List of sportspeople with nicknames

This is a list of sportspeople by nickname.

Baseball

• "Arky" = Joseph Vaughan, American shortstop
• "A-Mazing" = Alex Rodriguez, American shortstop and third baseman
• "A-Ram" = Aramis Ramirez, Dominican third baseman
• "A-Rod" = Alex Rodriguez, American shortstop and third baseman
• "The Amazing One" = Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
• "Babe" =
  • Charles B. Adams, American starting pitcher
  • Floyd C. Herman, American right fielder
  • George Ruth, American starting pitcher and outfielder
• "Baby Bull" = Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican first baseman
• "Baby Braves" = Group of young Atlanta Braves players from the mid-2000s Brian McCann , Pete Orr, Ryan Langerhans, Jeff Francoeur, and Kyle Davies. The list develops as new players, mostly developed from the highly successful draft, are developed, as it is highly likely Chuck James will join that group.
• "Bake = Arnold McBride, American outfielder
• "Bam Bam" = Hensley Meulens, Curaçao left fielder
• "The Bambino" = George Ruth, American starting pitcher and outfielder
• "The Barber" = Sal Maglie, American starting pitcher
• "The Bash Brothers" = José Canseco and Mark McGwire, American outfielder/DH and first baseman respectively, when they were teammates on the Oakland Athletics
• "Batman and Robin" = Mike Piazza and Robin Ventura, American catcher and third baseman respectively, when they were teammates on the New York Mets during the late 1990s
• "Bernie" = Bernabé Williams, Puerto Rican center fielder
• "Be Home" = Bert Blyleven, Dutch-born American starting pitcher
• "Big Cat" = Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan first baseman
• "Big Daddy" =
  • Cecil Fielder, American first baseman/DH
  • Rick Reuschel, American starting pitcher
• "Big Donkey" =
  • Billy Butler, U.S. baseball player
  • Adam Dunn, U.S. baseball player
• "The Big Hurt" = Frank Thomas, American first baseman/DH
• "Big Mac" =
  • Willie McCovey, American first baseman
  • Mark McGwire, American first baseman
• "Big Papi" = David Ortiz, Dominican DH
• "Big Poison" = Paul Waner, American outfielder
• "Big Puma" = Lance Berkman, American outfielder and first baseman
• "Big Red" = Mark McGwire, American first baseman
• "Big Six" = Christy Mathewson, American starting pitcher
• "The Big Train" = Walter Johnson, American starting pitcher
• "The Big Unit" = Randy Johnson, American starting pitcher
• "Big Z" = Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan starting pitcher
• "Billy" = Alfred Manuel Martin, Jr., American second baseman and manager
• "Bip" = Leon Roberts, U.S. baseball player
• "Bird" =
  • Mark Fidrych, American starting pitcher
  • Nalda Phillips, American baseball player
• "Biz" = John Raleigh Mackey, U.S. baseball player
• "Black Jack" = Jack McDowell, American starting pitcher
• "Black Mike" = Mickey Cochrane, American catcher
• "Blue Moon" = John Odom, American starting pitcher
• "Bone" = Jay Buhner, American outfielder/DH
• "Boomer" =
  • George Scott, American first baseman
  • David Wells, American starting pitcher
• "Bubba" = Richard Crosby, U.S. baseball player
• "Buck" =
  • Frank McCormick, U.S. baseball player
  • John Jordan O'Neil, U.S. baseball player and ambassador
  • William Showalter, U.S. baseball manager
  • George Weaver, U.S. baseball player
• "Bucketfoot Al" = Al Simmons, U.S. baseball player
• "Buddy" = David Bell, American third baseman and manager
• "The Bull" = Greg Luzinski, American left fielder/DH
• "Bulldog" = Orel Hershiser, American starting pitcher
• "Bullet" (or "Bullets") = Charles W. Rogan, American starting pitcher (also played frequently in other positions)
• "Bullet Joe" = Charles Rogan, American starting pitcher
• "Bump" = Elliott Wills, American second baseman
• "Bye Bye" = Steve Balboni, American first baseman/DH
• "El Caballo" (Spanish, "The Horse") = Carlos Lee, Panamanian left fielder
• "Campy" =
  • Roy Campanella, American catcher
  • Bert Campaneris, Cuban shortstop
• "Candyman" =
  • John Candelaria, American starting pitcher
  • Tom Candiotti, American pitcher
• "Cap" = Adrian Anson, American first baseman
• "Captain Bly" = Bert Blyleven, Dutch-born American starting pitcher
• "Captain Hook" = George L. Anderson, American second baseman and manager
• "Cat" = Frank Catalanotto, U.S. baseball player
• "Catfish" = Jim Hunter, American starting pitcher
• "Charlie Hustle" = Pete Rose, American multi-position player
• "Chick" = Arnold Gandil, U.S. baseball player
• "Chicken" = Fred Stanley, U.S. baseball player
• "The Chicken" = Ted Giannoulas, baseball mascot
• "Chicken Man" = Wade Boggs, American third baseman
• "Chico" = Cleotha Walker, U.S. baseball player
• "Chief" = Charles Bender, U.S. baseball player
• "Chipper" = Larry Jones, Jr. , American third baseman
• "Choo-Choo" = Clarence Coleman, U.S. baseball player
• "El Chupacabra" (Spanish for "the goatsucker") = Yovani Gallardo, Mexican baseball player
• "Cobra" = Dave Parker, American outfielder/DH
• "Cocky" = Eddie Collins, American second baseman
• "Coco" = Covelli Crisp, American center fielder
• "Colossus" = Mark McGwire, American first baseman
• "Connie Mack" = Cornelius McGillicuddy, U.S. baseball player, manager, and team owner
• "Cookie" =
  • Octavio Rojas, Cuban (later U.S.) baseball player
  • Carsten "CC" Sabathia, American starting pitcher, derisive nickname given to him by the Cleveland media due to his size and use of his initials
• "Cool Papa" = James Bell, U.S. baseball player
• "Country" = Enos Slaughter, U.S. baseball player
• "Crime Dog" = Fred McGriff, American first baseman/DH
• "Cy" = Denton Young, American starting pitcher
• "Cyclone" = Denton Young, American starting pitcher
• "D-Mat" = Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese starting pitcher (no longer used)
• "The D-Train" = Dontrelle Willis, American starting pitcher
• "Daffy" = Paul Dean, American starting pitcher
• "Dazzy" = Clarence Vance, American starting pitcher
• "Deacon" =
  • Charles Phillippe, American starting pitcher
  • James White, American catcher and third baseman
• "Dewey" = Dwight Evans, American right fielder
• "Dice K" = Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese starting pitcher
• "Dixie" = Fred E. Walker, U.S. baseball player
• "Dizzy" = Jay Dean, American starting pitcher
• "Doc" =
  • Roger Cramer, U.S. baseball player
  • Dwight Gooden, American starting pitcher
  • Harry Halladay, American starting pitcher
• "Dr. K" = Dwight Gooden, American starting pitcher
• "Donie" = Owen Bush, U.S. baseball player
• "The Donkey" = Adam Dunn, American left fielder
• "Donnie Baseball" = Don Mattingly, American first baseman
• "The Donora Greyhound" = Stan Musial, American outfielder and first baseman
• "Double X" = Jimmie Foxx, American first baseman
• "Dragon Slayer" = Josh Fogg, American starting pitcher
• "Ducky" = Joe Medwick, American left fielder
• "Duke" = Edwin Snider, American center fielder
• "El Duque" = Orlando Hernández, Cuban starting pitcher
• "Dusty" =
  • Johnnie Baker Jr, American outfielder and manager
  • James L. Rhodes, U.S. baseball player
• "E-Rod" = Alex Rodriguez, American shortstop and third baseman[5] [6] (used by haters)
• "El Sid" = Sid Fernandez, American starting pitcher
• "Everyday Eddie" = Eddie Guardado, U.S. baseball player
• "Flash" =
  • Joe Gordon, U.S. baseball player
  • Tom Gordon, American closer
• "Fleet" = Moses Walker, U.S. Negro League baseball player
• "The Flying Dutchman" = Honus Wagner, American shortstop
• "The Flyin' Hawaiian" = Shane Victorino, Hawaiian baseball player
• "The Fordham Flash" = Frankie Frisch, U.S. baseball player
• "Foxy" = Arthur Irwin, Canadian baseball player
• "Fran-Rad" = Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuelan closer
• "Fred-Ex" = Freddy Sanchez, U.S. baseball player
• "The Gambler" = Kenny Rogers, American starting pitcher
• "Gator" =
  • Mike Greenwell, American left fielder
  • Ron Guidry, American starting pitcher
• "Gee" = Gerald Walker, U.S. baseball player
• "The Georgia Peach" = Ty Cobb, U.S. baseball player
• "Generation K" = three pitching prospects in the New York Mets organization, Paul Wilson, Bill Pulsipher, and Jason Isringhausen
• "Germany" = Herman A. Schaefer, U.S. baseball player
• "Godzilla" = Hideki Matsui, Japanese left fielder
• "Gonzo" = Luis Gonzalez, American outfielder
• "Goose" =
  • Leon Goslin, U.S. baseball player
  • Rich Gossage, American closer
• "Gorgeous George" = George Sisler, American first baseman
• "Le Grand Orange" (French, "Big Red") = Daniel Staub, American baseball player (for his red hair)
• "The Greek God of Walks" = Kevin Youkilis, American first baseman
• "The Grey Eagle" = Tris Speaker, U.S. baseball player
• "El Guapo" (Spanish, "The Handsome One") = Rich Garces, Venezuelan baseball player
• "H-Rod" = Henry Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
• "The Hammer" = Josh Willingham, U.S. baseball player
• "Hammerin' Hank" =
  • Hank Aaron, American right fielder
  • Hank Greenberg, American first baseman
• "Han-Ram" = Hanley Ramirez, Dominican baseball player
• "Hap" or "Happy" = Oscar Felsch, U.S. baseball player
• "The Hat" = Harry Walker, U.S. baseball player
• "The Hawk" =
  • Andre Dawson, American outfielder
  • Ken Harrelson, American outfielder and first baseman
• "The Hebrew Hammer" = Ryan Braun, American left fielder
• "Hendu" = Dave Henderson, U.S. baseball player
• "The Hit Dog" = Mo Vaughn, U.S. baseball player
• "HoJo" = Howard Johnson, U.S. baseball player
• "Hondo" = Don Hahn, U.S. baseball player
• "The Holland Hammer" = Rick VandenHurk, Dutch baseball player
• "Hondo" = Frank Howard, U.S. baseball player
• "The Hoosier Thunderbolt" = Amos Rusie, American starting pitcher
• "The Hopper" = Burke Badenhop, U.S. baseball player
• "Hotshot" = Joseph Mayo, U.S. baseball player
• "The Human Rain Delay" = Mike Hargrove, U.S. baseball player
• "Hurricane" = Herb Washington, U.S. baseball player
• "The Incredible Hurk" = Rick VandenHurk, Dutch baseball player
• "Irish" = Emil Meusel, U.S. baseball player
• "The Iron Horse" = Lou Gehrig, American first baseman
• "The Iron Man" = Cal Ripken, Jr., American shortstop
• "J-Roll" = Jimmy Rollins, American shortstop
• "Jake" = Mike Jacobs, U.S. baseball player
• "Joltin’ Joe" = Joe DiMaggio, American center fielder
• "Junior" =
  • Jim Gilliam, U.S. baseball player
  • Ken Griffey, Jr., American center fielder
• "K-Rod" = Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuelan closer
• "Kelly" = Tommy Holmes, U.S. baseball player
• "The Kid" =
  • Ken Griffey, Jr., American center fielder
  • Ted Williams, American left fielder
• "Kiki" = Hazen Shirley Cuyler, U.S. baseball player
• "King" = Mike Kelly, U.S. baseball player
• "King Felix" = Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
• "Kitty" = Jim Kaat, American starting pitcher
• "Lefty" =
  • Vernon Gómez, American starting pitcher
  • Robert Grove, American starting pitcher
  • Francis O'Doul, American starting pitcher, outfielder, and manager
  • Claude Williams, American starting pitcher
• "Lights Out" = Brad Lidge, American closer
• "The Lip" = Leo Durocher, American shortstop and manager
• "Little Poison = Lloyd Waner, U.S. baseball player
• "Long Bob" = Robert Meusel, U.S. baseball player
• "Losing Pitcher" = Hugh Mulcahy, American starting pitcher
• "Louisiana Lightning" = Ron Guidry, American starting pitcher
• "M&M Boys" =
  • Originally, teammates Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, American right fielder and center fielder respectively
  • Later, teammates Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau, American catcher and Canadian first baseman respectively
• "Mad Dog" = Greg Maddux, American starting pitcher
• "The Mad Hungarian" = Al Hrabosky, American closer
• "The Mahatma" = Branch Rickey, American baseball executive
• "Marvelous Marv" = Marv Throneberry, U.S. baseball player
• "The Mayor" = Sean Casey, U.S. baseball player
• "Melky Kabrera" = due to frequent amount of strikeouts, Melky Cabrera, U.S. baseball player
• "Mickey" =
  • Gordon Cochrane, American catcher and manager
  • John Rivers, U.S. baseball player
• "Minnie" = Saturnino Miñoso Arrieta, Cuban baseball player
• "Mr. Cub" = Ernie Banks, American shortstop and first baseman
• "Mr. March" = Alex Rodriguez, American shortstop and third baseman
• "Mr. May" = Dave Winfield, U.S. baseball player (derogatory)
• "Mr. October" = Reggie Jackson, U.S. baseball player
• "Mr. November" = Derek Jeter, American shortstop
• "Mo" = Mariano Rivera, Panamanian closer
• "Mookie" = William H. Wilson, U.S. baseball player
• "Moose" = Mike Mussina, American starting pitcher
• "Mudcat" = Jim Grant, American starting pitcher
• "Muggsy" = Gary Allenson, U.S. baseball player
• "Nails" = Lenny Dykstra, U.S. baseball player
• "Nancy Drew" = J.D. Drew, U.S. baseball player
• "Nasty Boys" = Nickname given to 3 members of the 1990 Cincinnati Reds' bullpen, Norm Charlton, Rob Dibble and Randy Myers
• "Neon" = Deion Sanders, U.S. American football and baseball player
• "Oh Henry!" = Henry Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
• "Oil Can" = Dennis Boyd, American starting pitcher
• "Ol' Pete" = Grover Alexander, American starting pitcher
• "Old Aches and Pains" = Luke Appling, U.S. baseball player
• "One Dog" = Lance Johnson, U.S. baseball player
• "One Tough Dominican" = Joaquín Andújar, Dominican starting pitcher
• "Pants" = Clarence Rowland, U.S. baseball player
• "Pat the Bat" = Pat Burrell, American left fielder
• "Peanuts" = Marie Johnson, American Negro League baseball player
• "Pee Wee" =
  • Harold Reese, American shortstop
  • Paul Wanninger, American baseball player
• "The Peerless Leader" = Frank Chance, American first baseman
• "The People's Cherce" = Dixie Walker, U.S. baseball player
• "Pepper" =
  • Johnny Martin, American outfielder and third baseman
  • Lavone Paire, American baseball player
• "Piper" = Lorenzo Davis, U.S. Negro League baseball player
• "Poosh 'em up" = Tony Lazzeri, U.S. baseball player
• "Pop" = John Henry Lloyd, U.S. baseball player
• "Pops" = Willie Stargell, U.S. baseball player
• "Popeye" = Don Zimmer, U.S. baseball player and manager
• "Preacher" = Elwin Roe, U.S. baseball player
• "El Presidente" = Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan starting pitcher
• "Pronk" = Travis Hafner, U.S. baseball player
• "Psycho" = Steve Lyons, U.S. baseball player
• "Puddin' Head" = Willie Jones, U.S. baseball player
• "Pudge" =
  • Carlton Fisk, American catcher
  • Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican catcher
• "Pumpsie" = Elijah Green, American utility infielder
• "Rabbit" = Walter Maranville, U.S. baseball player
• "Rajah" = Rogers Hornsby, American second baseman
• "The Reading Rifle" = Carl Furillo, U.S. baseball player
• "Red" =
  • Urban Clarence Faber, U.S. baseball player
  • John Murray, U.S. baseball player
  • Charles Ruffing, U.S. baseball player
  • Albert Schoendienst, U.S. baseball player
• "Red Baron" = Rick Sutcliffe, American starting pitcher
• "Red Light Curt" = Curt Schilling, American starting pitcher
• " The Riot" = Ryan Theriot, U.S. baseball player
• "Ripper" = James Collins, U.S. baseball player
• "The Rocket" = Roger Clemens, American starting pitcher
• "Roids Master" = Barry Bonds, American left fielder
• "Rusty" = Daniel Staub, American baseball player
• "Ryan Express" = Nolan Ryan, American starting pitcher
• "Sandman" = Mariano Rivera, Panamanian closer
• "Sandy" = Sanford Koufax, American starting pitcher
• "Satchel" = LeRoy Paige, American starting pitcher
• "The Say Hey Kid" = Willie Mays, American center fielder
• "Schnozz" = Ernie Lombardi, American catcher
• "Schoolboy" = Lynwood Rowe, American starting pitcher
• "Scooter" = Phil Rizzuto, American shortstop
• "Scrap Iron" = Phil Garner, American second baseman and third baseman
• "Seattle Bill" = Bill James, U.S. baseball player
• "The Secretary of Defense" = Garry Maddox, U.S. baseball player
• "Señor October" = David Ortiz, Dominican DH
• "Señor Papi" = David Ortiz, Dominican DH
• "Señor Smoke" = Aurelio Lopez, Mexican baseball player
• "The Shark" = Jeff Samardzija, American middle reliever (and former college football player)
• "Shoeless" = Joe Jackson, U.S. baseball player
• "Shoeless Joe" = Joe Jackson, U.S. baseball player
• "Shotgun" = George Shuba, U.S. baseball player
• "Shrek" = Kevin Mench, U.S. baseball player
• "The Silver Fox" = Edwin Snider, American center fielder
• "Skeeter" = James Webb, U.S. baseball player
• "Skoonj" = Carl Furillo, U.S. baseball player
• "Slammin' Sammy" = Sammy Sosa, Dominican right fielder
• "Smoke" = Dave Stewart, American starting pitcher
• "Smoky" = Forrest Harrill Burgess, U.S. baseball player
• "Sockeye" = Tim Salmon, U.S. baseball player
• "Socks" = Ralph Seybold, U.S. baseball player
• "The Spaceman" = Bill Lee, American starting pitcher
• "Spanky" = Mike LaValliere, American catcher
• "Sparkplug" = Johnny Damon, American outfielder
• "Sparky" =
  • Albert Lyle, American closer
  • George Anderson, American second baseman and manager
• "The Splendid Splinter" = Ted Williams, American left fielderr
• "The Springfield Rifle" = Vic Raschi, U.S. baseball player
• "Spuds" = Chris Sabo, U.S. baseball player
• "Stan the Man" = Stan Musial, American outfielder and first baseman
• "The Staten Island Scot" = Bobby Thomson, Scottish-born American outfielder
• "Steady Eddie" = Joseph Mayo, U.S. baseball player
• "Stretch" = Willie McCovey, American first baseman
• "Stuffy" = John McInniss, U.S. baseball player
• "The Sultan of Swat" = George Ruth, American starting pitcher and outfielder
• "Superjew" = Mike Epstein, U.S. baseball player
• "Superman" = Kevin Gregg, U.S. baseball player
• "Swede" = Charles Risberg, U.S. baseball player
• "Sweet Lou" =
  • Lou Pinella, U.S. baseball player and manager
  • Lou Whitaker, American second baseman
• "Sweet Music" = Frank Viola, American starting pitcher
• "Tank" = Taylor Tankersley, U.S. baseball player
• "Teddy Ballgame" = Ted Williams, American left fielder
• "Three Finger" = Mordecai Brown, American starting pitcher
• "The Thrill" = Will Clark, U.S. baseball player
• "Thunder Matt" = Matt Murton, U.S. baseball player
• "Tip" = James O'Neill, Canadian baseball player
• "Tom Terrific" = Tom Seaver, American starting pitcher
• "El Toro" (Spanish, "The Bull") = Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican starting pitcher
• "Trader Jack" = Jack McKeon, U.S. baseball manager
• "Trot" = Christopher Nixon, U.S. baseball player
• "Turk" = Steven Wendell, U.S. baseball player
• "Turkey" = Norman Thomas Stearnes, U.S. baseball player
• "Ty" = Biron LaForest, Canadian baseball player
• "Wahoo Sam" = Sam Crawford, U.S. baseball player
• "Whitey" =
  • Edward Ford, American starting pitcher
  • Dorrel Herzog, American manager
• "The Wild Horse of the Osage" = Pepper Martin, U.S. baseball player
• "Wildfire" = Frank Schulte, U.S. baseball player
• "The Wizard of Oz" = Ozzie Smith, American shortstop
• "Woody" = DeWitt Smallwood, U.S. Negro League baseball player
• "The Yankee Clipper" = Joe DiMaggio, American center fielder
• "Yaz" = Carl Yastrzemski, American left fielder
• "Yogi" = Lawrence Berra, American catcher and left fielder
• "Youk" = Kevin Youkilis, American first baseman
• "Z" = Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan starting pitcher

Basketball

See also: List of basketball nicknames

• "3D" =
  • Dennis Scott, U.S. shooting guard
  • Boris Diaw, French combo forward
• "Ack-Ack" = Tom Heinsohn, U.S. basketball player
• "Action Jackson" = Mark Jackson, U.S. point guard
• "The Admiral" = David Robinson, U.S. center
• "Agent Zero" = Gilbert Arenas, U.S. basketball player
• "A.I." = Allen Iverson, U.S. shooting guard
• "Air France" = Mickaël Piétrus, French basketball player
• "Air Jordan" = Michael Jordan, U.S. shooting guard
• "AK-47" = Andrei Kirilenko, Russian combo forward
• "The Alaskan Assassin" = Trajan Langdon, American shooting guard
• "The American Dream" = Latrell Sprewell, American shooting guard
• "The Answer" = Allen Iverson, U.S. shooting guard
• "Apollo 33" = Jamario Moon,U.S. basketball player
• "The A-Train" = Artis Gilmore, U.S. center
• "Baby Barkley" = Clarence Weatherspoon, U.S. power forward
• "The Baby-Faced Assassin" = Isiah Thomas U.S. point guard
• "Baby Jordan" = Harold Miner 2 Time NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion
• "Baby Shaq" = Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek center
• "Backwards B" = Barrett Johnson, U.S. basketball player
• "Baddest Bad Boy of them all" = Rick Mahorn, U.S. power forward
• "The Baron of The Bluegrass" = Adolph Rupp, American coach
• "Basketball Jesus" = Larry Bird, American power forward
• "Batman" = Tony Battie, U.S. center
• "B-Diddy" = Baron Davis, U.S. basketball player
• "The Beast of the East" = Patrick Ewing, Jamaica-born American center
• "Big Al" = Al Jefferson, U.S. power forward
• "Big Aristotle" = Shaquille O'Neal, U.S. center
• "Big Baby" = Glen Davis, American power forward
• "Big Ben" = Ben Wallace, U.S. center
• "Big Cactus" = Shaquille O'Neal, U.S. center
• "Big Country" = Bryant Reeves, U.S. center
• "The Big Dipper" = Wilt Chamberlain, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Dodger" = Wang Zhizhi, CHN basketball player
• "Big Dog" = Glenn Robinson, U.S. basketball player
• "The Big E" = Elvin Hayes, U.S. power forward
• "Big Game James" = James Worthy, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Nasty" = Corliss Williamson, U.S. power forward
• "Big O" = Oscar Robertson, U.S. point guard
• "Big Red" = Dave Cowens, U.S. center
• "Big Shot Becky" = Becky Hammon, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Shot Bob" = Robert Horry, U.S. power forward
• "Big Shot Rob" = Robert Horry, U.S. power forward
• "Big Smooth" = Sam Perkins, U.S. power forward
• "Big Sofo" = Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek center
• "The Big Ticket" = Kevin Garnett, U.S. power forward
• "Big Wang" (Chinese for "Big Zhi") = Wang Zhizhi, CHN basketball player
• "Big Z" = Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian center
• "Bimbo" = Vernell Coles, U.S. basketball player
• "Bird" = George Yardley, U.S. basketball player
• "The Birdman" = Chris Andersen, U.S. center
• "The Black Hole" = Kevin McHale, U.S. power forward
• "The Black Mamba" = Kobe Bryant, U.S. shooting guard
• "Blue" = Theo Edwards, U.S. shooting guard
• "Bo" = Charles Outlaw, U.S. power forward
• "Boobie" = Daniel Gibson, U.S. basketball player
• "The Boston Strangler" = Andrew Toney, U.S. shooting guard
• "Breezy" = Lebron James, United States basketball player
• "The Brazilian Blur" = Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
• "Bubba Chuck" = Allen Iverson, U.S. shooting guard
• "Buck" = Charles Williams, U.S. power forward
• "Buddha" = James Edwards, U.S. center
• "Buddy" = Harry Jeannette, U.S. basketball player
• "Bug" = Tim Hardaway, U.S. point guard
• "Butterbean" = Bob Love, U.S. power forward
• "Cadillac" = Greg Anderson, U.S. basketball player
• "Campy" = Michael Russell, U.S. basketball player
• "The Captain" = Willis Reed, New York Knicks center
• "Capitan Canada" = Steve Nash, Canadian point guard
• "Captain Clutch" = Acie Law IV, U.S. point guard
• "Cat" = Cuttino Mobley, U.S. basketball player
• "CB4" = Chris Bosh, U.S power forward
• "Chick" = Francis Hearn, U.S. basketball announcer (LA Lakers)
• "Chief" = Robert Parish, U.S. center
• "Chocolate Thunder" = Darryl Dawkins, U.S. center
• "The Chuckster" = Charles Barkley, U.S. power forward
• "Chucky" = Clarence Brown, U.S. power forward
• "Clyde" = Walt Frazier, U.S. point guard
• "Clyde The Glide" = Clyde Drexler, U.S. shooting guard
• "Coach K" = Mike Krzyzewski, U.S. basketball coach
• "Connie" = Cornelius Hawkins, American forward
• "Coop" = Michael Cooper, U.S. basketball player
• "Cornbread" = Cedric Maxwell, U.S. basketball plpower forwardayer
• "Cotton" = Lowell Fitzsimmons, U.S. basketball coach
• "The Croatian Sensation" = Toni Kukoč, Croatian small forward
• "Curly" = Fred Neal, U.S. basketball player
• "C-Webb" = Chris Webber, U.S. power forward
• "D-Fish" = Derek Fisher, U.S. point guard
• "Da Zhi" (大郅) (Chinese for "Big Zhi") = Wang Zhizhi, CHN basketball player
• "DJ" = Dennis Johnson, U.S. basketball player
• "DJ" = Didier Ilunga Mbenga, Congolese center
• "D Square" = Dale Davis, U.S. center
• "D-Wade" = Dwyane Wade, U.S. shooting guard
• "D-Will" = Deron Williams, U.S. point guard
• "Da Kid" = Kevin Garnett, American power forward
• "Le Dac" = Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
• "The Dagger" = Kobe Bryant, U.S. shooting guard
• "Dee" = DeCovan Kadell Brown, U.S. basketball player
• "Dice Man" = Antonio McDyess, U.S. power forward
• "Diesel" = Shaquille O'Neal, U.S. center
• "Digger" = Richard Phelps, U.S. basketball coach
• "Doc" =
  • L. J. Cooke, U.S. basketball coach
  • Glenn Rivers, U.S. point guard
• "Dr. Dunkenstein" = Darrell Griffith, U.S. basketball player
• "Dr. J" = Julius Erving, U.S. basketball player
• "Dr. Rounds" = Dan Roundfield, U.S. power forward
• "Dollar Bill" = Bill Bradley, U.S. basketball player
• "Doug E. Fresh" = Gerald Wilkins, U.S. shooting guard
• "Downtown" = Fred Brown, U.S. basketball player
• "The Dream" = Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American center
• "Dugie" = Slater Martin, U.S. basketball player
• "The Dunking Dutchman" = Rik Smits, Dutch center
• "Earl The Pearl" = Earl Monroe, U.S. shooting guard
• "Easy Ed" = Elden Campbell, U.S. center
• "The Edge" = Edward Stone, U.S. basketball player
• "El Toro" (Spanish, "The Bull") = Doro Plakadopoulos, Greek basketball player
• "Employee Number 8" = Antoine Walker, U.S. power forward
• "Fast Eddie" = Edward Johnson, Jr., U.S. basketball player
• "Fat" = Lafayette Lever, U.S. point guard
• "The Flash" = Dwyane Wade, U.S. shooting guard
• "Franchise" = Steve Francis, U.S. point guard
• "Geese" = Hubert Ausbie, U.S. Harlem Globetrotters basketball player
• "The General" =
  • Horace Grant, U.S. power forward
  • Bob Knight, U.S. basketball coach
• "Gentleman Joe" = Joe Dumars, U.S. shooting guard
• "Ghiza" = Gheorghe Muresan, Romanian center
• "The Glove" = Gary Payton, U.S. basketball player
• "The Goat" = Earl Manigault, U.S. basketball player
• "The Goods" = Lamar Odom, U.S. basketball player
• "Googs" = Tom Gugliotta, U.S. power forward
• "Goose" = Reece Tatum, U.S. basketball player
• "G.P." = Gary Payton, U.S. point guard
• "Grandma-ma" = Larry Johnson, U.S. power forward
• "Grand Teuton" = Detlef Schrempf, German power forward
• "Greyhound" = Walter Davis, U.S. shooting guard
• "Half Man, Half Amazing" = Vince Carter, U.S. basketball player
• "Hammerin' Hank" = Henry J. Nowak, U.S. basketball player
• "Hammontime" = Becky Hammon, U.S. basketball player
• "Hap" or "Happy" = Harold Hairston, U.S. basketball player
• "The Hawk" = Connie Hawkins, U.S. power forward
• "Hedo" or "Hido" = Hidayet Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player
• "Hibachi" = Gilbert Arenas, U.S. basketball player
• "The Hick From French Lick" = Larry Bird, U.S. basketball player
• "The High Ayatolla of Slamola" = Larry Nance, U.S. power forward
• "His Heinous" = Bill Laimbeer, U.S. center
• "Hondo" = John Havlicek, U.S. basketball player
• "Hooch" = Brad Daugherty, U.S. basketball player
• "Horse" =
  • Dan Issel, U.S. basketball player
  • Malik Rose, U.S. power forward
  • Harry Gallatin, U.S. basketball player
• "Hot Plate" = John Williams, U.S. basketball player
• "Hot Rod" =
  • Rodney Hundley, U.S. power forward
  • John Williams, U.S. basketball player
• "The Houdini Of The Hardwood" = Bob Cousy, U.S. basketball player
• "The Hoya Destroya" = Patrick Ewing, U.S. center
• "The Human Highlight Reel" = Dominique Wilkins, U.S. basketball player
• "Iceman" = George Gervin, U.S. shooting guard
• "Iggy" = Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
• "J-Chill" = Josh Childress, U.S. basketball player
• "J-Ho" = Josh Howard, U.S. basketball player
• "J-Kidd" = Jason Kidd, U.S. point guard
• "J.R." =
  • Herman Reid, Jr., U.S. power forward
  • Isaiah Rider, U.S. basketball player
  • Earl Smith III, U.S. basketball player
• "J-Rich" = Jason Richardson, U.S. basketball player
• "J-Smoove" = Josh Smith, U.S. basketball player
• "J-Will" = Jason Williams, U.S. point guard
• "Jellybean" = Joe Bryant, U.S. power forward and WNBA coach
• "Jesus Shuttlesworth" = Ray Allen, U.S. shooting guard
• "The Jet" =
  • Kenny Smith, U.S. point guard and analyst
  • Jason Terry, U.S. basketball player
  • Chet Walker, U.S. basketball player
• "Joe Barely Cares" = Joe Barry Carroll, U.S. center
• "Junior" = Ulysses Bridgeman, U.S. basketball player
• "The Junk Yard Dog" = Jerome Williams, U.S. power forward
• "K.G." = Kevin Garnett, U.S. power forward
• "K-Mart" = Kenyon Martin, U.S. power forward
• "Kandi Man" = Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian center
• "Kangaroo Kid" = Billy Cunningham, U.S. basketball player
• "King James" = LeBron James, U.S. basketball player
• "The Landlord" =
  • Latrell Sprewell, U.S. basketball player
  • Shelden Williams, U.S. basketball player
• "Larry Legend" = Larry Bird, U.S. basketball player
• "LBJ" = Lebron James, U.S. basketball player
• "Li'l Abner" = Cliff Hagan, U.S. basketball player
• "The Little General" = Avery Johnson, U.S. point guard and coach
• "The L-Train" = Lebron James, U.S. basketball player
• "The Machine" = Sasha Vujacic, Slovenian shooting guard
• "Mad Max" = Vernon Maxwell, U.S. shooting guard
• "Magic" = Earvin Johnson, U.S. point guard
• "Il Mago" = Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player
• "The Mailman" = Karl Malone, U.S. power forward
• "Mamba" = Kobe Bryant, U.S. shooting guard
• "The Man in the Brown Suit" = Adolph Rupp, U.S. basketball coach
• "Manu" = Emanuel Ginobili, Argentine shooting guard
• "Mão Santa" (Portuguese for "Holy Hand") = Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
• "The Matrix" = Shawn Marion, U.S. basketball player
• "The Mayor" = Fred Hoiberg, U.S. basketball player
• "Meadowlark" = George Lemon, U.S. Harlem Globetrotters basketball player
• "The Mechanical Man" = Charlie Gehringer, U.S. basketball player
• "The Meeks" = Chamique Holdsclaw, Semeka Randall, and Tamika Catchings when all three were basketball teammates at the University of Tennessee
• "Melo" = Carmelo Anthony, U.S. basketball player
• "Microwave" = Vinnie Johnson, U.S. basketball player
• "Mighty Mouse" = Damon Stoudamire, U.S. point guard
• "Mr. Big Shot" = Chauncey Billups, U.S. point guard
• "Mr. Bill" = Bill Cartwright, U.S. basketball player
• "Mr. Clutch" = Jerry West, U.S. shooting guard
• "Mr. Everything" = Craig Ehlo, U.S. basketball player
• "Mr. Mean" = Larry Smith, U.S. basketball player
• "Mr. Moves" = Michael Russell, U.S. basketball player
• "Mo" = Maurice Cheeks, U.S. point guard and coach
• "Mo Pete" = Morris Peterson, U.S. shooting guard
• "Mo Wil" = Mo Williams, U.S. point guard
• "Monster Mash" = Jamal Mashburn, U.S. basketball player
• "Moochie" = Martyn Norris, U.S. point guard
• "Mookie" = Daron Blaylock, U.S. point guard
• "Mo-Pete" = Morris Peterson, U.S. shooting guard
• "Muggsy" = Tyrone Bogues, U.S. point guard
• "Nate The Great" = Nate Thurmond, U.S. center
• "Nenê" = Maybyner Hilario, Brazilian forward-center (like many Brazilian sports stars, they use their nicknames or are referred by one name only; now his legal name)
• "Never Nervous" = Pervis Ellison, U.S. center
• "Nick The Quick" = Nick Van Exel, U.S. basketball player
• "Obi One Ginobili" = Manu Ginobili, Argentinian shooting guard
• "The Original Bull" = Jerry Sloan, U.S. shooting guard
• "The Owl Without a Vowel" = Bill Mlkvy, U.S. basketball player
• "Peja" = Predrag Stojaković, Serbian small forward
• "Penny" = Anfernee Hardaway, U.S. basketball player
• "Perk" = Kendrick Perkins, U.S. center
• "Pig" = Oliver Miller, U.S. center
• "The Pink Panther" = Toni Kukoč, Croatian small forward
• "Pistol Pete" = Pete Maravich, U.S. shooting guard
• "Pitchin' Paul" = Paul Arizin, U.S. basketball player
• "The Pocket Rocket" = Calvin Murphy, U.S. basketball player
• "Pooh" = Jerome Richardson, U.S. basketball player
• "Popeye" = Ronald Jones, U.S. power forward
• "Porky" = George Andrews, Canadian basketball player
• "Prince Charles" = Charles Barkley, U.S. power forward
• "Prince of Mid-Air" = Lloyd Free, U.S. basketball player
• "Psycho T" = Tyler Hansbrough, American power forward
• "Q" = Quentin Richardson, U.S. basketball player
• "Q-Rich" = Quentin Richardson, U.S. basketball player
• "R-Jeff" = Richard Jefferson, U.S. basketball player
• "Rad-Man" = Vladimir Radmanović, Serbian basketball player
• "The Rain Man" = Shawn Kemp, U.S. power forward
• "Rambo" = Kurt Rambis, U.S. power forward
• "Red" =
  • Arnold Auerbach, U.S. basketball coach
  • William Holzman, U.S. basketball coach
  • Johnny Kerr, U.S. basketball player
• "Red" = Ephraim J. Rocha, U.S. basketball player
• "Ricky Buckets" = Ricky Davis, U.S. basketball player
• "Rifleman" = Chuck Person, U.S. basketball player
• "Rip" = Richard Hamilton, U.S. shooting guard
• "Rooney" = Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian shooting guard
• "The Round Mound of Rebound" = Charles Barkley, American power forward
• "Saba" or "Sabas" = Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian center
• "Sam" = Justin Barry, American basketball player
• "Sam I Am" = Sam Cassell, U.S. point guard
• "Saras" or "Sharas" = Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian point guard
• "Scooter" = Richard Barry, U.S. basketball player
• "Shaq" = Shaquille O'Neal, U.S. center
• "Sheed" = Rasheed Wallace, U.S. power forward
• "Silk" = Jamaal Wilkes, American small forward
• "Sir Charles" = Charles Barkley, U.S. power forward
• "Skip To My Lou" = Rafer Alston, U.S. basketball player
• "Skywalker" =
  • Avelino Lim, Philippines basketball player
  • David Thompson, American small forward
  • Kenny Walker, U.S. basketball player
• "Sleepy" = Eric Floyd, U.S. shooting guard
• "Smooth" = Chauncey Billups, U.S. point guard
• "Smush" = William Parker, U.S. basketball player
• "Spanish Chocolate" = Sergio Rodriguez, Spanish basketball player
• "The Spanish Fly" = Pau Gasol, Spanish power forward
• "The Spanish Inquisition" = Pau Gasol, Spanish power forward
• "Speedy" = Craig Claxton, U.S. point guard
• "Spider" =
  • John Salley, U.S. power forward
  • Jerry Sloan, U.S. shooting guard
• "Spud" = Anthony Webb, U.S. basketball player
• "The Squid" = Sidney Moncrief, U.S. basketball player
• "The Stache" = Adam Morrison, American small forward
• "Starbury" = Stephon Marbury, U.S. basketball player
• "Stat" = Amare Stoudemire, American forward-center
• "Stormin' Norman" = Norm Van Lier,American point guard
• "Stumpy" = Gail Goodrich, U.S. basketball player
• "Sweetwater" = Nathaniel Clifton, U.S. basketball player
• "T-Mac" = Tracy McGrady, U.S. basketball player
• "T-Mac Canada" = Todd MacCulloch, Canadian center
• "Thunder Dan" = Dan Majerle, U.S. shooting guard
• "Tiny" = Nate Archibald, American point guard
• "T.P." = Tony Parker, French point guard
• "Tough Juice" = Caron Butler, U.S. basketball player
• "Tractor" = Robert Traylor, U.S. basketball player
• "Tree" = Wayne Rollins, U.S. center
• "The Truth" = Paul Pierce, U.S. basketball player
• "Uncle Cliffy" = Clifford Robinson, U.S. power forward
• "VC" = Vince Carter, American basketball player
• "Vinsanity" = Vince Carter, U.S. basketball player
• "The Waiter" = Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
• "White Chocolate" = Jason Williams, American point guard
• "Wilt the Stilt" = Wilt Chamberlain, U.S. center
• "The Wizard(s)" =
  • Gus Williams, U.S. basketball player
  • Walt Williams, U.S. basketball player
• "The Wizard of Westwood" = John Wooden, American coach (specific to his coaching career at UCLA)
• "World" = Lloyd Free U.S. basketball player (once was his legal first name; has since reverted)
• "The Worm" = Dennis Rodman, U.S. power forward
• "The Wunderkind" = Dirk Nowitzki, German power forward
• "The X-Man" = Xavier McDaniel, U.S. basketball player
• "Zeke" = Isiah Thomas, U.S. point guard
• "Zeke from Cabin Creek" = Jerry West, U.S. shooting guard
• "The Zen Master" = Phil Jackson, U.S. power forward and coach
• "Zo" = Alonzo Mourning, U.S. center

Boxing

• "A-Force" = Audley Harrison
• "A-Pack" = Audley Harrison
• "Audinary" = Audley Harrison (intended to be an insult by Frank Warren)
• "Audrey" = Audley Harrison
• "The Baby-Faced Assassin" = Marco Antonio Barrera
• "Bad Intentions" = Jermain Taylor
• "The Bayonne Bleeder" = Chuck Wepner
• "Bazooka" =
  • Wilfredo Gómez
  • Rafael Limon
  • Ike Quartey
• "The Beast Of The East" = Nicolai Valuev
• "Big Bad John" = John McDermott
• "Big Cat" = Cleveland Williams
• "Big George" = George Foreman
• "The Bionic Man" = Gerrie Coetzee
• "The Body-Snatcher" = Mike McCallum
• "The Boilermaker" = James J. Jeffries
• "Le bombardier marocain" (French for "The Moroccan Bomber") = Marcel Cerdan
• "Bomber" = Herol Graham
• "Bonecrusher" = James Smith
• "Boogaloo" = Bobby Watts
• "Boom Boom" = Ray Mancini
• "Boston Bonecrusher" = Sam Langford
• "The Boston Strong Boy" = John L. Sullivan
• "Boston Tar Baby" = Sam Langford
• "Boston Terror" = Sam Langford
• "British Bulldog" = Brian London
• "The Brockton Blockbuster" = Rocky Marciano
• "The Bronx Bomber" = Alex Ramos
• "The Bronx Bull" = Jake LaMotta
• "The Brown Bomber" = Joe Louis
• "Bubba" = James Busceme
• "Buddy" = James McGirt
• "Bulldog of Burgoyne" = James W. Braddock
• "Buster" = James Douglas
• "Butterbean" = Eric Esch
• "Chico" = Diego Corrales
• "Cinderella Man" = James W. Braddock
• "The Clones Cyclone" = Finbar "Barry" McGuigan
• "Corn" = John Griffin
• "Dr. Iron Fist" = Vitali Klitschko
• "Dynamite" = Michael Dokes
• "The Executioner" = Bernard Hopkins
• "El Ferroz" (Spanish for "Ferocious") = Fernando Vargas
• "The Fighting Cowboy" = James Tillis
• "Fireman Jim" = James Flynn
• "Fraudley" = Audley Harrison (intended to be an insult by Frank Warren)
• "The Foul Pole" = Andrew Golota (from his involvement in many controversial fights)
• "Gentleman" = Gerry Cooney
• "Gentleman Jim" = James J. Corbett
• "The Godfather" = Michael Gibbons
• "The Golden Boy" = Billy Walker
• "The Golden Boy" = Oscar de la Hoya
• "The Great White Hope" = James J. Jeffries
• "The Greatest" = Muhammad Ali
• "Guts" = Ishimatsu Suzuki
• "Hammer" = Juan Roldan
• "The Hawk" = Aaron Pryor
• "Hercules" = Mike Weaver
• "The Hit Man" =
  • Ricky Hatton
  • Thomas Hearns
• "Hurricane" = Rubin Carter
• "Iron Mike" = Mike Tyson
• "The Italian Dragon" = Joe Calzaghe
• "The Italian Giant" = Primo Carnera
• "Jersey Joe" = Joe Walcott
• "Jinx" = Michael Spinks
• "Junior" = Roy Jones Jr.
• "Kid Thunder" = Shane Sutcliffe
• "Kostya" = Konstantin Tszyu
• "Left Hook" = Jeff Lacy
• "Lights Out" = James Toney
• "The Little Big Man" = Sharmba Mitchell
• "Little Chocolate" = George Dixon
• "Little Hands of Stone" = Michael Carbajal
• "The Living Death" = Lew Jenkins
• "Locomotora" (Spanish for "Locomotive") = Jorge Castro
• "The Lone Star Cobra" = Donald Curry
• "The Louisville Lip" = Muhammad Ali
• "Macho" = Héctor Camacho
• "Mad Dog" = Gene Hatcher
• "Magic Man" =
  • Paul Malignaggi
  • Antonio Tarver
• "The Manassa Mauler" = Jack Dempsey
• "Manos de Piedra"' (Spanish for "Hands of Stone") = Roberto Duran
• "Mantequilla" (Spanish for "Butter") = José Napoles
• "Marvelous Marvin" = Marvin Hagler
• "Michigan Assassin" = Stanley Ketchel
• "Miracle Matthew" = Matthew Saad Muhammad
• "Morocho" = Carlos Hernandez
• "The Motor City Cobra" = Thomas Hearns
• "The Mouse" = Bruce Strauss
• "Neon Leon" = Leon Spinks
• "The Old Mongoose" = Archie Moore
• "Ordinary" = Audley Harrison (intended to be an insult by Frank Warren)
• "Pacman" = Manny Pacquiao
• "The Pazmanian Devil" = Vinny Paz
• "Peppermint" = Alfonso Frazer
• "Pipino" = Jose Cuevas
• "The Pocket Rocket" = Wayne McCullough
• "Pretty Boy" = Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
• "Prince" = Naseem Hamed
• "Quick" = James Tillis
• "The Quiet Man" = John Ruiz
• "Quitschko" = Vitali Klitschko
• "The Radar" = Wilfred Benitez
• "The Ragamuffin Man" = Lloyd Honeyghan
• "Raging Bull" =
  • Vic Darchinyan
  • Jake LaMotta
• "Razor" = Donovan Ruddock
• "The Real Deal" = Evander Holyfield
• "Salsero" = Alfredo Escalera
• "Smokin' Joe" = Joe Frazier
• "Steelhammer" = Wladimir Klitschko
• "Sugar" =
  • Carlos De Leon
  • Shane Mosley
  • Ray Leonard (Leonard reportedly disliked it, believing only Robinson deserved "Sugar Ray")
• "Sugar Ray Robinson" = pseudonym for Walker Smith, Jr.
• "Sweet T" = Michael Torres
• "El Temible" (Spanish, The Feared) = José Luis Castillo
• "Termite" = Maurice Watkins
• "El Terrible" = Erik Morales
• "Terrible" = Tim Witherspoon
• "Thunder" = Arturo Gatti
• "Thunder from Down Under" = Konstantin "Kostya" Tszyu
• "Tiger" = Dariusz Michalczewski
• "TNT" = Tony Tubbs
• "The Truth" = Carl Williams
• "The Wild Bull of the Pampa" = Luis Firpo
• "Winky" = Ronald Wright

Cricket

See also: List of nicknames used in cricket

• "Bear" = Cameron White, Australian batsman
• "Beefy" = Ian Botham, English all-rounder
• "Bhaji" = Harbhajan Singh, Indian off spinner
• "Big Bird" = Joel Garner, Barbados and West Indies fast bowler
• "Big Joel" = Joel Garner, Barbados and West Indies fast bowler
• "'Butch"= David White, pace bowler
• "Church" = Adam Gilchrist, Australian wicket-keeper/batsman
• "The Don" = Donald Bradman, Australian batsman
• "Fast Freddie" = Andrew Flintoff, English all-rounder
• "Fred Flintstone" = Andrew Flintoff, English all-rounder
• "King of Spain" = Ashley Giles, English left-arm spinner
• "The Little Master" = Sachin Tendulkar, Indian batsman
• "Mr. Cricket" = Michael Hussey, Australian batsman
• "Monty" = Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, English left-arm spinner
• "Murali" = Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan off spinner
• "Oswald" = Brett Lee, Australian fast bowler
• "The Prince" = Brian Lara, Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies batsman
• "Punter" = Ricky Ponting, Australian all-rounder
• "The Silver Prince" = Sourav Ganguly, Indian batsman
• "Slinga" or "Slinger" = Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan fast bowler (from his unique roundarm bowling action)
• "Smokey" = Viv Richards, West Indies fast bowler
• "Sultan of Swing" = Wasim Akram, Pakistani fast bowler
• "Tiger" =
  • Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian batsman
  • Bill O'Reilly, Australian leg spinner
• "Tosser" = Chris Moulder, English spin bowler
• "Tugga" = Steve Waugh, Australian batsman
• "The Turbanator" = Harbhajan Singh, Indian off spinner
• "Viru" = Virender Sehwag, Indian batsman
• "The Wall" = Rahul Dravid, Indian batsman
• "Whispering Death" = Michael Holding, West Indian fast bowler

Cycling

• "Afro-Bob" = Robert de Wilde, BMX racing rider
• "Alice B. Toeclips" = Jacquie Phelan, downhill racer
• "Amtrak" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider
• "L'aigle de Tolède" (French for "The Toledo Eagle") = Federico Bahamontes, road racer
• "The Avalanche" = Richie Anderson, BMX racer
• "BF" = Brian Foster, BMX racing rider (abbreviation of Blue Falcon)
• "Bigfoot" = Andy Patterson, BMX racing rider (due to his shoe size being size 13)
• "Big Chuck" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider
• "Big Daddy" = Eric Rupe, BMX racing rider
• "Big Mig" = Miguel Indurain, road racer
• "Big George" = George Hincapié, road racer
• "Le blaireau" (French for "The Badger") = Bernard Hinault, French road racer
• "Blue Falcon" = Brian Foster, BMX racer
• "Boom Boom" = Scott Beaumont, BMX and downhill racer
• "The Businessman" = Gregory Hill, BMX racer
• "Butcher"= Joe Kowalski, freestyle BMX rider
• "Butter" = Kyle Bennett, BMX racer
• "Black Magic" = Charles Townsend, BMX racer (which he had stenciled on the back of his racing pants in 1985)
• "The Blue Falcon" = Brian Foster, BMX racer
• "The Boss" = Lance Armstrong, road racer
• "Il Campionissimo" (Italian for "The Champion of Champions") = Fausto Coppi, Italian road racer
• "The Cannibal" = Eddy Merckx, Belgian road racer
• "Chasemainian Devil" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider
• "Choo-Choo Charlie" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider
• "The Condor" = Mat Hoffman, freestyle BMX rider
• "Crazy Eric" = Eric Steele, freestyle BMX rider
• "Deadly Nedly" = Ned Overend, Cross-country rider
• "Dirt" = Brian Foster, BMX racing rider
• "Dizzy" = David Zabriskie, road racer
• "dR" = Donald Robinson, BMX racing rider
• "DZ" = David Zabriskie, road racer
• "The Earthquake" = Eric Carter, BMX and downhill racer
• "EC" = Eric Carter, BMX and downhill racer
• "Elefantino" (Italian for "Little Elephant") = Marco Pantani, Italian road racer (despised by Pantani)
• "Farmer John" = John Tomac, BMX, MTB and road racer
• "The Fleein' Korean" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider
• "The Flying Dutchman" = Robert de Wilde, BMX racing rider
• "The Flying Scotsman" = Graeme Obree, track racer
• "Gee" = George Atherton, BMX and downhill racer
• "Gino the Pious" = Gino Bartali, Italian road racer
• "The Golden Child" = Eric Carter, BMX and downhill racer
• "The Green Hornet" = David Zabriskie, road racer
• "H-Ball" = Greg Herbold, downhill racer
• "His Royal Hoyness" = Chris Hoy, track racer
• "Hollifield Flash" = David Juarez, BMX, MTB and road racer
• "Hoycules" = Chris Hoy, track racer
• "Johnny T" = John Tomac, BMX, MTB and road racer
• "Kamakazi" = Jamie Hildebrandt, BMX racing rider
• "King Edward" = Eddy King, freestyle BMX rider
• "King of Skateparks" = Eddie Fiola, freestyle BMX rider
• "L'intello" (French for "The Egghead") = Laurent Fignon, French road racer
• "Little Mr. Awesome" = Greg Schofield, BMX racing rider
• "Lucien Petit-Breton" = pseudonym of Lucien Mazan, French road racer
• "The Lumberjack" = Gary Ellis, BMX racing rider
• "The Lung" = Ned Overend, Cross-country rider
• "Maître Jacques" (French for "Master Jacques") = Jacques Anquetil, French road racer
• "Mellow Johnny" = Lance Armstrong, road racer (from Maillot Jaune, French for Yellow jersey)
• "Miguelón" = Miguel Indurain, road racer
• "Miracle Boy" = Dave Mirra, freestyle BMX rider
• "Mr. Bigfoot" = Andy Patterson, BMX racing rider (due to his shoe size being size 13)
• "Mr. Prologue" = Chris Boardman, road/track racer
• "Mr. Smooth" =
  • Richard Anderson, BMX racing rider
  • Eric Carter, BMX and downhill racer
• "Ned" = Edmund Overend, Cross-country rider
• "No Way Rey" = Hans Rey, bike trials rider
• "Old Man" = Scot Breithaupt, BMX racing rider
• "OM" = Scot Breithaupt, BMX racer (abbreviation of his "Old Man" nickname)
• "Il Pirata" (Italian for "The Pirate") = Marco Pantani, Italian road racer
• "The Pistol" = Pete Loncarevich, BMX racer
• "Pistol Pete" = Pete Loncarevich, BMX racer
• "Poupou" = Raymond Poulidor, French road racer
• "The Professor" = Chris Boardman, road/track racer
• "The Real McHoy" = Chris Hoy, track racer
• "Richie Rich" = Richard Anderson, BMX racer
• "Scary Harry" = Harry Leary, BMX racer
• "Scrawny" = Donald Robinson, BMX racer
• "The Snake" = Mike King, BMX racer
• "Speed Queen" = Melanie Cline, BMX racer
• "Speedy Readey" = Shanaze Reade, BMX racer
• "Speeding Locomotive Charlie" = Charles Townsend, BMX racer
• "Steam Engine Charlie" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider
• "Stompin' Stu" = Stu Thomsen, BMX racer
• "Swell Mel" = Melanie Cline, BMX racer
• "T.I." = Takashi Ito, Japanese freestyle BMX rider
• "Tinker" = David Juarez, BMX, MTB and road racer
• "Tomac Attack" = John Tomac, BMX, MTB and road racer
• "Torchy" = William Peden, racing cyclist
• "Tour de Lance" = Lance Armstrong, road racer (for his multiple wins in Tour de France)
• "Turbo" = Harry Leary, BMX racer
• "VDV" = Christian Vande Velde, road racer
• "Willy" = Vilmos Radasics, BMX racer

Darts

Further information: List of darts players nicknames

Football

American football

See also: List of NFL nicknames

All players are Americans unless indicated otherwise.

• "A.D. or All Day" = Adrian Peterson, running back
• "Ace" = Clarence McKay Parker, quarterback
• "The Albino Rhino" = Karl Mecklenburg, linebacker and defensive lineman
• "The Assassin" = Jack Tatum, safety
• "The A-Train" =
  • Mike Alstott, fullback
  • Anthony Thomas, U.S. football player
• "Automatica" = Martín Gramática, Argentina-born placekicker
• "The Axe Man" = Jeremiah Trotter, linebacker
• "Babe" =
  • Orin Hollingbery, coach
  • Vito Parilli, quarterback
• "Bad Moon" = Andre Rison, wide receiver
• "The Bald Eagle" = Y.A. Tittle, quarterback
• "Bam" = Byron Morris, running back
• "Bambi" = Lance Alworth, wide receiver
• "Bart the Cool" = Bart Starr, quarterback
• "Bear" = Paul Bryant, coach
• "Big Ben" = Ben Roethlisberger, quarterback
• "Big Cat" = Leon Lett, defensive tackle
• "Big Daddy" = Dan Wilkinson, defensive tackle
• "The Blond Bomber" = Terry Bradshaw, quarterback
• "Bo" = Vincent Jackson, running back
• "Boomer" = Norman Esiason III, quarterback
• "Brick" = D'Brickashaw Ferguson, offensive tackle
• "Broadway Joe" = Joe Namath, quarterback
• "Bubba" =
  • Daniel Franks, tight end
  • William Paris, offensive tackle
  • Charles Smith, defensive end
• "Bud" = Kenneth S. Adams, Jr., NFL team owner
• "The Bus" = Jerome Bettis, running back
• "Cadillac" = Carnell Williams, running back
• "The Cajun Cannon" = Bobby Hebert, quarterback
• "Champaign Tony" = Tony Eason, quarterback
• "Chris" = Jim Everett, quarterback (an insult frequently used by Jim Rome)
• "Cool Joe" = Joe Montana, quarterback
• "Crazy Legs" = Elroy Hirsch, running back and wide receiver
• "Curly" = Earl Lambeau, coach
• "DJ" = William Dozier, running back
• "The Dancing Bear" = Ron McDole, defensive end
• "Dandy Don" = Don Meredith, running back
• "Deacon" = David Jones, defensive end
• "Deuce" = Dulymus McAllister, running back
• "Diesel" = John Riggins, running back
• "Dub" = William Jones, running back
• "Duke" =
  • John Elway, quarterback
  • Wellington Mara, Former owner, New York Giants
• "The Eraser" = Bob Sanders, U.S. football player
• "Fast" = Willie Parker, U.S. football player
• "Flash 80" = Jerry Rice, wide receiver
• "Flipper" = Willie Anderson, wide receiver
• "Fourth Quarter Vince" = Vince Young, quarterback
• "The Freak" =
  • Jevon Kearse, defensive end
  • Randy Moss, wide receiver
• "Fred-Ex" = Freddie Mitchell, wide receiver
• "The Fridge" = William Perry, defensive tackle and part-time short-yardage running back
• "The Galloping Ghost" = Harold Grange, running back
• "Gizmo" = Henry Williams, wide receiver and return specialist (although better-known for his career in Canadian football, he acquired the nickname while playing the American game)
• "The Godfather" = Troy Aikman, quarterback
• "The Golden Boy" = Paul Hornung, running back
• "The Golden Boy" = Tom Brady, quarterback
• "Greasy" = Earle Neale, American football player
• "The Head Ball Coach" = Steve Spurrier, coach (although he was also notable as a quarterback, this nickname is exclusive to his coaching career)
• "Heavy Lunch" = Norman Hand, U.S. football player
• "He Hate Me" = Rod Smart, running back
• "The Hit Man" = Bob Sanders, U.S. football player
• "Horse" = Harry Mattos, U.S. football player
• "The Ice Box" = Tim Newton, U.S. football player
• "Ickey" = Elbert Woods, running back
• "Indian Jack" = Jack Jacobs, quarterback of Creek heritage
• "Ironhead" = Craig Heyward, running back
• "Jake the Snake" = Jake Plummer, quarterback
• "Jersey Jim" = Jim McMahon, quarterback
• "The Jet" = Joe Perry, running back
• "Joe Willie" = Joe Namath, quarterback
• "The Juice" = O.J. Simpson, running back
• "The Kansas Comet" = Gale Sayers, running back
• "The Kitchen" = Nate Newton, offensive guard
• "L. T." or "LT" =
  • Lawrence Taylor, outside linebacker
  • LaDainian Tomlinson, running back
• "L.J." or "LJ" =
  • Larry Johnson, running back
• "Laser Rocket Arm" = Peyton Manning, quarterback
• "Le Sack" = Richard Tardits, French linebacker
• "Lightning Feet" = Sebastian Janikowski, Polish placekicker
• "Lights Out" = Shawne Merriman, outside linebacker
• "The Mad Bomber" = Daryle Lamonica, quarterback
• "The Mad Stork" = Ted Hendricks, defensive end
• "Majik" = Don Majkowski, quarterback
• "The Man from Mars" = Otis Sistrunk, defensive end
• "Mean Joe" = Joe Greene, defensive tackle
• "Mercury" = Eugene Morris, running back
• "The Minister of Defense" = Reggie White, defensive tackle
• "The Missile" = Qadry Ismail, wide receiver and return specialist
• "Mr. Clutch" = Drew Pearson, wide receiver
• "Mr. Cowboy" = Bob Lilly, defensive tackle
• "Mr. Ed" = John Elway, quarterback
• "The Molester" = Lester Hayes, cornerback
• "Moose" = Daryl Johnston, fullback
• "Nigerian Nightmare" = Christian Okoye, Nigerian running back
• "Night Train" = Dick Lane, cornerback
• "Ocho Cinco" = Chad Johnson, wide receiver
• "The Ol' Ball Coach" = Steve Spurrier, coach (another nickname exclusive to his coaching career)
• "The Ordinary Superstar" = Johnny Rodgers, wide receiver and return specialist
• "Pacman" = Adam Jones, cornerback (he dropped the nickname in 2008, asking to be called by his given name)
• "Papa Bear" = George Halas, coach and executive
• "The People's Champ" = Freddie Mitchell, wide receiver
• "The Polish Cannon" = Sebastian Janikowski, Polish placekicker
• "The Polish Hammer" = Sebastian Janikowski, Polish placekicker
• "The Polish Powderkeg" = Sebastian Janikowski, Polish placekicker
• "Pork Chop" = Floyd Womack, U.S. football player
• "The Pounding Pontiff" = Marquez Pope, U.S. American football player
• "Pretty Boy" = David Carr, quarterback
• "The President" = Reggie Bush, running back
• "Primetime" =
  • Kendrick Jones, wide receiver (although better-known in Canadian football, he received this nickname while playing the American game)
  • Deion Sanders, cornerback and return specialist
• "Purple Jesus" = Adrian Peterson, running back
• "Rag" = Bob Griese, quarterback
• "The Rattler" = Ken Riley, U.S. football player
• "Red" =
  • Lowell Dawson, coach
  • William Dawson, coach
  • Harold Grange, running back
  • Jim Parker, coach
• "The Refrigerator" = William Perry, defensive tackle and part-time short-yardage running back
• "Riggo" = John Riggins, running back
• "Robo Sack" = Rob Johnson,quarter back
• "The Rocket" = Raghib Ismail, wide receiver and return specialist
• "Samurai Mike" = Mike Singletary, middle linebacker
• "Satellite" = Willie Totten, quarterback
• "Sea Bass" = Sebastian Janikowski, Polish placekicker
• "The Secretary of Defense" = David Jones, defensive end
• "The Shark" = Jeff Samardzija, wide receiver (now a baseball pitcher)
• "Shug" = Ralph Jordan, coach
• "Slash" = Kordell Stewart, quarterback and wide receiver
• "Slingin' Sammy" = Sam Baugh, quarterback and punter
• "The Snake" = Jake Plummer, quarterback
• "The Snake" = Ken Stabler, quarterback
• "Sweetness" = Walter Payton, running back
• "Tank" = Terry Johnson, defensive tackle
• "The Texas Tornado" = Sam Baugh, quarterback and punter
• "Three Mile Lyle" = Lyle Alzado, defensive end
• "Tim" = Tshimanga Biakabutuka, Canadian running back
• "TNT" = Michael Turner, Lorenzo Neal, and LaDainian Tomlinson, trio of running backs
• "T.O." = Terrell Owens, wide receiver
• "Toast" = Elvis Patterson, cornerback and safety
• "The Toe" = Lou Groza, offensive tackle and placekicker
• "Tommy America" = Tom Brady, quarterback
• "Too Tall" = Ed Jones, defensive end
• "Tooz" = John Matuszak, defensive end
• "Touchdown Tim" = Tshimanga Biakabutuka, Canadian running back
• "The Big Tuna" = Bill Parcells, coach
• "Turk" = Claude McBride, defensive end
• "Two-Minute Tommy" = Tommy Kramer, quarterback
• "The Tyler Rose" = Earl Campbell, running back
• "Vinny Greenballs" = Vinny Testaverde, quarterback
• "Weeb" = Wilbur Ewbank, quarterback and coach
• "White Shoes" = Billy Johnson, wide receiver and return specialist
• "Whizzer" = Byron White, running back
• "Windy City Flyer" = Devin Hester, return specialist and wide receiver
• "World" = Jerry Rice, wide receiver
• "Ya-Ya" = Y.A. Tittle, quarterback

Association football

• "L'aigle dalmate" (French for "The Dalmatian Eagle") = Josip Skoblar, Yugoslavian striker
• "Al" = Alex Revell, English footballer
• "Aldo" = John Aldridge, Irish football player and manager
• "Alex James of the East" = Lee Wai Tong, Hong Kong footballer
• "The Animal" = Edmundo, Brazilian striker
• "The Asian Maradona" = Ali Karimi, Iranian football player
• "Aussie Guus" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager
• "The Baby-Faced Assassin" = Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian striker
• "Bails" = Nicky Bailey, English footballer
• "Baixinho" (Portuguese for "Shorty") = Romario, Brazilian striker
• "The Bald Eagle"
  • Attilio Lombardo, Italian football player and manager
  • Jim Smith, English football player, manager and director
• "Barney" = Lee Barnard, English footballer
• "Batigol" = Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian striker
• "Baz" = Barry Cogan, Irish footballer
• "Becks" = David Beckham, English midfielder
• "Big Al" = Alan Shearer, English striker
• "Big Sam" = Sam Allardyce English football manager
• "The Black Spider" = Lev Yashin, Soviet goalkeeper
• "Bomber der Nation/Der Bomber" (German, "Bomber of the Nation/The Bomber") = Gerd Müller, German striker
• "Bora" = Velibor Milutinović, Serbian football manager
• "Brian" = Stuart Lewis, English footballer
• "La Bruja" (Spanish, "The Witch") = Juan Ramón Verón, Argentinian footballer
• "La Brujita" (Spanish, "The Little Witch") = Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentinian midfielder
• "El Buitre" (Spanish, "The Vulture") = Emilio Butragueño, Spanish striker
• "The Bull" = Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian striker
• "The Bull of the Bosporus" = Hakan Şükür, Turkish striker
• "Canto" = Eric Cantona, French footballer
• "Captain America" = Claudio Reyna, American midfielder
• "Captain Marvel" = Bryan Robson, English midfielder
• "Chief" = Wayne Allison, UK Soccer player
• "Chopper" = Ron Harris, English footballer
• "The Clown Prince" = Paul Gascoigne, English midfielder
• "CR7" = Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
• "The Crab" = Ray Wilkins, British footballer
• "Crofty" = Andrew Crofts, Welsh footballer
• "Crouchy" = Peter Crouch, English striker
• "Damo" = Damian Scannell, English footballer
• "Dicko" = Chris Dickson, Ghanaian footballer
• "El Diez" (Spanish for "the 10") = Diego Maradona, Argentinian midfielder (from his jersey number)
• "Il Divin Codino" (Italian for "The Divine Ponytail") = Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
• "Doctor" or "The Doctor"
  • Kenny Deuchar, Scottish striker (a fully-credentialed medical doctor)
  • Theophilus Khumalo, South African midfielder
  • Sócrates, Brazilian midfielder (also a fully-credentialed medical doctor)
• "Dorito" = Steve Collis, English football goalkeeper
• "Drunken Ferguson" = Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer
• "Duncan Disorderly" = Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer
• "Duracell" = Pavel Nedvěd, Czech midfielder
• "The Dutch Destroyer" = Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer
• "Felipão" (Portuguese for "Big Phil") = Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football manager
• "Il fenomeno" (Italian for "The Phenomenon") = Ronaldo, Brazil striker
• "Fergie"
  • Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager
  • Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer
• "Flavs" = Darryl Flahavan, English football goalkeeper
• "G" = Mark Gower, English footballer
• "The Galloping Major" = Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer
• "Gal" = Garry Richards, English footballer
• "Gazza" = Paul Gascoigne, English midfielder
• "De Generaal" (Dutch for "The General") = Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer
• "Il Genio" (Italian for "The Genius") = Dejan Savićević, Serbian midfielder
• "Giero" = Rob Gier, English footballer
• "The Ginger Ninja" = Paul Scholes, English footballer
• "God" = Alan Shearer, English striker
• "Golden Guus" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager
• "Goldenballs" = David Beckham, English midfielder
• "The Goose" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager
• "Gronaldo" (French language pun, roughly "Fat Ronaldo") = Jean-Claude Darcheville, French striker
• "Grossy" = Adam Gross, English footballer
• "Guus Geluk" (literally 'Lucky Guus', Dutch for Disney's Gladstone Gander) = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager
• "The Helicopter"
  • Vahid Hashemian, Iranian footballer
  • Ivan Zamorano, Chilean striker
• "Hiddingu" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager
• "Hoops" = Gary Hooper, English footballer
• "The Hunter" = Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
• "Hunty" = Lewis Hunt, English footballer
• "Ibou" = Ibrahim Ba, French midfielder
• "Ibracadabra" = Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish striker
• "Iceman" = Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer
• "Imperatore" = Adriano Leite Ribeiro, Brazilian soccer player
• "Incredible Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French striker
• "Ironhead" = Robert Tam Kong Pak, Hong Kong footballer
• "Jacko" = Simeon Jackson, Canadian footballer
• "Jay-Jay" = Augustine Okocha, Nigerian midfielder
• "Jinky" = Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer
• "Johan I" = Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
• "Johan II" = Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer
• "Judas" = Sol Campbell, English footballer
• "The Kaiser" = Franz Beckenbauer, German midfielder, then defender
• "De Kannibaal" (Dutch for "The Cannibal") = Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch football player
• "Keano"
  • Robbie Keane, Irish striker
  • Roy Keane, Irish former midfielder and manager
• "Kights" = Michael Kightly, English footballer
• "Der Killer" (German for "The Killer") = Ivan Klasnic, Croatian footballer
• "King of Asia Football" = Lee Wai Tong, Hong Kong footballer
• "King Eric" = Eric Cantona, French football player
• "Kleines dickes Müller" (German, "Short fat Müller") = Gerd Müller, West German striker
• "Kojak" = Pierluigi Collina, Italian referee
• "Koppita" = Raymond Kopa, French football player
• "Kral" (Turkish for "King") = Hakan Sükür, Turkish striker
• "De Kromme" (Dutch for "The Curve") = Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer
• "Lash" = Peter Lorimer, Scottish footballer
• "Le God" = Matthew Le Tissier, English midfielder
• "Leicester's Favourite Son" = Gary Lineker, English striker
• "Litti" = Jari Litmanen, Finnish midfielder
• "Little Buddha"
  • Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
  • Ivan de la Peña, Spanish midfielder
• "El Loco" (Spanish for "The Crazy One")
  • Rene Higuita, Colombian goalkeeper
  • Ramón Quiroga, Peruvian goalkeeper
• "The Maradona of the Carpathians" = Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian midfielder
• "Macca"
  • Craig Mackail-Smith, English footballer
  • Chris MacKenzie, English football goalkeeper
  • Craig McAllister, Scottish footballer
  • Gary McAllister, Scottish football player and manager
  • Jason McAteer, Irish footballer
  • Frank McAvennie, Former Scottish footballer
  • Neil McCafferty, Irish footballer
  • Stuart McCall, Scottish football player and manager
  • Gavin McCann, English footballer
  • Mick McCarthy, Irish football player and manager
  • Paul McCarthy, Irish footballer
  • George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
  • Steve McClaren, English football player and manager
  • Alan McCormack, Ireland footballer
  • Lee McCulloch, Scottish footballer
  • John McDermott, English football manager
  • Scott McDonald, Australian footballer
  • Lee McEvilly, English footballer
  • Paul McGrath, Ireland footballer
  • Mark McGregor, English footballer
  • Izale McLeod, English footballer
  • Kevin McLeod, English footballer
  • Steve McManaman, English footballer
  • Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer
  • Stephen McPhee, Scottish footballer
  • Gary McSheffrey, English footballer
  • Dave McTiernan, English footballer
• "Mary Poppins" = Alan Shearer, English striker (given as an insult by two Newcastle United executives during a candid interview with a journalist)
• "Medvěd" or "Meda" (Czech for "Bear" or "Teddy bear") = Pavel Nedvěd, Czech midfielder
• "Mido" = Ahmed Hossam, Egyptian striker
• "Millsy" = Adam Miller, English footballer
• "Miracle Worker" = Bora Milutinović, Serbian football soccer trainer (for his achievent of taking four different modest teams beyond the first round in four different World Cup finals)
• "Mr. George" = George Weah, Liberian striker
• "Il muro di Berlino" (Italian, "The Berlin Wall") = Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer
• "Mullers" = Gary Mulligan, Irish footballer
• "El Niño" (Spanish for "The Kid") = Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
• "Nuts" = John Nutter, English footballer
• "Quashie-modo" = Nigel Quashie, Scottish footballer
• "Obagoal" = Obafemi Martins, Nigerian football player
• "One Size" = Fitz Hall, English soccer player
• "Pelé" = Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
• "Pelusa" (Spanish, "fuzz") = Diego Maradona, Argentinian midfielder
• "The Phantom" = Roy Makaay, Dutch striker
• "Phil" = Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football manager
• "El Pibe de Oro" (Spanish for "The Golden Kid") = Diego Maradona, Argentinian midfielder
• "El Pibe" (Spanish for "The Kid") = Carlos Valderrama, Colombian midfielder
• "Pierino La Peste" (Italian for Pete the little pest) = Pierino Prati, Italian soccerplayer
• "The Pitbull" = Edgar Davids, Dutch midfielder
• "Pizza" = Peter Hutton , Northern Irish footballer
• "Platoche" = Michel Platini, French midfielder
• "Pooley" = Glenn Poole, English footballer
• "Preki" = Predrag Radosavljevic, Serbia-born American midfielder
• "Prince Harry" = Matt Harrold, English footballer
• "El Presidente" = Clarence Seedorf, Dutch midfielder
• "Psycho" = Stuart Pearce, English football player
• "Raymond la science" (French for Brainy Raymond) = Raymond Goethals, Belgian soccer player and coach
• "Razor" = Neil Ruddock, British footballer
• "O Rei" (Portuguese, "The King") = Pelé, Brazilian soccer player
• "Rehakles" = Otto Rehhagel, German football manager
• "Robot Rothen" = Jérôme Rothen, French midfielder
• "The Rock" = Marcel Desailly, French central defender
• "Roo" = Wayne Rooney, English soccer player
• "Royce The Voice" = Simon Royce, English football goalkeeper
• "Roycey" = Simon Royce, English football goalkeeper
• "RVP" = Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
• "S.A.S" = Alan Shearer & Chris Sutton, partnership nickname whilst playing for Blackburn Rovers
• "El Salvador" = Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
• "San Marco" = Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer
• "Scarface" = Franck Ribéry, French soccer player
• "El Scorpion" = René Higuita, Colombian goalkeeper (named for his infamous goal save against England during a friendly match)
• "The Shark" = Darryl Flahaven, English football goalkeeper
• "Sheva" = Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian striker
• "Sisko" = Radovan Filipović, former Serbian footballer
• "Smallsy" = Rob Smalls, English, football goalkeeper
• "The Snake" = Youri Djorkaeff, French soccer player
• "Sniffer" = Allan Clarke, English footballer
• "The Special One" = José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager (given to him by the media for his infamous press conference comment)
• "Spiderman" = Carlo Cudicini, Italian football goalkeeper
• "The Steak" = Adriano, Brazilian football player
• "Stills" = Derek Stillie, Scottish football goalkeeper
• "Stu" = Stuart Thurgood, English footballer
• "Le Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French striker
• "Super Pippo" = Filippo Inzaghi, Italian striker
• "The Tank" = Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
• "El Tren" = Adolfo Valencia,Colombian footballer
• "The Tinkerer" = Claudio Ranieri, Italian football manager (given by the British press during his time at Chelsea F.C.)
• "Tino" = Faustino Asprilla, Colombian striker
• "Titi" = Thierry Henry, French striker
• "Tøffe" = Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer
• "Totò" = Salvatore Schillaci, Italian striker
• "Trigger" = Nicky Southall, English footballer
• "Tsar Hiddink" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager
• "Tulip" = Danny Cullip, English footballer
• "Turnip" = Graham Taylor, English football manager (given by The Sun newspaper, as a response to poor result)
• "Two-Metre Peter" = Peter Crouch, English footballer
• "Turl" = Theodor Brinek, Jr., Austrian footballer
• "Van The Man" = Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch striker
• "Van Gol" = Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch striker
• "Vishnu" = Vikash Dhorasoo, French midfielder
• "Wazza" = Wayne Rooney, English footballer
• "The Welsh Wizard" = Ryan Giggs, Welsh winger
• "The White Pelé" = Zico, Brazilian midfielder
• "Willy" = Casey Weedon, English footballer
• "The Wizard of the Dribble" = Stanley Matthews, English midfielder
• "Zeko" (Bosnian, "Rabbit") = Almir Turkovic, Bosnian footballer
• "Zico" = Arthur Antunes Coimbra, Brazilian midfielder
• "Zizou" = Zinedine Zidane, French midfielder
• "Zog On The Tyne" = Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
• "De Zwarte Tulp" (Dutch for "The Black Tullip") = Ruud Gullit, Dutch midfielder

Australian rules football

See also: List of nicknames used in Australian rules football

All players are Australians unless otherwise indicated.

• "Buddha" = Garry Hocking, midfielder
• "Crackers" = Peter Keenan, ruckman
• "Dipper" = Robert DiPierdomenico, wingman
• "God" = Gary Ablett, forward and wingman
• "Lethal Leigh" = Leigh Matthews, forward
• "Pants" = Darren Millane, wingman
• "Plugger" = Tony Lockett, full-forward
• "Mr Football" = Ted Whitten, Backman
• "Dancing Dougie" = Doug Hawkins, Wingman
• "Rolls Royce" = Chris Grant, Forward

Canadian football

All players are Canadians unless indicated otherwise.

• "Dr. Death" = Dave Fennell, defensive tackle
• "Gizmo" = Henry Williams, American wide receiver and return specialist
• "Indian Jack" = Jack Jacobs, American quarterback and punter of Creek heritage
• "The Little Assassin" = Ron Lancaster, American quarterback, coach, and executive
• "The Little General" = Ron Lancaster, American quarterback, coach, and executive
• "Moe the Toe" = Moe Racine, offensive lineman and placekicker
• "Piffles" = Neil J. Taylor, Canadian football player and coach
• "Pinball" = Michael Clemons, American running back and return specialist
• "Quick Six" = Cory Philpot, American running back
• "The Rocket" = Raghib Ismail, American wide receiver and return specialist
• "The Ordinary Superstar" = Johnny Rodgers, American wide receiver and return specialist

Gaelic football

• "Bomber" = Eoin Liston, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Gooch/The Gooch" = Colm Cooper, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Jayo" = Jason Sherlock, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Mugsy" = Eoin Mulligan, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Ned" = Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Prince of Forwards" = Tadhg Lyne, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Star" = Kieran Donaghy, Irish Gaelic footballer

Golf

• "Babe" = Mildred Zaharias (also known for her previous career in track and field)
• "The Big Easy" = Ernie Els
• "Big Mama" = JoAnne Carner
• "The Boss of the Moss" = Loren Roberts
• "Champagne Tony" = Tony Lema
• "Chi-Chi" = Juan Rodríguez
• "The Golden Bear" = Jack Nicklaus
• "The Great White Shark" = Greg Norman
• "The Grouch" = Pádraig Harrington
• "Hombre Araña" (Spanish for "Spider-Man") = Camilo Villegas
• "Hootie" = William Johnson
• "The King" = Arnold Palmer
• "Lefty" = Phil Mickelson
• "Lighthorse Harry" = Harry Cooper
• "Lord Byron" = Byron Nelson
• "The Merry Mex" = Lee Trevino (from his Mexican American heritage)
• "Mr. X" = Miller Barber
• "Mrs. Doubtfire" = Colin Montgomerie
• "Monty" = Colin Montgomerie
• "El Niño" (Spanish for "The Kid") = Sergio García
• "Ohio Fats" = Jack Nicklaus
• "The Pink Panther" = Paula Creamer
• "Sandy" = Alexander Lyle
• "Sarge" = Orville Moody
• "Seve" = Severiano Ballesteros
• "Slammin' Sammy" = Sam Snead
• "The Small Unit" = Chez Reavie
• "Squire" = Gene Sarazen
• "Tiger" = Eldrick Woods
• "The Walrus" = Craig Stadler
• "The Wee Welshman" = Ian Woosnam
• "Woosers", "Woosie", or "Wooster" = Ian Woosnam

Gymnastics

All are Gymnasts unless stated

• "Belarusian Swan" = Svetlana Boginskaya
• "Goddess of Gymnastics" = Svetlana Boginskaya
• "Kimanellie" = Nellie Kim
• "Magnificent Seven" = Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Kerri Strug, Amy Chow, Amanda Borden and Jaycie Phelps
• "Martha" = Márta Károlyi coach (alternate/Westernised name)
• "Nastia" = Anastasia Liukin (Russian diminutive)
• "Prince of gymnastics" = Li Ning
• "Queen Khorkina" = Svetlana Khorkina
• "Sexy Alexei" = Alexei Nemov
• "Sparrow from Minsk" = Olga Korbut

Ice hockey

See also: List of hockey nicknames

• "747" = Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Ace" =
  • Irvine Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Jim Carey, U.S. goaltender
• "AK-27" = Alexei Kovalev, Russian winger
• "Alexander the Great" =
  • Alexander Mogilny, Russian winger
  • Alexander Ovechkin, Russian winger
• "AlMo" = Alexander Mogilny, Russian winger
• "The A-Train" = Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
• "Babe" =
  • Cecil Dye, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Walter Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Albert Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Baldy" = Harold Cotton, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Barney" = Russ Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bates" = Jon Battaglia, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Battleship" = Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Baz" = Aldege Bastien, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Beezer" = John Vanbiesbrouck, U.S. goaltender
• "Big Bird" = Larry Robinson, Canadian defenceman
• "Big Bomber" = Charlie Conacher, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Big Daddy" = Patrick Kane, U.S ice hockey player
• "Big Dog" = Jeff Christian, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Big E" = Eric Lindros, Canadian centre
• "BGL (Big Georges Laraque)" = Georges Laraque, Canadian hockey player
• "The Big M" = Frank Mahovlich, Canadian hockey player
• "Big Nose" = Martin Rucinsky, Czech winger
• "The Big Train" = Lionel Conacher, Canadian hockey player
• "Bill" = Hubert Quackenbush, Canadian hockey player
• "Billy" = Hamilton Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Black Jack" = John Stewart, Canadian hockey player
• "Blackie" = Jean Chouinard, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Boomer" = Steve Hawrysh ice hockey executive
• "Boom Boom" =
  • Tom Driscoll, Canadian hockey player
  • Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian hockey player
• "Bouse" = John Hutton, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Brick" = Andy Brickley, U.S. hockey player
• "The Bruise Brothers" = Joe Kocur and Bob Probert, Detroit Red Wings ice hockey teammates
• "Bubba" =
  • Barry Beck, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Andrew Berenzweig, U.S. hockey player
• "Buck" = George Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bucky" = Ralph Buchanan, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bud" =
  • Alex Cook, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Norman Poile, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Jim MacPherson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Buddy" = Carl Boone, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Buddy" = Herbert O'Connor, Canadian hockey player
• "The Bulin Wall" = Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian goaltender
• "Bullet Joe" = Harold Simpson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bun" = Fred Cook, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bunny" =
  • John Ahearne, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Napoleon Dame, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Burnaby Joe" = Joe Sakic, Canadian centre
• "Busher" = Harvey Jackson, Canadian hockey player
• "Buster" = Russ Brayshaw, Canadian hockey player
• "Butch" =
  • Emile Bouchard, Canadian hockey player
  • Frank Stahan,, Canadian hockey player
• "Buzz" = Frank Boll, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Captain" =
  • Mark Messier, Canadian centre
  • Steve Yzerman, Canadian centre
• "Captain Kirk" =
  • Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Kirk Muller, Canadian centre
• "Cat" = Félix Potvin, Canadian goaltender
• "Cheesie" = Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Chico" = Glenn Resch, Canadian hockey player
• "The Chicoutimi Cucumber" = Georges Vézina, Canadian goaltender
• "Chief" =
  • George Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Johnny Bucyk, Canadian Ice Hockey player
• "Ching" = Ivan Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Chuck" = Claude Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Claude Printemps" (French for "Springtime Claude") = Claude Lemieux, Canadian winger
• "The Cocktail Schremp" = Rob Schremp, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Cooney" = Ralph Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Cornelius" = Lyle Odelein, Canadian defenceman
• "CristoWall" = Cristobal Huet, French goaltender
• "Crow" = Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey coach
• "CuJo" = Curtis Joseph, Canadian goaltender
• "Cyclone" = Fred Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Le Démon Blond" (French for "The Blond Devil") = Guy Lafleur, Canadian winger
• "Digger" =
  • Richard Moore, Canadian hockey player
  • Paul Dixon, British hockey player/coach
• "Dit" = Aubrey Clapper, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Dodger" = Norman Collings, Canadian hockey player
• "Dollar Bill" = W.W. Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks NHL franchise
• "The Dominator" = Dominik Hašek, Czech goaltender
• "Dubbie" = Russell Bowie, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Duke" = Gordon Keats, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Eddie the Eagle" = Ed Belfour, Canadian goaltender
• "The Finnish Flash" = Teemu Selanne, Finnish winger
• "Flower" = Guy Lafleur, Canada winger
• "Foppa" = Peter Forsberg, Swedish centre
• "Gentleman Joe" =
  • Joe Primeau, Canadian hockey player and coach
  • Joe Sakic, Canadian centre
• "Godzilla" = Olaf Kölzig, German goaltender
• "The Golden Brett" = Brett Hull, Canadian-American winger (after his father, "The Golden Jet")
• "The Golden Jet" = Bobby Hull, Canadian winger
• "Goose" = Paul Gaustad , American ice hockey player
• "Grapes" = Don Cherry, Canadian hockey coach, player and commentator
• "The Great One" = Wayne Gretzky, Canadian centre and coach
• "Le Gros Bill" (French for "Big Bill") = Jean Béliveau, Canadian centre
• "Gump" = Lorne Worsley, Canadian hockey player
• "The Gumper" = Lorne Worsley, Canadian hockey player
• "Hammer" = Dave Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Hap" or "Happy" =
  • Clarence Day, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • Harry Holmes, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Hod" = William H. Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Hooley" = Reginald Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
• "House" = Jim Sandlak, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Iron Mike" = Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager
• "Jacques" = Joseph H. Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Jake the Snake" = Jacques Plante, Canadian goaltender
• "Jean" = Joseph Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Jumbo Joe" = Joe Thornton, Canadian centre
• "The Kid" = Sidney Crosby, Canadian centre
• "King" =
  • Francis Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• "King Richard" = Richard Brodeur, Canadian hockey goalie
• "Knuckles" = Chris Nilan, U.S. ice hockey player
• "The Legion of Doom" = Eric Lindros (Canadian hockey player), John LeClair (U.S. ice hockey player) and Mikael Renberg (Swedish ice hockey player)
• "The Little Giant" = Aurel Joliat, Canadian hockey player
• "The Little M" = Peter Mahovlich, Canadian winger
• "Lolo" = Rosario Couture, Canadian hockey player
• "Lord Byron" = Byron Dafoe, English goaltender
• "M-Dubbs" = Mike Warne, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mad Max" = Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mad Mike" = Mike Milbury, U.S. hockey player/former general manager and coach
• "Le Magnifique" (French for "The Magnificent") = Mario Lemieux, Canadian centre
• "The Mask" = Jim Carey, U.S. goaltender
• "The Messiah" = Mark Messier, Canadian centre
• "Mickey" = Fred J. Ion, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mr. Hockey" = Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mr. Zero" = Frank Brimsek, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Mo" = Mike Modano, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Moose" =
  • André Dupont, Canadian ice hockey player
  • F. X. Goheen, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Ernest Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Mark Messier, Canadian centre
  • Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Murph" = Erwin Chamberlain, Canadian hockey player
• "Mush" = Harold March, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Newsy" = Edouard Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Net Detective" = Jim Carey, U.S. goaltender
• "The Next One" =
  • Sidney Crosby, Canadian centre
  • Eric Lindros, Canadian centre
• "Nosey" = Art Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Old Bootnose" = Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Old Poison" = Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Ozzie" = Chris Osgood, Canadian goaltender
• "Ossie" = Oscar Asmundson, Canadian hockey player
• "Ozo" = Sandis Ozolinsh, Latvian defenceman
• "Le Penseur" (French for "The Thinker") = Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Pete Dug" = Jordan Peter Douglas Orava, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Phat" = Gordon Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Phantom Joe" = Maurice Malone, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Pit" =
  • Alfred Lepine, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Hubert Martin, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Pocket Rocket" = Henri Richard, Canadian hockey player (after his brother, Maurice
• "The Professor" = Igor Larionov, Russian centre
• "Puff Nuts" = Jaromir Jagr, Czech winger
• "Punch" =
  • Harry L. Broadbent, Canadian ice hockey player
  • George Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• "Rat" = Harry Westwick, Canadian winger
• "Razor" = Rob Ray Canadian ice hockey player
• "Rebounds" = Marc-André Fleury, Canadian goaltender
• "Red" =
  • Gordon Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player
  • George Horner, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Leonard Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Roy Storey, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Red Light" = André Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Riverton Rifle" = Reggie Leach, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Roadrunner" = Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian winger
• "The Rocket" = Maurice Richard, Canadian winger
• "The Russian Rocket" = Pavel Bure, Russian winger
• "Rusty" = Samuel Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player
• "St. Patrick" = Patrick Roy, Canadian goaltender
• "Sammy" = Sergei Samsonov, Russian winger
• "Scotty" =
  • Allan M. Davidson, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Ian Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Le Sénateur" (French for "The Senator") = Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Shorty" = Wilfred Green, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Shrimp" = Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Silver Fox" = Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• "Skippy" = Fred Burchell, U.S. hockey player
• "Slats" = Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Spider" = Ken Lockett, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• "Spunk" = Emory Collins, Canadian auto racer and ice hockey player
• "Steamer" = Fred G. Maxwell, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Stevie Wonder" = Steve Yzerman, Canadian centre
• "Stevie Y" = Steve Yzerman, Canadian centre
• "The Stratford Streak" = Howard W. Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Super Mario" = Mario Lemieux, Canadian centre
• "Sweeney" = David Schriner, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Tasmanian Devil" = Terry O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Teeder" = Ted Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Terrible Ted" = Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Tiger" = Dave Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Tim" = Miles Horton, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Tiny" = Cecil R. Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Toe" = Hector Blake, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Turk" = Walter Broda, Canadian goaltender
• "Turkey" = Gerard Gallant, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• "Twin Towers" = Nik Antropov and Alexei Ponikarovsky Kasakhk Ukranian ice hockey players
• "Ulcers" = Frank McCool, Canadian
• "Wardo" = Cam Ward, Canadian goaltender
• "Whipper" = Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Wizard(s)" = Daniel Sedin & Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey players

Martial arts

Karate

• "Master Ishii" = Kazuyoshi Ishii

Kickboxing

• "Blue-Eyed Samurai" (青い目の侍) = Andy Hug
• "The Flying Gentleman" = Remy Bonjasky
• "The Havoc" = Kit Cope
• "Iron man" (鉄人, Tetsujin) = Andy Hug
• "Kit" = Kristopher Cope
• "Mr. Perfect" = Ernesto Hoost
• "Nicoletta" = Nicole Trimmel
• "Superfoot" = Bill Wallace

Mixed martial arts

• "Ace" = Rich Franklin
• "American Psycho" = Stephan Bonnar
• "The Axe Murderer" = Wanderlei Silva
• "Babalu" = Renato Sobral
• "Bang" = Duane Ludwig
• "The Bear" = Mark Smith
• "The Beast" = Dan Severn
• "California Kid" = Urijah Faber
• "Cachorro Louco" (Portugese: Mad Dog) = Wanderlei Silva
• "Chainsaw" = Charles McCarthy
• "The Count" = Michael Bisping
• "Crush" = Gina Carano
• "Cro Cop" = Mirko Filipović
• "The Croatian Sensation" = Pat Miletich
• "Conviction" = Gina Carano
• "Daddy" = Joe Stevenson
• "The Gracie Hunter" = Kazushi Sakuraba
• "The Great" = Nathan Marquardt
• "The Hammer" = Mark Coleman
• "Heat" = Karo Parisyan
• "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" = Tito Ortiz
• "Iceman" = Chuck Liddell
• "The IQ Wrestler" = Kazushi Sakuraba
• "King" = Spencer Fisher
• "The Last Emperor" = Fedor Emelianenko
• "Lil' Hulk" = Luke Caudillo
• "Lightning" = Lee Murray
• "The Machine" = Ian Freeman
• "The Maine-iac" = Tim Sylvia
• "Muscle Shark" = Sean Sherk
• "Natural" = Randy Couture
• "Ninja = Murilo Rua
• "Prodigy" = B.J. Penn
• "Rampage" = Quinton Jackson
• "Red Nose" = Steve Berger
• "Rush" = Georges St. Pierre
• "Saku" (Japanese: 39(san ku)) = Kazushi Sakuraba
• "Shogun" = Mauricio Rua
• "The Spider" = Anderson Silva
• "The Squeeze"= Sam Morgan
• "Sugar" = Rashad Evans
• "Tank" = David Abbott
• "Wildman" = Thomas Denny
• "The World's Most Dangerous Man" = Ken Shamrock
• "The Wolverine" = Matt Grice

Taekwondo

• "Heewoman" = Dana Hee

Motorsport

• "Airwastl" = Busty Wolter, German Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Ardun Doug" = Doug King, nostalgia drag racer
• "Aspar" = Jorge Martínez, Spanish motorcycle racer
• "Awesome Bill" ("Awesome Bill From Dawsonville") = Bill Elliott, stock car racer
• "Babe" = Woolf Barnato, British racing driver
• "Baja Bob" = Bob Gordon, off-road racer
• "Banjo" = Edwin K. Matthews, racing mechanic
• "The Barefoot Boy From Te Puke" = Denny Hulme, racing driver
• "Barney" = Bern Oldfield, racing driver
• "The Baron" = Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer
• "The Bear" = Denny Hulme, racing driver
• "Benjy" = Dudley Benjafield, British racing driver
• "Bentley Boys" = a group of gentlemen racers who drove Bentleys, including Woolf Barnato, Henry Birkin and others (see article)
• "Bergmeister" (German, "hill master") = Hans-Joachim Stuck, German racing driver
• "Big" = Don Garlits, drag racer
• "Big Al" = Al Unser, Sr., racing driver
• "Big Daddy" = Don Garlits, drag racer
• "The Blackburn Bullet" = Carl Fogarty, British motorcycle racer
• "Black Jack" = Jack Brabham, British Formula One racing driver
• "Bob" = Boris Said, racing driver
• "Bobby Z" = Bobby Zoelner, monster truck driver
• "Bomber" = Earl F. Balmer, racing driver
• "Bosse" = Marcus Grönholm, Finnish rally driver
• "Bounty Hunter" = Connie Kalitta, drag racer
• "Bounty Huntress" = Shirley Muldowney, drag racer (used briefly)
• "Brilliant Bob" = Robert Wollek, French sportscar racing driver
• "Brissou" = Brice Izzo, French Freestyle Motocross rider
• "The Bruce and Denny Show" = the highly successful pairing of Team McLaren drivers, Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme in Can-Am racing from 1967 until McLaren's death in 1970.
• "Bubba" =
  • James Stewart Jr., Supercross rider
  • Don Shobert, motorcycle racer
• "Buck" = Elzie W. Baker, Sr., stock car racer
• "Buddy" = Wylie Baker, Jr., stock car racer
• "Bugs" = Leslie Allen, dirt track racing driver
• "The Bulldog" = Mike Gascoyne, British Formula One technical director
• "Bunkie" = James R. Blackburn, stock car racer
• "'Bushmaster" = George Shreiber, drag racer
• "Busty" = Sebastian Wolter, German Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Cacá Bueno" = Carlos Filho, racing driver
• "The Camfather" = Ed Iskenderian, drag racer and land speed racer
• "Cannonball" = Erwin Baker, racing driver
• "Caped Crusader of Auto Racing" = Eddie Sachs, Indy racing driver
• "Cha-Cha" = Shirley Muldowney, drag racer (used briefly, despised by Shirley)
• "Charging Charlie" = Charlie Glotzbach, NASCAR driver
• "The Charging Comet" = Charlie Glotzbach, NASCAR driver
• "Chick" = Takeo Hirashima, racing mechanic
• "El Chueco" (Spanish for "knock-kneed" or "bandy legs") = Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine Formula One driver
• "Ciccio" (Italian, "butch") = Alberto Ascari, Italian Grand Prix driver
• "Christo" = Riki and Adam Christodoulou, British racing drivers (widely used as their surname)
• "Caped Crusader of Auto Racing" = Gianclaudio Regazzoni, Swiss Formula One driver
• "Chip" = Lee E. Hanauer, hydroplane driver
• "Clay" = Gianclaudio Regazzoni, Swiss Formula One driver
• "Clown Prince of Auto Racing" = Eddie Sachs, Indy racing driver
• "Colin McCrash" = Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (given in reference to his tendency to crash, even during title deciding rounds)
• "The Columbus Comet" = Anthony W. Stewart, NASCAR driver
• "Il Commendatore" (Italian, The Commander) = Enzo Ferrari, Italian Grand Prix racing driver and team owner
• "Coo Coo"" = Clifton Marlin, NASCAR driver
• "Connie" = Conrad Kalitta, drag racer
• "Cotton" = Henry C. Henning, Indianapolis racing mechanic
• "Count von Crash" = Wolfgang von Trips, German Formula One driver
• "Cowboy" = Kenny Bartram, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Crazy Swede" = Samuel Hübinette, drifting driver.
• "Curre" = Curt Lincoln, Finnish racing driver
• "Czech Pastrana" = Petr Pilat, Czech Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Dai-chan" (大ちゃん) =
  • Daijiro Inada, racing driver, journalist and motorsport entrepreneur
  • Daijiro Kato, motorcycle racer
  • Daijiro Yoshihara, drifting driver
• "Dandy Dick" = Dick Landy, drag racer
• "De Crasheris" = Andrea de Cesaris, Italian Formula One driver
• "Dead by June Doohan" = Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
• "Dick" = Richard Petty, stock car diver (despised by Petty's mom, who reportedly remarked, "If we'd wanted him called Dick, we'd have named him Dick.")
• "Dickie" = Richard Attwood, British racing driver (despised by Attwood)
• "Dieu au volant" (French for "God on Wheels") = Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
• "Dindo" = Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver
• "The Doctor" = Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
• "Doki-Doki Kun" = Ryuji Miki, drifting driver
• "Drake" = Enzo Ferrari, Italian Grand Prix racing driver and team owner
• "Drift King" (Japanese:ドリキン, "Dorikin") = Keiichi Tsuchiya, racing driver and drifting driver/judge and team manager (given to him by CarBoy magazine for excellence to drifting)
• "Drift Samurai" (Japanese:ドリフト侍, Dorifuto Zamurai) = Takahiro Imamura, drifting driver
• "Dryhopp" = Tetsuya Kawasaki, drag racer
• "DSJ" = Denis Jenkinson, British sidecar racing passenger and racing navigator
• "Duke" =
  • J. Carlyle Dinsmore, dirt track Indy racer
  • Dennis Nalon, racing driver
• "Dyno Don" = Don Nicholson, drag racer
• "Elco Twin"= Bert Letner, dirt track racing driver
• "Emmo = Emerson Fittipaldi, Formula One driver
• "Emperor" = Yoshinori Koguchi, drifting driver
• "The Enforcer" = Russell Ingall, Australian racing driver
• "Erik pa taket" (Swedish, "Erik on the roof") = Erik Carlsson, Finnish rally racing driver
• "Fabulous Fred" = Fred Frame, motorcycle racer and auto racing driver
• "The Farmer" = Arnold Beswick, drag racer
• "Fast Eddie" = Eddie Rickenbacker, Indy racer
• "Fast Freddie" = Freddie Spencer, motorcycle racer
• "The Fastest Man in Japan" (Japanese:日本一速い男, Nippon ichi hayai otoko) = Kazuyoshi Hoshino, racing driver
• "Fireball" = Edward Roberts, Jr., stock car racer
• "The Flying Finn" =
  • Rauno Aaltonen, Finnish rally driver
  • Mika Häkkinen, Finnish Formula One driver
  • Juha Kankkunen, Finnish rally driver
  • Timo Mäkinen, Finnish rally driver
  • Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish rally driver
  • Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish Formula One driver
  • Keijo Rosberg, Finnish Formula One driver
  • Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer
  • Timo Salonen, Finnish rally driver
• "The Flying Mantuan" = Tazio Nuvolari, Italian Grand Prix driver
• "The Flying Scot" = John Y. Stewart, Scottish Grand Prix racing driver and team owner
• "Foggy" = Carl Fogarty, British motorcycle racer
• "Fonty" = Truman F. Flock, NASCAR racing driver
• "Fredd" = Fredrick Johansson, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Gan-san" (ガンさん) = Motoharu Kurosawa, racecar driver
• "Gar" = Garfield Wood, hydroplane driver
• "El Gato Volador" (Spanish, "The Flying Cat") = Johan Hungaray, Mexican Freestyle Motocross rider (taken from the song of the same name which is used as his entrance track)
• "The General" = Brian Deegan, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Gian" = Giancarlo Bergamini, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "G.O.A.T." = Ricky Carmichael, Supercross rider
• "Go-Go" = Daijiro Inada, racing driver, journalist and motorsport entrepreneur
• "The Go-Show" = Anthony Gobert, Australian motorcycle racer
• "The Godfather of Freestyle Motocross" = Mike Metzger, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "The Gonzalez of the West Country" = Horace Gould, English racing driver
• "The Governor" = Francis C. Clement, British racing driver
• "Le Grand Pesca" (French, "The Big Pesca") = Henri Pescarolo, French racing driver
• "The Grump" = Bill Jenkins, drag racer (rarely used)
• "Grumpy" = Bill Jenkins, drag racer
• "Haga-san" (Japanese:芳賀さん, Mr. Haga) = Noriyuki Haga', motorcycling Grand Prix rider
• "Hap" or "Happy" = Kevin Harvick, U.S. auto racer
• "Haru" = Haruchika Aoki, motorcycle Grand Prix rider
• "Hiro" = Hiroyuki Matsushita, IndyCar driver
• "Helmet Hair" = Manabu Orido, racing driver
• "Henry Arundel" = Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel, EnglishBritish racing driver (informal driver name)
• "Hollywood" = Petter Solberg, Norwegian rally driver
• "Hoppo" = John Hopkins, Anglo- motorcycle racer
• "The Human Computer" = Walter Röhrl, German rally driver
• "Hungry" = Maynard Clark, motorcycle stunt rider
• "Hunt the Shunt" = James Hunt, British Formula One driver
• "Iceman" =
  • Terry Labonte, stock car driver
  • Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish Formula One driver
• "The Intimidator" = Dale Earnhardt, Sr., stock car racer
• "Ironman" = Ivan Stewart, off-road racer
• "Ironhead" = Dale Earnhardt, Sr., stock car racer
• "Isky" = Ed Iskenderian, drag racer and land speed racer
• "Jackie" = John Y. Stewart, Scots Formula One driver
• "Joaninha" (Spanish, "Ladybug") = Gilmar Flores, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Jenks" = Denis Jenkinson, British sidecar racing passenger and racing navigator
• "Jim" = Richard P. Rathmann, Indy racer
• "Jimmy" = Serafino Cazzani, Italian offshore powerboat driver
• "Jimmy Savile" = Lewis Hamilton, British Formula 1 driver (Given to him by friends at the age of 17, due to his fondness of bling, rarely used)
• "JJ Lehto" = Jyrki Juhani Järvilehto, Finnish Formula One driver (given by manager Keke Rosberg to make it appear media friendly)
• "Jo" =
  • Joakim Bonnier, racing driver
  • Josef Gartner, racing driver
• "Joey" = William Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
• "John" = Hans-Johan Paul, racing driver (legal name)
• "Johnny" =
  • Giovanni Lurani, Italian racing driver
  • Alberto Cecotto, Venezuelan motorcycle racer and racing driver
• "Johnny Carwash" = Giovanni Lavaggi, Italian Formula One driver (a literal translation of "John Washing", popularized by David Letterman)
• "Johnny Dumfries" = John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute or John Bute, Scots Formula One driver (informal driver name)
• "Jos" = Johannes Verstappen, Formula One driver
• "Jos the Boss" = Johannes Verstappen, Formula One driver
• "JR" = Vaughn Gittin, Jr., drifting driver
• "Jungle Boy" = Antônio R. Pizzonia, Júnior, Formula One and Champ Car driver
• "Jungle Jim" = Jim Lieberman, American drag racer
• "Junior" =
  • Robert G. Johnson, Jr., stock car racer
  • John S. Zink, Jr., Indy racer
  • Dale Earnhardt, Jr., stock car racer
• "Keke" = Keijo Rosberg, Finnish Formula One driver
• "Kelly" = Cavino Petillo, racing driver
• "The Kentucky Kid" = Nicky Hayden, motorcycle racer
• "The Kid" =
  • Jody Beuachemin, alky altered drag racer
  • Jeff Gordon, stock car racer (1990s nickname, now out of use)
  • Craig Lowndes, Australian racing driver (1990s nickname, now out of use)
• "The King"
  • Richard Petty, stock car racer
  • Jeremy McGrath, Supercross rider
• "King Carl" = Carl Fogarty, British motorcycle racer
• "King Hiro" = Hiro Matsushita, IndyCar driver (unintentionally given by Emerson Fittipaldi when intending to say "Fucking Hiro!" during a radio call to pit crew)
• "King Richard" = Richard Petty, stock car racer
• "King of Monaco" = Graham Hill, Formula One driver
• "King of the Ice" = Jo Bonnier, Formula One and GT driver
• "King of the Mille Miglia" = Clemente Biondetti, Italian racing driver
• "King of the Mountain" = Peter Brock, Australian touring car driver
• "King of the Road" = Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
• "King of the Used Cars" = Darel Dieringer, stock car racer (used in reference to a former NASCAR division, informally called "Used Cars Division")
• "König Ludwig" (German, "King Ludwig") = Klaus Ludwig, German racing driver
• "Kuma" (Japanese:クマ, bear) = Nobushige Kumakubo, drifting driver
• "The Lamp" = Dougie Lampkin, British motorcycle trials rider
• "Leadfoot" = Wylie Baker, Jr., stock car driver
• "Leon Duray" = pseudonym of George Stewart, race driver
• "Il Leone" (Italian for "The Lion") = Nigel Mansell, English Formula One driver (given by tifosi during his time at Ferrari)
• "Li'l Al" = Al Unser, Jr., race driver
• "Little Art" = Arturo Merzario, Italian racing driver
• "Lofty" = Frank England, British racing team manager
• "Lucky" = Lloyd Casner, GT race driver
• "Mad Dog" = John Paul, Jr., racing driver
• "Mad Max" = Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
• "Mad Mick" = Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
• "Mad Mike " = Michael Jones, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "The Mad Russian" = Bill Vukovich, auto racer
• "El Maestro" (Spanish for "The Master") = Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine Formula One driver
• "Madusa" = Debra Miceli, monster truck driver and former wrestler (shorthand for Made in the USA, adopted from her wrestling ringname during her previous career)
• "Magic" = Ayrton Senna, Formula One driver
• "Magoo" = Dick Megugorac, land speed racer
• "The Man in Black" = Dale Earnhardt, Sr., NASCAR racer (in reference to his GM Goodwrench sponsored car, which was always in black)
• "Mana-P (マナＰ) = Manabu Suzuki, racing driver and motorsport announcer
• "Maverick" = Bill Golden, wheelstander drag racer
• "Max" =
  • Manabu Orido ("Max Orido" (MAX☆織戸)), racing driver
  • Massimiliano Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
• "MC" = Jeremy McGrath, Supercross rider
• "Mickey" = Marion Thompson, off-road racing driver
• "Million Dollar Bill" = Bill Elliott, stock car racer (for winning the Winston Million)
• "Miki" = Massimo Biasion, Italian rally driver
• "Mr. Excitement" = Gary Porter, monster truck driver
• "Mr. Flathead" = John Bradley, nostalgia drag racer
• "Mr. Monaco" = Graham Hill, British Formula One driver
• "Mr. Motor Racing" =
  • Raymond Mays, British Grand Prix racer
  • Stirling Moss, British Formula One driver
• "Mr. Nice Guy" = Gary Porter, monster truck driver
• "Mr. Rallycross = Martin Schanche, Norwegian rallycross driver.
• "Mongoose" = Tom McEwen, drag racer
• "Monsieur Dakar" (French , "Mister Dakar") = Karel Loprais, Czech rally driver
• "Monsieur Le Mans" (French , "Mister Le Mans") = Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
• "Monkichi" (Japanese, monkey) = Manabu Orido, racing driver
• "Monster" (Japanese:モンスター田嶋, "Monsuta Tajima") = Nobuhiro Tajima, rally and hillclimb driver and team owner.
• "Mouse" = Mike McCoy, off-road motorcyclist
• "Nakajap" = Satoru Nakajima, Formula One driver
• "Nanni" = Giovanni G. G. Galli, Italian GT and Grand Prix driver
• "El Nano" = Fernando Alonso, Spanish Grand Prix driver
• "Negher" (Italian, "Blackie") = Giuseppe Campari, Italian Grand Prix driver
• "Niki" = Andreas Lauda, Formula One driver
• "Nino" = Emilio Farina, Italian Grand Prix driver
• "Nitro Nori" = Noriyuki Haga, motorcycling Grand Prix rider
• "NOB" (abbreviation: No One Better) = Nobuteru Taniguchi, racing driver
• "Nobu" = Nobuatsu Aoki, motorcycle Grand Prix rider
• "Nomuken" (Japanese:のむけん) = Ken Nomura, drifting driver (shorthand of Nomura Ken)
• "Norick" (Japanese:ノリック・アベ, "Norick Abe") = Norifumi Abe, motorcycling Grand Prix rider
• "Nori" (Japanese:ノリ) = Noriyuki Haga, motorcycling Grand Prix rider
• "Nori-Chan" = Noriyuki Haga, motorcycling Grand Prix rider
• "Ohio George" = George Montgomery, drag racing driver
• "Okachan" (Japanese:岡ちゃん) = Kazuyoshi Okamura, drifting driver
• "The Old Man" = Enzo Ferrari, Italian motor racing team owner
• "Old Pirate" = John Paul, Sr., racing driver
• "One Run Anderson" = Dennis Anderson, monster truck driver and team owner
• "Our Nige" = Nigel Mansell, English Formula One driver
• "Pan Dakar" (Czech, "Mr. Dakar") = Karel Loprais, Czech rally driver
• "The Pampas Bull" = José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver
• "Pao" = Gianpaolo Bergamini, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Pappy" = Carmel Fernandez, NASCAR driver
• "Parnelli" = Rufus P. Jones, Indy racer
• "Pat" = Ueal E. Patrick, Champ Car and IRL racing team owner
• "Pesca" = Henri Pescarolo, French racing driver
• "Peter Perfect"
  • Peter Gregg, sportscar racing driver
  • Peter Brock, Australian touring car racing driver
• "Le Petoulet" (French , "the rat-droppings") = Maurice Trintignant, French Formula One driver
• "Phi Phi" = Philippe Etancelin, French Grand Prix driver
• "Pitbull" = Jeremy Lusk, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Pi" = Per-Inge Walfridsson, rally driver
• "Pop" = Maurice F. Eargle, NASCAR, Sportsman, and Modifieds driver
• "Pops"
  • Curtis Turner, stock car driver
  • Hideo Yoshimura, motorcycle race team owner
• "Possum" = Peter Bourne, rally driver
• "Prince of White Smoke" (Japanese:白煙王子, byaku kemuri ōji) = Ken Nomura, drifting driver
• "The Professor" =
  • Alain Prost, French Formula One driver
  • Warren Johnson, American drag racer
• "Quick Nick" = Nick Heidfeld, German racing driver
• "Rainmaster"
  • Thierry Boutsen, Belgian racing driver
  • Rudolf Caracciola, German Grand Prix driver
  • Christian Fittipaldi, racing driver
  • Sete Gibernau, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing rider
  • Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
  • Tom Pryce, British Formula One driver
  • Jim Richards, Touring car racing driver
  • Michael Schumacher, German Formula One driver
  • Ayrton Senna, Formula One driver
  • Hans-Joachim Stuck, German racing driver
• "Red"
  • Richard Amick, Indy racer
  • Robert Byron, stock car racer
• "Red Baron" = Michael Schumacher, German Formula One driver
• "Regenmeister" (German, "Rainmaster") = Rudolf Caracciola, German Grand Prix
• "The Red Devil"= Camille Jenatzy, French Grand Prix and land speed racer (named for his beard)
• "Rick" = Eddie Rickenbacker, Indy racer
• "Ringmeister" (German, "Ringmaster", for excellence at the Nürburgring)
  • Rudolf Caracciola, German Grand Prix
  • Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
  • Tazio Nuvolari, Italian Grand Prix
  • Bernd Rosemeyer, German Grand Prix
• "Rocket Ron" = Ron Haslam, British Grand Prix motorcycle racer
• "Rodger the Dodger" = Rodger Ward, Indy racer
• = Yasuyuki Kazama, drifting driver (for his ability to perform doughnuts, whilst straddling on the driver's door)
• "Rodeo Drift" (Japanese:ロデオ乗り, Rodeo Dori) = Yasuyuki Kazama, drifting driver (As above)
  • "Roj" = Rodger Freeth, rally co-driver
• "Roman Emperor" = Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
• "Rossifumi" = Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer (given in honour of Norifumi Abe, now out of use)
• "Rubinho" = Rubens Barrichello, Formula One driver
• "The Rushville Rocket" = Anthony W. Stewart, NASCAR driver
• "Rusty" = Russell W. Wallace, stock car racer
• "Salt" = David Walther, racing driver
• "Sammy" = Sydney Davis, British racing driver
• "Sandro" = Alessandro Nannini, Italian racing driver
• "Sargent Ghost" (Japanese:鬼軍曹, "oni gunsō") = Hisashi Kamimoto, drifting driver
• "Schumi" = Michael Schumacher, German Formula One driver
• "Senior" = Dale Earnhardt, stock car racing
• "Seppi" =
  • Jo Siffert, Swiss Formula One driver
  • Jo Gartner, racing driver
• "Sete Gibernau" = Manuel Sete Gibernau Bultó, Spanish motorcycle racer (shortened name)
• "Shin-1" = Shinichi Itoh, motorcycle racer (ichi translates as one in Japanese, as written on back of his suit)
• "Shorty" = William Cantlon, midget racer
• "Showtime" = Jeremy McGrath, Supercross rider
• "The Silent Serb" = Bill Vukovich, Indy racer
• "The Silver Fox" =
  • David Pearson, auto racer
  • Piero Taruffi, Italian auto and moto racer and manager
• "Sjarrel" = Charles Zwolsman, racing driver
• "Skip" = John Barber III, racing driver, instructor and school owner
• "Skipp" = George Walther, hydroplane driver
• "Skippy" = Shawn Zezula, drag racer
• "Smilin' Jack" = John J. McGrath, Indy racer and mechanic
• "Smoke" = Anthony W. Stewart, NASCAR driver
• "Smokey" =
  • Henry Yunick, racing mechanic
  • Kazuhiko Nagata, racing mechanic
• "Smokin' Jo" = Joachim Winkelhock, German racing driver
• "The Snake" = Don Prudhomme, drag racer
• "Soapy" = Neil Castles, NASCAR stock car racer
• "Spark" (Japanese:スパーク末永, Supaaku Suenaga) = Masao Suenaga, drifting driver
• "Spatzi" = Jo Gartner, racing driver
• "Tady" (Japanese:タディ, Tadi) = Tadayuki Okada, motorcycle racer
• "Taffy" = Wolfgang von Trips, German Formula One driver
• "Taka" = Takahiro Higashino, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Taku" = Takuma Aoki, motorcycle Grand Prix rider
• "Tarzan" (Japanese:ターザン山田) = Eiji Yamada, racing driver
• "The Tasmanian Devil" = Marcos Ambrose, Australian race truck driver.
• "Ted" = Tudor Jones, hydroplane builder and designer
• "Terrible Ted" = Teddy Tetzlaff, racing driver
• "Texas Jim" = James McElreath, NASCAR and IMCA racer
• "The Texas Tornado" = Colin Edwards, motorcycle racer
• "The Thrill from West Hill" = Paul Tracy, racing driver
• "The Thunder from Down Under" = Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
• "Tiff" = Timothy Needell, British racing driver
• "Tim" = Henry R. S. Birkin, British driver
• "Tinley Park Express" = Melvin Bettenhausen, Indy driver
• "Tiny" = DeWayne L. Lund, NASCAR racer
• "Tom Thumb" = Charles J. P. Dodson, British moto racer
• "Tony" = Melvin Bettenhausen, Indy driver
• "Tony the Tiger" = Anthony W. Stewart, NASCAR driver
• "Toshi King" (Japanese:トシキん, Toshikin) = Toshiki Yoshioka, drifting driver
• "Toxic Drift" = Samuel Hübinette, drifting driver (given in reference to his bleached blond haircut)
• "Track Brat" = Ayrton Senna, Formula One driver
• "Twitch" = Jeremy Stenberg, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "TV Tommy" = Tommy Ivo, drag racer (for appearances on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis")
• "Vermin" = Chris Vermeulen, Australian motorcycle racer
• "Mantovano Volante" (Italian, "The Flying Mantuan") = Tazio G. Nuvolari, Italian Grand Prix driver
• "Vuky" = Bill Vukovich, Indy racer
• "Waku Waku Kun" (Japanese:ワクワクさん) = Yasuyuki Kazama, drifting driver
• "Wattie" = John Watson, British Formula One driver
• "Wild Bill" = William Cantrell, hydroplane driver and race driver
• "Wild Bob" = Robert Burman, Indy racer
• "The Wild Indian from Atlanta" = Gober Sosebee, NASCAR racer
• "Wild Willie" = Willie Borsch, AA/FA drag racer
• "Williams" = pseudonym of William Grover-Williams, British Grand Prix racer
• "John Winter" = pseudonym of Louis Krages, German race driver (used in a bid to keep his racing activities secret from his families)
• "WJ" = Warren Johnson, Pro Stock drag racer
• "Wonderkid" = Travis Pastrana, Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Yancy" = Darel Dieringer, stock car racer
• "Yount Too" = Randy Yount, U.S. I.M.C.A. Modified racing driver
• "Zazrache dite" (Czech, "Wonderkid") = Petr Pilat, Czech Freestyle Motocross rider
• "Zookeeper" = John Mulligan, drag racing driver

Pool / snooker

• "Bata" (Tagalog for "The Kid") = Efren Reyes, Filipino pool player
• "Beckham of the Baize" = Paul Hunter, English snooker cueist
• "The Black Widow" = Jeanette Lee, American pool player
• "Bustie" = Francisco Bustamante, Filipino pool player
• "The Darling of Dublin" = Ken Doherty, Irish snooker cueist
• "Django" = Francisco Bustamante, Filipino pool player
• "The Duchess of Doom" = Allison Fisher, English snooker cueist and pool player
• "Essex Rocket" = Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker cueist
• "Hurricane"
  • Alex Higgins, Ulster snooker cueist
  • Jimmy White, English snooker cueist
• "Iceman" = Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker cueist
• "Interesting" = Steve Davis, English snooker cueist
• "Krafty Ken " = Ken Doherty, Irish snooker cueist
• "The Magician" = Efren Reyes, Filipino pool player
• "Minnesota Fats" = Rudolph Wanderone Jr., American pool player
• "The Nugget" = Steve Davis, English snooker cueist
• "Pocket Dynamo" = Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker cueist
• "The Pocket Rocket" = Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker cueist
• "Psycho" = Peter Ebdon, English snooker cueist
• "The Rocket" = Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker cueist
• "Skeletor" = Peter Ebdon, English snooker cueist
• "The Striking Viking" = Ewa Laurance, Swedish-born American pool player
• "The Welsh Potting Machine" = Mark Williams, Welsh snooker cueist
• "The Wizard of Wishaw " = John Higgins, Scottish snooker cueist

Rugby

Union

• "Alfie" = Gareth Thomas, Welsh Template:Fullback
• "Ali" = Alexander Williams, New Zealand Template:Lock
• "Bakkies" = John Botha, South African lock
• "Beast" = Tendai Mtawarira, South African (P)
• "Bernie" = Stephen Larkham, Australian Template:Fly-half
• "Big Ben" = Ben Cohen, English Template:Wing
• "Billy Whizz" = Jason Robinson, English Template:Fullback and winger
• "Big Joe" = Johan van Niekerk, South African Template:Flanker
• "BOD" = Brian O'Driscoll, Irish Template:Rugbycentre
• "Chiliboy" = Mahlatse Ralepelle, South African Template:Hooker
• "The Chiropractor" = Brian Lima, Samoan utility back
• "Cool G" = Angus Cottrell, Australian rugby union player
• "Cortz" = Courtney Smith, Canadian rugby player
• "Drico" = Brian O'Driscoll, Irish centre
• "Frans" = François Steyn, South African utility back
• "The Fun Bus" = Jason Leonard, English prop
• "Fuser" = Che Guevara, Argentine rugby player and Marxist revolutionary
• "Ginger Monster" = Neil Jenkins, Welsh fly-half
• "Gus Goulds" = Angus Cottrell, Australian rugby player
• "Johnno" = Martin Johnson, English lock
• "L'homme des cavernes" (French for "Caveman") = Sébastien Chabal, French Template:Number 8/lock
• "L'incomparable" = Philippe Sella, French centre
• "The King" = Barry John, Welsh fly-half
• "Kitch" = George Moir Christie, South African coach
• "Le levrier palois" (French for "The Pau sight hound") = Philippe Bernat-Salles, French wing
• "The Little Corporal" = Jacques Fouroux, French Template:Scrum-half and coach
• "Loser" = Marcus di Rollo, Scotland centre
• "The Maestro" = Waisale Serevi, Fijian scrum-half
• "Mils" = Junior Muliaina, New Zealand fullback
• "Monty" = Percy Montgomery, South African fullback
• "Mossy" = Chris Paterson, Scottish utility back
• "Naas" = Hendrik Botha, South African fly-half
• "Nobody" = John Eales, Australian lock
• "Os" (Afrikaans, "Ox") = Jacobus du Randt, South African prop
• "Le Pelé du rugby" (French, "The Pelé of Rugby") = Serge Blanco, French fullback/wing
• "Pinetree" = Colin Meads, New Zealand lock (also played flanker and number 8)
• "The Prince" = Gareth Edwards, Welsh scrum-half
• "The Raging Potato" = Keith Wood, Irish hooker
• "Rat" = Mat Rogers, Australian utility back
• "Robbo" = Jason Robinson, English Template:Fullback and winger
• "Rog" = Ronan O'Gara, Irish fly-half
• "Sea-Bass" = Sébastien Chabal, French number 8/lock
• "Uncle Fester" = Keith Wood, Irish hooker
• "Volcano" = Lesley Vainikolo, Tonga-born wing for England
• "Wilko" = Jonny Wilkinson, English fly-half
• "The Wizard" = Waisale Serevi, Fijian scrum-half
• "Z" or "Zee" = Takudzwa Ngwenya, American wing

League

• "Chariots Offiah" = Martin Offiah, British international winger
• "El Magic" = Hazem El Masri, Lebanese-Australian fullback
• "Freddy"= Brad Fittler, Australian halfback
• "Joey"= Andrew Johns, Australian halfback
• "The King"= Wally Lewis, Australian five-eighth
• "Rat" = Mat Rogers, Australian utility back
• "Volcano" = Lesley Vainikolo, Tonga-born wing for New Zealand

Tennis

• "A-Rod" = Andy Roddick
• "Baron von Slam" = Boris Becker
• "The Barcelona Bumblebee" = Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
• "Le basque bondissant" (French for "The Leaping Basque") = Jean Borotra
• "Big Bill" = Bill Tilden
• "Boom Boom" = Boris Becker
• "The Crocodile" = René Lacoste
• "Fed-Ex" = Roger Federer
• "Fräulein Forehand" = Steffi Graf
• "Guga" = Gustavo Kuerten
• "Ice Borg" or "Ice Man" = Björn Borg
• "Ice Maiden" = Chris Evert
• "The Kid" = Rafael Nadal (nicknamed to him by uncle and coach, Toni Nadal)
• "The Las Vegas Kid" = Andre Agassi
• "The Lithuanian Lion" = Vitas Gerulaitis
• "Little Bill" = WIlliam Johnston
• "Little Miss Poker Face" = Chris Evert
• "Little Mo" = Maureen Connolly
• "Muscles" = Ken Rosewall
• "Nasty" = Ilie Năstase
• "Pistol Pete" = Pete Sampras
• "Rusty" = Lleyton Hewitt
• "Sliderman" = Gaël Monfils
• "Superbrat" = John McEnroe
• "Le vengeur masqué" (French for "The Masked Avenger") = Henri Leconte,
• "Tiger Tim" = Tim Henman
• "Timbo" = Tim Henman
• "Tin Man" = Tim Henman
• "Toni" = Antoni Nadal
• "The Woodies" = Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde

Track and field

• "Babe" = Mildred Zaharias, multi-event athlete (also known for her career in golf)
• "The Bronze Queen" = Merlene Ottey, sprinter
• "El Caballo" (Spanish, "The Horse") = Alberto Juantorena, 400 and 800 metres
• "The Chairman of the Boards" = Eamonn Coghlan, middle distances (from his notable success in indoor track)
• "Flo-Jo" = Florence Griffith Joyner, sprinter
• "The Flying Dutchman" = Cornelius Warmerdam, pole vaulter
• "The Flying Finn" =
  • = Hannes Kolehmainen
  • = Taisto Mäki
  • = Paavo Nurmi, long distances
  • = Ville Ritola
  • = Lasse Virén, long distances
• "The Flying Housewife" = Fanny Blankers-Koen, sprinter and hurdler
• "The Flying Scotsman" = Eric Liddell, sprinter
• "G.O.A.T." = Maurice Greene, sprinter
• "Jesse" = James Owens, sprinter and long jumper
• "Jim" = Jacobus Thorpe, decathlon and pentathlon (and baseball, football and basketball player)
• "King Carl" = Carl Lewis, sprinter and long jumper
• "The Lightning Bolt" = Usain Bolt, sprinter
• "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)
• ""Lutz"" (or "Luz") = Carl Ludwig Long, sprinter and long jumper
• "Pre" = Steve Prefontaine, middle and long distances

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

• "Six Feet of Sunshine" = Kerri Walsh
• "The Turtle" = Misty May-Treanor

Weightlifting

• "The Iranian Hercules" = Hossein Rezazadeh
• "The Lion of Himara" = Pyrros Dimas
• "Little Dynamo" = Halil Mutlu
• "Little Naim" = Halil Mutlu
• "Midas" = Pyrros Dimas
• "Pocket Hercules" = Naim Süleymanoğlu

Wrestling

Professional wrestling

• "The American Dream" = Dusty Rhodes
• "The Animal" = Dave Batista
• "Big Red Machine" = Glen Jacobs
• "The Deadman" = Mark Calaway
• "The Dominator" = Franklin Lashley
• "Dr. of Thuganomics" = John Cena
• "The Game" = Triple H
• "The Gold Standard" = Shelton Benjamin
• "The Green Bay Loudmouth" = Ken Anderson
• "The Guru of Greatness" = John Hennigan
• "Hardcore" = John Allen, American referee
• "The Hit Man" = Bret Hart
• "The Human Suplex Machine" = Peter Senerchia
• "Immortal One" = Terry Bollea
• "The Innovator of Violence" = Tommy Dreamer
• "Jake the Snake" = Jake Roberts
• "The Junkyard Dog" = Sylvester Ritter
• "The Legend Killer" = Randy Orton
• "Macho Man" = Randy Savage
• "The man that will never die" = Matt Hardy
• "The Master of the 619" = Rey Mysterio, Jr.
• "The Masterpiece" = Chris Masters
• "The Mexican Warrior" = Chavo Guerrero Jr.
• "Mr Wrestlemania" = Shawn Michaels
• "Nature Boy" = Ric Flair
• "The Olympic Gold Medalist" = Kurt Angle
• "The People's Champ" = Dwayne Johnson
• "The Rabid Wolverine" = Chris Benoit
• "The Rainbow-Haired Warrior" = Jeff Hardy
• "The Rated-R Superstar" = Adam Copeland
• "The Rock" = Dwayne Johnson
• "RVD" = Rob Van Dam
• "The Samoan Bulldozer" = Eddie Fatu
• "The Shamon of Sexy, The Guru of Greatness, and The Tuesday Night Delight" = John Hennigan
• "Tazmaniac" = Peter Senerchia
• "The Texas Rattlesnake" = Steven Williams
• "The Tuesday Night Delight" = John Hennigan
• Two Ton = George Harris, American professional wrestler and manager
• "The Undertaker" = Mark Calaway
• "Y2J" = Chris Jericho

Sumo wrestling

• "The Dump Truck" = Konishiki Yasokichi

Watersport

• "The Albatross" = Michael Gross, swimmer
• "Čáp" (Czech for "The Stork") = Petr Procházka, flatwater canoer
• "Eric the Eel" = Eric Moussambani, swimmer
• "Father of Modern Surfing" George Freeth, surfer
• "Grubby = Greg Alleway, windsurfer
• "Petit Prince" Malik Joyeux, surfer
• "The Princess of Diving" = Guo Jingjing, diver
• "The Russian Rocket" = Alexander Popov, swimmer
• "San-San" (Chinese: 珊珊) = Lee Lai Shan, windsurfer
• "Thorpedo" = Ian Thorpe, swimmer

Other

• "The Birdman" = Tony Hawk, skateboarder
• "Cha" = James Fitzpatrick, hurler
• "Deadeye" = Walter Ray Williams, Jr., ten-pin bowler and horseshoes pitcher
• "Eddie the Eagle" = Michael Edwards, ski-jumper
• "The Flying Tomato" = Shaun White, snowboarder and skateboarder
• "Gator" = Mark Rogowski, skateboarder
• "M-15" = Markku Uusipaavalniemi, curler
• "Major Mika" = Mika Koivuniemi, ten-pin bowler
• "Master Masami" (正美先生, Masami sensei) = Masami Hirosaka, radio-controlled car driver
• "Pete" = George Bostwick, steeplechase jockey and horse trainer, and polo player
• "The Professor" = Grayson Boucher, street basketball player
• "The Speeding White Sausage" = Georg Hackl, luger
• "Spider" = Vladimir Sabich, skier
• "Super Dan" = Lin Dan, badminton player
• "U-15" = Markku Uusipaavalniemi, curler
• "The Wizard(s)" = Simon Whitlock, darts player

See also

• Nickname
• Lists of nicknames in football (soccer)