison Fisher |
The Duchess of Doom |
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| Neal Foulds |
Buzby |
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| Silvino Francisco |
The Silver Fish |
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| Marco Fu |
Hong Kong Fuey |
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| Full of Eastern Promise |
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| Cue-Man-Fu |
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| David Gray |
Casper |
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| Martin Gould |
The Pinner Potter |
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| Anthony Hamilton |
Sheriff of Pottingham |
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| Swampy |
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| The Robin Hood of Snooker |
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| Bjorn Haneveer |
The Iceman |
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| Quinten Hann |
The Wizard of Oz |
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| Dave Harold |
The Stoke Potter |
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| Pride of the Potteries |
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| Barry Hawkins |
The Hawk |
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| Stephen Hendry |
The Golden Boy |
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| The King of the Crucible |
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| The Golden Bairn |
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| The Great One |
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| The Ice Man |
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| The Maestro |
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| The Wonder Bairn |
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| Andy Hicks |
The Cream of Devon |
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| The Toast of Tavistock |
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| Alex Higgins |
The Hurricane |
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| John Higgins |
Wizard of Wishaw |
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| The Kid |
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| Andrew Higginson |
Widnes Warrior |
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| Player |
Nickname |
Reference |
| Michael Holt |
The Hitman |
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| Paul Hunter |
Beckham of the Baize |
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| The Man with the Golden Cue |
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| Snooker Spice |
| Mark King |
The Romford Battler |
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| The Royal King |
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| Rod Lawler |
Rod the Plod |
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| Liang Wenbo |
The Fearless |
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| Wenbo selecta |
| "Should he stay or should he go" |
| Clark McConachy |
Mac |
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| Rory McLeod |
The Highlander |
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| Alan McManus |
Angles |
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| Ian McCulloch |
The Preston Potter |
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| The Pride of Preston |
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| Stephen Maguire |
The Merlin of Milton |
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| On-fire |
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| Livewire |
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| Maggi |
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| Tony Meo |
The Cat |
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| Meo, Meo |
| Darren Morgan |
Welsh Wizard |
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| Shaun Murphy |
The Whiston Warrior |
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| The Magician |
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| Fergal O'Brien |
The Baby-faced Assassin |
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| Fearless Fergal |
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| Marin O'Donnell |
The MOD |
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan |
The Rocket |
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| The Essex Exocet |
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| Andrew Pagett |
The Welsh Wizard |
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| John Parrott |
The Entertainer |
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| Mr JP |
| Joe Perry |
The Gentleman |
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| The Fen Potter |
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| Barry Pinches |
The Canarian |
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| Mick Price |
The Postman |
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| John Rea |
King of the Baize |
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| Ray Reardon |
Dracula |
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| Jimmy Robertson |
Robbo |
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| Neil Robertson |
The Melbourne Machine |
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| Thunder from Down Under |
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| Alain Robidoux |
Scoobie |
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| Mark Selby |
The Jester From Leicester |
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| Mark the Shark |
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| Kirk Stevens |
Starship Trooper |
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| Captain |
| White Magic |
| The Man in the White Suit |
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| Matthew Stevens |
The Welsh Dragon |
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| Shakin' Stevens |
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| Joe Swail |
The Outlaw |
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| David Taylor |
The Silver Fox |
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| Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon |
Thai-Namite |
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| Cliff Thorburn |
The Grinder |
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| Rhett Butler of the green baize |
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| Champagne Cliff |
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| Willie Thorne |
Mr. Maximum |
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| The Great 'W.T.' |
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| The 'Homer Simpson' of snooker |
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| Judd Trump |
Haircut 100 |
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| Danny the Boy |
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| The Ace |
| Judd Triumph |
| Stud Trump |
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| The Juddernaut |
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| John Virgo |
Mr. Perfection |
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| Ricky Walden |
Stamina Man |
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| James Wattana |
The Thai-Phoon |
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| The Thai Tornado |
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| Tong Sit Choi |
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| Bill Werbeniuk |
Big Bill |
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| Jimmy White |
The Whirlwind |
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| Mark Williams |
The Welsh Potting Machine |
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| Sprog |
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| The Welsh Wonder |
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| Cliff Wilson |
The Whirlwind |
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| Zhang Anda |
Mighty Mouse |
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