List of sportspeople by nickname

This is a list of sportspeople by nickname.

Aviation sport

• "Mungo" = Mike Mangold, ^[1]
• "The Quick Corsican" = Nicolas Ivanoff, ^[2]
• "Witt" = Steve Wittman, ^[3]

Baseball

Basketball

• "Ack-Ack" = Tom Heinsohn, American forward-center^[4]
• "Action Jackson" = Mark Jackson, American point guard^[5]
• "The Admiral" = David Robinson, American center^[6]
• "A.I." = Allen Iverson, American shooting guard^[7]
• "Air Jordan" = Michael Jordan, American point guard
• "The Answer" = Allen Iverson, American shooting guard^[7]
• "The A-Train" = Artis Gilmore, American center^[8]
• "Big Aristotle" = Shaquille O'Neal, American center^[9]
• "Big Ben" = Ben Wallace, American center-forward^[10]
• "Big Country" = Bryant Reeves, American center^[11]
• "The Big Dipper" = Wilt Chamberlain, American center^[12]
• "Big Dog" = Glenn Robinson, American power forward^[13]
• "The Big E" = Elvin Hayes, American power forward^[14]
• "Big Nasty" = Corliss Williamson, American power forward^[15]
• "Big O" = Oscar Robertson, American point guard (and precursor to the modern point forward)^[16]
• "Big Red" = Dave Cowens, American center^[17]
• "The Big Ticket" = Kevin Garnett, United States power forward^[18]
• "Bimbo" = Vernell Coles, United States basketball player^[19]
• "Bird" = George Yardley, United States basketball player^[20]
• "Black Mamba" = Kobe Bryant, United States shooting guard
• "Blue" = Theo Edwards, United States shooting guard^[21]
• "Bo" = Charles Outlaw, United States power forward^[22]
• "Buck" = Charles Williams, United States power forward^[23]
• "Buddha" = James Edwards, United States center^[24]
• "Buddy" = Harry Jeannette, United States basketball player^[25]
• "Butterbean" = Bob Love, United States power forward^[26]
• "Cadillac" = Greg Anderson, United States basketball player^[27]
• "Cat" = Cuttino Mobley, United States basketball player^[28]
• "Chief" = Robert Parish, American center^[29]
• "Chocolate Thunder" = Darryl Dawkins, American center^[30]
• "The Chuckster" = Charles Barkley, American power forward^[31]
• "Clyde" = Walt Frazier, United States point guard^[32]
• "Clyde The Glide" = Clyde Drexler, United States shooting guard^[33]
• "Cornbread" = Cedric Maxwell, United States basketball power forward^[34]
• "DJ" = Dennis Johnson, American combo guard^[35]
• "D Square" = Dale Davis, United States center^[36]
• "Dee" = DeCovan Kadell Brown, United States basketball player^[37]
• "Diesel" = Shaquille O'Neal, American center^[9]
• "Doc" = Glenn Rivers, American point guard^[38]
• "Dr. Dunkenstein" = Darrell Griffith, American shooting guard^[39]
• "Dr. J" = Julius Erving, American small forward^[40]
• "Dr. Rounds" = Dan Roundfield, United States power forward^[41]
• "Dollar Bill" = Bill Bradley, American small forward^[42]
• "Doug E. Fresh" = Gerald Wilkins, United States shooting guard^[43]
• "The Dream" = Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American center^[44]
• "Dugie" = Slater Martin, United States basketball player^[45]
• "Earl The Pearl" = Earl Monroe, United States shooting guard^[46]
• "The enormous Mormon" = Shawn Bradley, United States center^[47]
• "Fast Eddie" = Edward Johnson, Jr., United States basketball player^[48]
• "Fat" = Lafayette Lever, United States point guard^[49]
• "The Glove" = Gary Payton, American point guard^[50]
• "The Goat" = Earl Manigault, United States basketball player^[51]
• "Googs" = Tom Gugliotta, United States power forward^[52]
• "Grandma-ma" = Larry Johnson, United States power forward^[53]
• "Greyhound" = Walter Davis, United States shooting guard^[54]
• "Hap" or "Happy" = Harold Hairston, United States basketball player^[55]
• "The Hawk" = Connie Hawkins, United States power forward^[56]
• "The High Ayatolla of Slamola" = Larry Nance, United States power forward^[57]
• "His Heinous" = Bill Laimbeer, United States center^[58]
• "Hondo" = John Havlicek, American small forward^[59]
• "Horse" = Dan Issel, American forward-center^[60]
• "Hot Rod" =
  • Rodney Hundley, American swingman^[61]
  • John Williams, American power forward^[62]
• "The Houdini of the Hardwood" = Bob Cousy, American point guard^[63]
• "The Hoya Destroya" = Patrick Ewing, Jamaica-born American center^[64]
• "The Human Highlight Reel" = Dominique Wilkins, American combo forward^[65]
• "Iceman" = George Gervin, American shooting guard^[66]
• "Jellybean" = Joe Bryant, United States power forward and WNBA coach^[67]
• "Junior" = Ulysses Bridgeman, American small forward^[68]
• "The Junk Yard Dog" = Jerome Williams, United States power forward^[69]
• "Kangaroo Kid" = Billy Cunningham, United States basketball player^[70]
• "Li'l Abner" = Cliff Hagan, American forward-center^[71]
• "Mad Max" = Vernon Maxwell, United States shooting guard^[72]
• "Magic" = Earvin Johnson, American point guard^[73]
• "The Mailman" = Karl Malone, United States power forward^[74]
• "Mão Santa" (Portuguese for "Holy Hand") = Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian small forward^[75]
• "Microwave" = Vinnie Johnson, American shooting guard^[76]
• "Mighty Mouse" = Damon Stoudamire, American point guard^[77]
• "Mr. Big Shot" = Chauncey Billups, American guard
• "Mr. Bill" = Bill Cartwright, American center^[78]
• "Mr. Clutch" = Jerry West, United States shooting guard^[79]
• "Mr. Everything" = Craig Ehlo, American small forward^[80]
• "Mr. Mean" = Larry Smith, United States basketball player^[81]
• "Mr. Moves" = Michael Russell, United States basketball player^[82]
• "Moochie" = Martyn Norris, United States point guard^[83]
• "Mookie" = Daron Blaylock, United States point guard^[84]
• "Muggsy" = Tyrone Bogues, American point guard^[85]
• "Nate The Great" = Nate Thurmond, United States center^[86]
• "Never Nervous" = Pervis Ellison, United States center^[87]
• "Nick The Quick" = Nick Van Exel, American point guard^[88]
• "The Owl Without a Vowel" = Bill Mlkvy, United States basketball player^[89]
• "Peja" = Predrag Stojaković, Serbian small forward^[90]
• "Penny" = Anfernee Hardaway, United States basketball player^[91]
• "Pistol Pete" = Pete Maravich, United States shooting guard^[92]
• "Pitchin' Paul" = Paul Arizin, United States basketball player^[93]
• "Pooh" = Jerome Richardson, United States basketball player^[94]
• "Popeye" = Ronald Jones, United States power forward^[95]
• "The Reign Man" = Shawn Kemp, United States power forward^[96]
• "Red" = Johnny Kerr, United States basketball player^[97]
• "Red" = Ephraim J. Rocha, United States basketball player^[98]
• "Rifleman" = Chuck Person, American small forward^[99]
• "Rip" = Richard Hamilton, United States shooting guard^[100]
• "Rooney" = Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian shooting guard^[101]
• "Shaq" = Shaquille O'Neal, United States center^[9]
• "Sheed" = Rasheed Wallace, United States power forward^[102]
• "Silk" = Jamaal Wilkes, American small forward^[103]
• "Sir Charles" = Charles Barkley, United States power forward^[31]
• "Sleepy" = Eric Floyd, United States shooting guard^[104]
• "Smush" = William Parker, United States basketball player^[105]
• "Speedy" = Craig Claxton, United States point guard^[106]
• "Spider" =
  • John Salley, United States power forward^[107]
  • Jerry Sloan, United States shooting guard^[108]
• "Spud" = Anthony Webb, American point guard^[109]
• "The Squid" = Sidney Moncrief, American shooting guard^[110]
• "Starbury" = Stephon Marbury, United States basketball player^[111]
• "Stormin' Norman" = Norm Van Lier, American point guard^[112]
• "Stumpy" = Gail Goodrich, United States basketball player^[113]
• "Sweetwater" = Nathaniel Clifton, United States basketball player^[114]
• "T-Mac" = Tracy McGrady, American swingman^[115]
• "Thunder Dan" = Dan Majerle, United States shooting guard^[116]
• "Tiny" = Nate Archibald, American point guard^[117]
• "Tractor" = Robert Traylor, United States power forward^[118]
• "Tree" = Wayne Rollins, United States center^[119]
• "The Truth" = Paul Pierce, United States basketball player^[120]
• "U.D." = Udonis Haslem, American power forward^[121]
• "The Waiter" = Toni Kukoč, Croatian small forward^[122]
• "Wilt the Stilt" = Wilt Chamberlain, United States center^[12]
• "The Wizard(s)" =
  • Gus Williams, United States basketball player^[123]
  • Walt Williams, United States basketball player^[124]
• "The Worm" = Dennis Rodman, United States power forward^[125]
• "The X-Man" = Xavier McDaniel, American power forward^[126]
• "Zeke" = Isiah Thomas, United States point guard^[127]
• "Zeke from Cabin Creek" = Jerry West, United States shooting guard^[79]

Biathlon

• "The Cannibal" = Ole Einar Bjørndalen ^[128]
• "The Flying Frenchman" = Raphaël Poirée ^[129]
• "The King of Biathlon" = Ole Einar Bjørndalen ^[130]
• "Lucky Luke" = Simon Eder ^[131]
• "Rotkäppchen" (German: "Little Red Riding Hood") = Kati Wilhelm ^[132]
• "Super-Svendsen" = Emil Hegle Svendsen ^[133][134]
• "Turbo-Disl" = Uschi Disl ^[135]
• "Willi the Kid" = Wilfried Pallhuber ^[136]

Boxing

• "Big Bad John" = John McDermott ^[137]
• "Fraudley" = Audley Harrison ^[138][139] (intended to be an insult by Frank Warren)
• "Old Chocolate" = George Godfrey

Bullfighting

• "José Falcón" = José Carlos Frita Falcao ^[140]
• "El Niño del Sol Naciente" = Atsuhiro Shimoyama ^[141]

Cricket

• "Fab Four" = Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and V. V. S. Laxman;  India^[142]

• "The Wall" = Rahul Dravid,

• "The Cat" = Phil Tufnell,  England

• "Creepy" = John Crawley,  England

• "Wireless" = Joe Root,  England

• "Chef" = Alistair Cook,  England

• "Beefy" = Ian Botham,  England

• "Banger" = Marcus Trescothick,  England

• "Pup" = Michael Clarke,  Australia
• "Smudge" = Steve Smith,  Australia
• "Baz" = Brendon McCullum,  New Zealand
• "The Big Show" = Glenn Maxwell,  Australia
• "White Lightning" = Allan Donald,  South Africa
• "Steyn Gun" = Dale Steyn,  South Africa
• "Alfie" = Justin Langer,  Australia
• "Haydos" = Matthew Hayden,  Australia

Cycling

• "The Animal" = Ellen van Dijk, road racing and track cycling rider^[143]
• "Afro-Bob" = Robert de Wilde, BMX racing rider^[144]
• "Amtrak" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[145]
• "Big Chuck" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[146]
• "Black Magic" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[147] (which he had stenciled on the back of his racing pants in 1985)
• "Breakaway killer" = Ji Cheng, road cyclist^[148]
• "Bubba" = Burlin Harris III, BMX racing rider^[149][150]
• "Chasemainian Devil" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[151]
• "Choo-Choo Charlie" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[145]
• "Crazy Eric" = Eric Steele, freestyle BMX rider^[152]
• "Dirt" = Brian Foster, BMX racing rider^[153]
• "The Earthquake" = Eric Carter, BMX and downhill racing rider^[154]
• "Farmer John" = John Tomac, BMX, Cross-country and road racing rider^[155]
• "The Fleein' Korean" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[146]
• "The Flying Dutchman" = Robert de Wilde, BMX racing rider^[156]
• "The Golden Child" = Eric Carter, BMX and downhill racing rider^[157][158]
• "The Green Hornet" = David Zabriskie, road racing rider^[159]
• "His Royal Hoyness" = Chris Hoy, track racing rider^[160]
• "Hoycules" = Chris Hoy, track racing rider^[160]
• "Jack" = John Prince, cyclist (and board track racing pioneer)^[161]
• "Jake the Snake" = Jacob Heilbron, Cyclo-cross rider^[162][163]
• "Johnny T" = John Tomac, BMX, Cross-country and road racing rider^[155]
• "King of Skateparks" = Eddie Fiola, freestyle BMX rider^[164]
• "Leopard Head" = Sam Pilgrim, Freerider^[165]
• "Mellow Johnny" = Lance Armstrong, road racing rider (from Maillot Jaune, French for Yellow jersey)^[166]
• "No Way Rey" = Hans Rey, bike trials rider^[167]
• "The Real McHoy" = Chris Hoy, track racing^[168]
• "Scrawny" = Donald Robinson, BMX racing^[169]
• "Sheffield Steel" = Steve Peat, downhill racing rider^[170]
• "The Snake" = Mike King, BMX racing^[171]
• "Speeding Locomotive Charlie" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing^[145]
• "Steam Engine Charlie" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing^[145]
• "Stumpdog" = Randy Stumpfhauser, BMX racing^[172]
• "Stumpy" = Randy Stumpfhauser, BMX racing^[173]
• "T.I." = Takashi Ito, freestyle BMX^[174]
• "Tomac Attack" = John Tomac, BMX racing, Cross-country and road racing^[155]
• "The Tome" = John Tomac, BMX, Cross-country and road racing rider^[155]
• "Torchy" = William Peden, racing cyclist^[175]

Football

Association football

• "El Ángel Gabriel" (Spanish for "The Angel Gabriel") = Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine striker
• "The Architect" = Andrea Pirlo Italian midfielder
• "Aussie Guus" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager^[176]
• "O Baixinho" (Portuguese for "The Shorty") = Romário, Brazilian striker
• "The Bald Eagle"
  • Attilio Lombardo, Italian football player and manager^[177]
  • Jim Smith, English football player, manager and director^[178]
• "Baz" = Barry Cogan, Irish footballer^[179][180]
• "Berba" = Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian striker^[181]
• "The Beast" = Mamadou Sakho, French defender^[182]
• "Bes" (Russian for "Demon") = Vladimir Beschastnykh, Russian striker^[183]
• "Big Ben" = Christian Benteke, Belgian striker
• "The Big Man", "Cesar", "King Billy" = Billy McNeill, Scottish defender
• "Big Phil" = Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian manager^[184]
• "The Black Panther", "The Black Pearl" = Eusébio, Portuguese striker
• "The Black Spider", "The Black Panther" = Lev Yashin, Russian goalkeeper
• "Bob" = Aleksandr Sheshukov, Russian midfielder^[185][186]
• "The Body" = Robert Lewandowski, Polish striker
• "Der Bomber" = Gerd Müller, German striker
• "Brian" = Stuart Lewis, English footballer^[180]
• "El Cañón de Galés (Spanish for "The Cannon of Wales") = Gareth Bale, Welsh midfielder
• "Chicharito" (Spanish for "The Little Pea") = Javier Hernández, Mexican forward
• "The Commander". "CR7" = Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese striker
• "Dhagandey" (Maldivian for "Man of Steel") = Ali Ashfaq, Maldivian striker
• "Enceradeira" (Portuguese for "floor polisher") = Zinho, Brazilian midfielder (nickname given as a mockery, regarding his playing style where he constantly went around in circles)^[187]
• "Il Fenomeno" (Italian for "The Phenomenon") = Ronaldo, Brazilian striker
• "Fideo" (Spanish for "Noodle") = Ángel Di María, Argentine midfielder
• "The Flying Dutchman" = Robin van Persie, Dutch striker
• "The Galloping Major" = Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian striker^[188]
• "Galinho de Quintino" (Portuguese for "Little Rooster from Quintino") = Zico, Brazilian striker^[189]
• "Gazza" = Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
• "Genghis Kahn", "Der Titan" (German for "The Titan"), "Vol-Kahn-o" = Oliver Kahn, German goalkeeper
• "Giero" = Rob Gier, English footballer^[190]
• "Gre-No-Li" = the Swedish forward trio Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm playing for AC Milan
• "Golden Guus" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager^[176][191]
• "Guly" = Andrés Guglielminpietro, Argentine midfielder^[192]
• "Guus Geluk" (literally 'Lucky Guus', Dutch for Disney's Gladstone Gander) = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager^[176][193]
• "Henke", "The King of Kings" = Henrik Larsson, Swedish striker
• "The Holy Goalie" = Artur Boruc, Polish goalkeeper (due to his custom of blessing himself before games)
• "Ibra", "Ibracadabra" = Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish striker
• "L'Imperatore" (Italian for "The Emperor") = Adriano, Brazilian striker^[194]
• "The Incredible Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French striker^[195]
• "Ironhead" = Tam Kong-pak, Hong Kong defender^[196][197]
• "Jinky", "The Wee Man", "The Lord of the Wing" = Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish winger
• "Justo" = Just Fontaine, French striker
• "Der Kaiser" (German for "The Emperor") = Franz Beckenbauer, German sweeper and manager
• "Keano" = Roy Keane, Irish midfielder
• "Khomyak" (Russian for "Hamster") = Vladimir Beschastnykh, Russian midfielder/striker^[198]
• "King Kenny" = Kenny Dalglish, Scottish striker and manager
• "The Little General" = Dick Advocaat, Dutch manager^[199]
• "Los" (Russian for "Moose") = Dmitri Loskov, Russian midfielder^[200]
• "O Mágico" (Portuguese for "The Magic"), "The Little Magician" = Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian midfielder
• "El Mago de Osijek" (Spanish for "The Wizard of Osijek"), "Šukerman" = Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
• "Mary Poppins" = Alan Shearer, English striker^[201] (given as an insult by two Newcastle United executives during a candid interview with a journalist)
• "Der Mann aus Glas" (German for "The Man of Glass") = Arjen Robben, Dutch midfielder, in reference to his susceptibility to injury
• "Miracle Worker" = Bora Milutinović, Serbian football soccer trainer^[202] (for his achievent of taking four different modest teams beyond the first round in four different World Cup finals)
• "Nacho" = Ignacio González, Uruguayan footballer^[203]
• "Nacka", "The waving corn cob" = Lennart Skoglund, Swedish striker
• "The Non-Flying Dutchman" = Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch striker (due to his fear of flying)^[204]
• "Nura" = Georgi Nurov, Russian striker^[205]
• "Il Faraone" (Italian for "The Pharaoh") = Stephan El Shaarawy, Italian striker (in reference to his Egyptian father)
• "El Pistolero" (Spanish for "The Gunfighter"^[206]) = Luis Suárez, Uruguayan striker
• "El Pibe de Oro" = (The Golden Kid) Diego Maradona, Argentinian striker^[207]
• "El Pibe" = (The Kid) Carlos Alberto Valderrama, Colombian midfielder
• "Poldi" = Lukas Podolski, German midfielder/striker^[208]
• "The Black Pearl" (Pérola Negra), "The King of Football" (O Rei do Futebol), "The King" (O Rei) = Pelé, Brazilian striker^[209]
• "Il Professore" = Gunnar Gren, Swedish striker when playing for AC Milan
• "La Pulga" (Spanish. "The Flea"^[210]) = Lionel Messi, Argentine forward
• "Royce The Voice" = Simon Royce, English goalkeeper^[211]
• "Roycey" = Simon Royce, English goalkeeper^[212]
• "The Ruud Devil", "Van the Man", "Van Gol" = Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch striker
• "La Saeta Rubia" (Spanish for "The Blonde Arrow") = Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine striker
• "S.A.S." =
  • Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham, when they played up front for England together^[213]
  • Luis Suárez and Daniel Sturridge, when they player up front for Liverpool
• "Schnapper" = Manuel Neuer, German goalkeeper
• "El Scorpion" = René Higuita, Colombian goalkeeper (named after his infamous goal save against England during a friendly match)^[214]
• "Sikkimese Sniper" = Baichung Bhutia, Indian football striker^[215][216]
• "The Škrtelator", "The Terminator" = Martin Škrtel, Slovakian defender
• "The Special One" = José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager^[217] (given to him by the media for his infamous press conference comment)
• "São Marcos" (literally St. Mark) = Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Brazilian goalkeeper^[218]
• "Le Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French striker^[195]
• "Super Mario"
  • Mario Balotelli, Italian striker
  • Mario Basler, German midfielder
• "The Three Degrees" = Laurie Cunningham, Brendon Batson and Cyrille Regis (a name given to them in the late 1970s by then-manager of West Bromwich Albion, Ron Atkinson when they played under him. Atkinson named them after the African American female soul group of the same name in reference to their Black heritage)
• "The Tinkerer" = Claudio Ranieri, Italian football manager (given by the British press during his time at Chelsea)^[219]
• "Tisha" = Andrey Tikhonov, Russian midfielder^[220]
• "Tit" = Yegor Titov, Russian midfielder^[221]
• "Trigger" = Nicky Southall, English footballer^[222]
• "Tsar Hiddink" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager^[176]
• "Tulip" = Danny Cullip, English footballer^[223]
• "Vento dell'Est" (Italian for "Eastern Wind") = Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian striker
• "Wazza", "Shrek" = Wayne Rooney, English striker
• "The Welsh Wizard" = Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
• "Zizou" = Zinedine Zidane, French midfielder

American football

• "Breesus" = Drew Brees^[224]
• "The Cowboy" = Justin Smith^[225]
• "Dirty Dozen" = 1975 Dallas Cowboys team
• "Gunslinger" = Brett Favre^[226]
• "The Hogs" = 1980s/1990s Washington Redskins offensive line
• "Megatron" = Calvin Johnson^[227]
• "Shady" = LeSean McCoy^[228][229]

Australian rules football

All players are Australians unless otherwise indicated.

Canadian football

All players are Canadian unless indicated otherwise.

• "Indian Jack" = Jack Jacobs, American quarterback and punter of Creek heritage^[230]
• "The Little Assassin" = Ron Lancaster, American quarterback, coach, and executive^[231]
• "The Little General" = Ron Lancaster, American quarterback, coach, and executive^[231]

Golf

• "Magnificent Seven" =^[232]
  • Nancy Lopez
  • Pat Bradley
  • Amy Alcott
  • Patty Sheehan
  • Betsy King
  • Beth Daniel
  • Juli Inkster
• "Mrs. Doubtfire" = Colin Montgomerie ^[233]
• "Prince Bashful" (ハニカミ王子 Hanikami Ōji) = Ryo Ishikawa ^[234]
• "The Small Unit" = Chez Reavie ^[235]

Gymnastics

• "Nastia" = Anastasia Liukin (Russian diminutive)^[236]

Horse racing

Jockeys/Trainers

• "Bo-rail" = Calvin Borel flat (from his penchant for steering his mounts close to the rail)^[237][238]
• "C-Team" = Felix Coetzee flat and Tony Cruz, trainer and former jockey (with Cheng Keung-fai, owner)^[239]
• "The Long Fellow" = Lester Piggott flat^[240][241]

Ice hockey

• "(The) Rocket" = Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player^[242]
• "747" = Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Ace" = Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player^[243]
• "AK-27" = Alexei Kovalev, Russian winger^[244]
• "Alexander the Great" =
  • Alexander Mogilny, Russian winger^[245]
  • Alexander Ovechkin, Russian winger^[246]
• "The A-Train" = Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player^[247]
• "Big Bird" = Larry Robinson, Canadian defenceman^[248]
• "Kovy" =
  • Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian winger^[249]
  • Alexei Kovalev, Russian winger^[250]
• "Sammy" = Sergei Samsonov, Russian winger^[251]

Martial arts

Judo

• "Rusty" = Rena Kanokogi ^[252]

Karate

• "Master Ishii" = Kazuyoshi Ishii ^[253]

Mixed martial arts

• "The Bear" = Mark Smith ^[254]

Motor sport

Rugby

Union

• "Billy Whizz" = Jason Robinson, fullback and wing ^[255]
• "Robbo" = Jason Robinson, fullback and wing ^[255]

• "The Fun Bus" = Jason Leonard, Prop

• "Shaggy" = Will Greenwood, Centre

• "Pitbull" = Brian Moore, Hooker

• "Pine Tree" = Colin Meads, Lock

• "The Judge" = Paul Rendall, Prop

• "Squeaky" = Rob Andrew, Fly Half

• "Alfie" = Gareth Thomas, Centre/Wing

• "The Iron Duke" = Bobby Windsor, Hooker

• "Uncle Fester" = Keith Wood, Hooker

• "Judith" = Craig Chalmers, Fly Half

• "The Great White Shark" or "JJ" = John Jeffrey, Flanker

League

• "Chariots Offiah" = Martin Offiah, British international Wing^[256]

Skateboarding

• "Bam" = Brandon Margera ^[257]
• "Bucky" = Charles Lasek ^[258]
• "P-Rod" = Paul Rodriguez Jr. ^[259]

Snooker

Tennis

Track and field

• "Emperor" = Haile Gebrselassie, long distances ^[260]
• "The fastest man on no legs" = Oscar Pistorius, paralympic sprinter ^[261]
• "Linford's lunchbox" = Linford Christie, sprinter (given to him by the British media in reference to the bulge of Christie's genitalia in his Lycra shorts, despised by Christie)^[262]
• "Little Emperor" = Haile Gebrselassie, long distances ^[263]
• "Oz" = Oscar Pistorius, paralympic sprinter ^[264]
• "Lightning Bolt" = Usain Bolt, Olympic sprinter ^[264]
• "Stella the Fella" = Stella Walsh, sprinter ^[265]
• "Wonder Boy" = So Wa Wai, paralympic sprinter ^[266]

Triathlon

• "The Chrissinator" = Chrissie Wellington ^[267]
• "Muppet" = Chrissie Wellington ^[268]

• "The Grip" = Mark Allen
• "The Man" = Dave Scott

Volleyball

• "Iron Hammer" = "Jenny" Lang Ping indoor^[269]
• "Six Feet of Sunshine" = Kerri Walsh beach^[270]

Watersport

Diving

• "The Princess of Diving" = Guo Jingjing, ^[271]

Sailing

• "Bertie" = Stanley Reed, ^[272][273]
• "Tahiti Bill" = Bill Howell, ^[274][275]

Surfing

• "The Black Night" = Mickey Dora, ^[276]
• "Da Cat" = Mickey Dora, ^[276][277]
• "Eppo" = Michael Eppelstun, ^[278]
• "The father of surfing" = Duke Kahanamoku, ^[277]
• "Mickey" = Miklos Dora, ^[277]
• "Midget"" = Bernard Farrelly, ^[277]
• "Miki" = Mickey Dora, ^[277]
• "Mr. Malibu" = Mickey Dora, ^[276]
• "Mr. Pipeline" =
  • Butch Van Artsdalen, ^[277]
  • Gerry Lopez, ^[279]
• "The Wounded Seagull" = Mark Richards, ^[277]

Swimming

• "The Albatross" = Michael Groß,
• "The Baltimore Bullet" =Michael Phelps, ^[280]
• "The golden couple (of British disability swimming)" = Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis ^[281][282]
• "The Lochtenator" =Ryan Lochte, ^[283]
• "Lucy" = Liu Zige, (given by her coach Ken Wood as he cannot pronounce her name properly)^[284]

Other

• "Cliff" = Griff Sanders, lawn bowler (alternative name, used by friends)^[285]
• "DeG" = Patrick de Gayardon, skydiver and wingsuit flying pioneer^[286]
• "Iron Lady" = Wendy Chai, ten-pin bowler^[287]
• "Magic" = Joel Johnson, radio-controlled car racer^[288]
• "Master Masami" (正美先生 Masami sensei) = Masami Hirosaka, radio-controlled car racer^[289]
• "Miss Ping" = Leah Neuberger, table tennis player^[290]
• "Re-Pete" = Pete Fusco, Jr., radio-controlled car racer^[291]
• "Super Dan" = Lin Dan, badminton player^[292]
• "Tim" = Joseph Boggan, table tennis player^[293]
• "White Warrior(s)" = Fung Ying Ki, Yu Chui Yee, Fan Pui Shan, Kwong Wai Ip, Chan Kam Loi, Hui Charn Hung, Yan Yun Tai and Chan Wing Kin, Chan Yui Chong, Wong Kit Mui; wheelchair fencers^[294]

See also

• Nickname
• Lists of nicknames in association football
• Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia

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