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

Player Nickname Reference Paul Hunter Beckham of the Baize [76][77] The Man with the Golden Cue [77] Snooker Spice Jamie Jones The Cimla Quiff' [78] Mark King The Romford Battler [79] The Royal King Rod Lawler Rod the Plod [80] Liang Wenbo The Fearless [81] Wenbo selecta "Should he stay or should he go" Clark McConachy Mac [82] Rory McLeod The Highlander [83] The Dentist [84] Alan McManus Angles [85] Ian McCulloch The Preston Potter [86] The Pride of Preston [87] Stephen Maguire The Merlin of Milton [4][88] On-fire [31] Livewire [89] Maggi [90] Chris Melling The Magician [91] Tony Meo The Cat [92] Meo, Meo Robert Milkins The Milkman [93] Darren Morgan Welsh Wizard [94] David Morris The Wolf of Walkin Street [95][96] Shaun Murphy The Whiston Warrior [97] The Magician [98] Fergal O'Brien The Baby-faced Assassin [60] Fearless Fergal [99] Martin O'Donnell The MOD [100] Ronnie O'Sullivan The Rocket [101] The Essex Exocet [102] Sean O'Sullivan The Storm [103] Andrew Pagett The Welsh Wizard [104] John Parrott The Entertainer [105] Mr JP Joe Perry The Gentleman [106] The Fen Potter [107] Barry Pinches The Canarian [108] Dechawat Poomjaeng Mr Poombastic [109] Mick Price The Postman [110] John Rea King of the Baize [111] Ray Reardon Dracula [31] Jimmy Robertson Robbo [112] Neil Robertson The Melbourne Machine [4][113][114] Thunder from Down Under [115] Alain Robidoux Scoobie [116] Mark Selby The Jester From Leicester [117] Mark the Shark [118] Kirk Stevens Starship Trooper [119] Captain White Magic The Man in the White Suit [120] Matthew Stevens The Welsh Dragon [121] Shakin' Stevens [122][123] Joe Swail The Outlaw [124] Allan Taylor Albino Assassin [125] David Taylor The Silver Fox [53] Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Thai-Namite [126] Cliff Thorburn The Grinder [127][128] Rhett Butler of the green baize [128][129] Champagne Cliff [128] Willie Thorne Mr. Maximum [130][131] The Great 'W.T.' [131][132] The 'Homer Simpson' of snooker [133] Judd Trump Haircut 100 [134][135] Ace [4] Danny the Boy [135] Judd Triumph Stud Trump [136] The Juddernaut [137] John Virgo Mr. Perfection [138] Ricky Walden Stamina Man [139] James Wattana The Thai-Phoon [3][140] The Thai Tornado [3][141] Tong Sit Choi [3] Bill Werbeniuk Big Bill [142] Jimmy White The Whirlwind [143] Michael White Lightning [144] Mark Williams The Welsh Potting Machine [145] Sprog [146] The Welsh Wonder [147] Cliff Wilson The Whirlwind [148] Zhang Anda Mighty Mouse [149]

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