List of snooker player nicknames

List of snooker player nicknames

This is a list of common nicknames for notable professional snooker players. See also the List of snooker players, List of notable snooker players and List of World Snooker Champions.
* Alain Robidoux Scoobie
* Alan McManus Angles
* Alex Higgins The Hurricane, The Genius
* Ali Carter The Captain, Ali Boy
* Andy Hicks The Cream of Cornwall, The Toast of Tavistock
* Anthony Hamilton The Robin Hood of Snooker, Sheriff of Pottingham, Swampy
* Barry Hawkins The Quiet Assassin, The Hawk
* Barry Pinches The Canarian
* Bill Werbeniuk Big Bill
* Clark McConachy Mac
* Cliff Thorburn The Grinder
* David Gray The Atom, Casper
* David Taylor The Silver Fox
* Ding Junhui Enter the Dragon, The Star of the East, The Young Man from China
* Dominic Dale Spaceman
* Eddie Charlton Steady Eddie
* Fergal O'Brien The Silent Assassin, The Baby Faced Assassin
* Graeme Dott The Pocket Dynamo, The Pocket Rocket, Dott the Pot
* Ian McCulloch The Preston Potter, The Pride of Preston
* James Troughton The Leighton Bromswold Bomber
* James Wattana The Thai-Phoon
* Jamie Cope The Shotgun
* Jimmy White The Whirlwind
* Joe Perry The Fen Potter. The Gentleman, Joe "Slow-Start-up" Perry
* Joe Swail The Outlaw (from the film The Outlaw Josey Wales), The Outlaw Joey Swail
* John Higgins Wizard of Wishaw, Haggis, The Maximum Man
* John Parrott The Entertainer, Mr JP
* John Rea King of the Baize
* Ken Doherty Scarface, Crafty Ken, The Dublin Destroyer, Ken-do, Darlin' of Dublin, The Ranelagh Rascal, The Comeback King, Ken 'Dogged' Doherty
* Liang Wenbo The Fearless, Wenbo selecta, "Will He Stay or Will He Go", Lemming,
* Mark Allen Eagle Eye, "All-in"
* Mark King The Royal King, The Romford Battler
* Mark Selby The Jester From Leicester
* Mark Williams The Welsh Potting Machine, Turbo Taffy
* Matthew Stevens The Welsh Dragon
* Michael Holt The Hitman
* Neil Robertson The Melbourne Machine
* Nigel Bond Basildon, 00-147
* Paul Hunter Beckham of the Baize, The Man with the Golden Cue
* Peter Ebdon The Force, Mr Intensity, Nine Drags, Psycho, Ebbo, The Clown, Skeletor
* Quinten Hann The Wizard of Oz
* Ray Reardon Dracula
* Ronnie O'Sullivan The Rocket, The Essex Exocet, The Magician
* Shaun Murphy The Whiston Warrior, The Magician
* Stephen Hendry The Golden Boy, The Maestro, The Ice Man, Rolls Royce of Snooker, The Wonder Bairn
* Stephen Maguire Livewire, On-fire Maguire, The Merlin of Milton, Maggi
* Steve Davis The Nugget, The Ginger Magician, Steve "interesting" Davis, Romford Slim
* Thomas Reid Icaf, The maestro of attack, Reckless Reidy, The Welsh flop
* Tony Drago The Tornado
* Marco Fu Full of Eastern Promise, Hong Kong Fuey
* Dave Harold The Stoke Potter, The Bloke from Stoke


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