List of snooker player nicknames
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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.
- Nigel Bond Basildon
- Steve Davis the Nugget, The Ginger Magician, Steve "interesting" Davis, The Romford Slim
- Eddie Charlton Steady Eddie
- Dominic Dale Spaceman
- Ken Doherty Crafty Ken, Ken-do, Darlin' of Dublin
- Graeme Dott The Pocket Dynamo
- Tony Drago The Tornado
- David Gray The Atom
- Anthony Hamilton The Robin Hood of Snooker, Sheriff of Pottingham
- Dave Harold The Stoke Potter
- Stephen Hendry The Golden Boy, The Maestro
- Alex Higgins The Hurricane
- John Higgins Wizard of Wishaw
- Michael Holt The Hitman
- Alan McManus Angles
- Clark McConachy Mac
- Stephen Maguire Livewire, On-fire
- Ronnie O'Sullivan The Rocket, The Essex Exocet
- John Parrott The Entertainer, Mr JP
- Barry Pinches The Canarian
- John Rea King of the Baize
- Ray Reardon Dracula
- Neil Robertson The Melbourne Machine
- Alain Robidoux Scoobie
- Matthew Stevens The Welsh Dragon
- Joe Swail The Outlaw (from the film The Outlaw Josey Wales)
- David Taylor The Silver Fox
- Cliff Thorburn The Grinder
- James Wattana The Thai-Phoon
- Bill Werbeniuk Big Bill
- Jimmy White The Whirlwind
- Mark Williams Sprog, The Welsh Potting Machine
