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
• Alexander Goltz Das Eichhörnchen
• Alex Higgins The Hurricane
• Ali Carter The Captain
• Andy Hicks The Cream of Cornwall
• Anthony Hamilton The Robin Hood of Snooker, Sheriff of Pottingham
• Barry Hawkins The Quiet Assassin
• Barry Pinches The Canarian
• Bill Werbeniuk Big Bill
• Clark McConachy Mac
• Cliff Thorburn The Grinder
• Daniel Meinbrok Greedy Black
• David Gray The Atom, Casper
• David Taylor The Silver Fox
• Ding Junhui Enter the Dragon, The Star of the East
• Dominic Dale Spaceman
• Eddie Charlton Steady Eddie
• Fergal O'Brien The Silent Assassin, The Baby Faced Assassin
• Graeme Dott The Pocket Dynamo, 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, The Maximum Man
• John Parrott The Entertainer, Mr JP
• John Rea King of the Baize
• Katharine Roberts The Snooker-doodle
• Ken Doherty Crafty Ken, Ken-do, Darlin' of Dublin, The Comeback King, Ken 'Dogged' Doherty
• Lawrence Rudkin The Rifle
• Mark Allen Eagle Eye, "All-in"
• Mark King The Royal King, The Romford Battler
• Mark Selby The Jester From Leicester
• Mark Williams Sprog, The Welsh Potting Machine
• 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 Nine Drags, Psycho, Ebbo
• Quinten Hann The Wizard of Oz
• Ray Reardon Dracula
• Robin Lomax The Chinnor Chainsaw
• Ronnie O'Sullivan The Rocket, The Essex Exocet, The Magician
• Shaun Murphy The Wisdom Warrior
• Stephen Hendry The Golden Boy, The Maestro, The Ice Man, Rolls Royce of Snooker
• Stephen Maguire Livewire, On-fire Maguire, The Merlin of Milton
• Steve Davis The Nugget, The Ginger Magician, Steve "interesting" Davis, Romford Slim
• Tony Drago The Tornado