A
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – "The Captain", "Cap", "A"
Furkan Aldemir – "Mr. Rebound"
Ray Allen – "Ray Ray", "Sugar Ray", "Jesus Shuttlesworth"
Tony Allen - "Mister First Team All-Defense", "Grindfather", "Gucci"
Rafer Alston – "Skip To My Lou"
Chris Andersen – "Birdman"
Anthony Anderson – "Double A"
Greg Anderson – "Cadillac"
Giannis Antetokounmpo - "Greek Freak" "Magic Giannson"
Carmelo Anthony – "Melo"
Nate Archibald – "Tiny"
Gilbert Arenas – ""Agent Zero", "The Hibachi"
Trevor Ariza – "Cobra"
Paul Arizin – "Pitchin' Paul"
Stacey Augmon – "Plastic Man"

B
Ken Bannister – "The Animal"
Leandro Barbosa - "The Brazilian Blur"
Andrea Bargnani – "Il Mago" (Artinya Sang Pesulap)
Charles Barkley – "Chuck", "The Round Mound of Rebound", "Sir Charles", "Prince Charles", "Leaning Tower of Pizza", "Pillsbury Dough Boy", "The Human Refrigerator", "The Flying Coke Machine", "The Crisco Kid", "Boy Gorge"
Jim Barnes – "Bad News"
Marvin Barnes – "Bad News"
Dick Barnett – "Fall Back Baby"
Jerry Baskerville – "Hound"
Elgin Baylor - "E B"
Alfred Beard – "Butch"
Marco Belinelli – "Beli"
Walt Bellamy – "Bells"
Brent Barry – "Bones"
Chauncey Billups – "Mr. Big Shot"
Larry Bird – "The Hick from French Lick", "Larry Legend", "Uncle Larry"
Daron Blaylock – "Mookie"
Eric Bledsoe – "Mini Lebron"
Tyrone Bogues – "Muggsy" (because he was so adept at stealing, it was like he was mugging you)
Chris Bosh – "CB4", "The Boshtrich", "Boshasaurus"
Bill Bradley – "Dollar Bill", "The Secretary of State", "Mr. President"
Jim Breeden – "Brick"
Ronnie Brewer - "Chicago's Finest Brew"
John Brockman - "The Brockness Monster"
Fred Brown – "Downtown Freddie"
Joe Bryant – "Jellybean"
Kobe Bryant – "Black Mamba", "Vino"
Jimmy Butler - "Jimmy Buckets", "Jimmy G. Buckets"

C
Joe Caldwell – "Pogo", "Jumping Joe"
Brian Cardinal - "The Custodian"
Antoine Carr – "Big Dog"
Vince Carter – "Air Canada", "Vinsanity", "Half Man Half Amazing",
Sam Cassell – "Sam I Am"
Wilt Chamberlain – "Wilt the Stilt", "The Big Dipper"
Derrick Chievous – "Band-Aid"
Craig Claxton – "Speedy"
Ulric Cobb – "The Elevator Man"
Vernal Coles – "Bimbo"
Bob Cousy – "The Houdini of the Hardwood"
Forrest Cox – "Frosty"
Billy Cunningham – "Kangaroo Kid"

D
Bob Dandridge – "Bobby D"
Mel Davis – "Killer"
Glen Davis – "Big Baby", "Uno-Uno"
Ricky Davis – "Ricky Buckets", "Wrong Rim Ricky"
Darryl Dawkins – "Chocolate Thunder"
Clyde Drexler – "Clyde the Glide"
Tim Duncan – "The Big Fundamental", "Slam Duncan", "TD", "Timmy D"
Ft. Myers, FL - Dunk City
Kevin Durant – "Durantula", "KD", "Slim Reaper"

E
Theodore Edwards – "Blue"
Pervis Ellison – "Never Nervous Pervis"
Julius Erving – "Dr. J"
Patrick Ewing - "The Beast of the East"

F
Kenneth Faried - "Manimal"
Derek Fisher – "D-Fish"
Eric Floyd – "Sleepy"
Clarence Francis – "Bevo"
Steve Francis – "Stevie Franchise"
Walt Frazier – "Clyde"
Lloyd Bernard Free – "World B. Free", "The Prince of Midair"

G
Dan Gadzuric - "The Flighing Dutchman"
Harry Gallatin – "The Horse"
Danilo Gallinari – "Gallo"
Kevin Garnett – "Go-Go Gadget Arms", "Big Ticket", "KG", "The Kid"
Paul George - "Georgeous", "King George", " Paul George RR Martin"
George Gervin – "Iceberg Slim", "The Iceman", just "Ice"
Daniel Gibson – "Boobie"
Armen Gilliam - "The Hammer"
Artis Gilmore – "A Train"
Manu Ginobili - "Obi-Wan Ginobili", "El Contusione"
George Glamack – "The Blind Bomber"
Ben Gordon – "Madison Square Gordon"
Marcin Gortat – "The Polish Hammer"
Boyd Grant – "Tiny"
Travis Grant – "Machine Gun"
Jeff Green - "Iron Man"
Darrell Griffith – "Dr. Dunkenstein"
Robert Gruenig – "Ace"
Tom Gugliotta – "Googs"

H
Harold Hairston – "Happy"
Richard Hamilton – "Rip"
Tom Hammonds – "The Terminator"
Anfernee Hardaway – "Penny"
John Havlicek – "Hondo", "Czech"
Elvin Hayes – "The Big E", "E"
Tommy Heinsohn – "Ack Ack, "Tommy Gun", "Tommy Points"
George Hill — "Sexy"
Grant Hill – "G", "G-money"
Darnell Hillman – "Dr. Dunk"
Fred Hoiberg – "The Mayor";
Lionel Hollins – "(The) L-Train"
William Holzman – "Red"
Kirk Hinrich - Captain Kirk
Robert Horry – "Big Shot Rob" or "Big Shot Bob"
Dwight Howard – "Superman", "Foul on You", "D12", "DH12"
Rodney Hundley – "Hot Rod"

I
Serge Ibaka - "The Big Dongo from the Kongo", "I-block-a", "Serge Protector"
Andre Iguodala - "Iggy"
Zydrunas Ilgauskas – "Z"
Ersan Ilyasova - "Turkish Thunder"
Kyrie Irving – "Uncle Drew"
Allen Iverson – "The Answer", "AI"

J
Stephen Jackson – "Captain Jack"
LeBron James – "LBJ", "The King", "The Chosen One", "Bron Bron", "(The) L-Train", "King James", "The Akron Hammer"
Dennis Johnson - "DJ"
Earvin Johnson (Magic Johnson) – "Magic", "Buck", "E.J."
Gus Johnson – "Honeycomb"
Larry Johnson – "Grandmama"
Vinnie Johnson – "The Microwave"
Damon Jones – "The World's Greatest Shooter"
Ronald Jones – "Popeye"
Michael Jordan – "Air Jordan", His Airness", "MJ", "the G.O.A.T.(Greatest of All Time)"
Antoine Joubert – "The Judge"

K
Greg Kelser – "Special K"
Shawn Kemp – "The Reignman"
Jason Kidd - "JK" "JKidd"
Andrei Kirilenko – "AK47"
Toni Kukoc - "Croatian Sensation, The Waiter, Euro-Magic"

L
Lafayette Lever – "Fat"
Nancy Lieberman – "Lady Magic"
Jeremy Lin – "Lin-sanity", "Super-Lintendo", "Lin-credible", Lin-tastic", Lin Dynasty
Jim Loscutoff – "Jungle Jim",] "Loscy"
Bob Love – "Butterbean"

M
Ed Macauley – "Easy"
Dan Majerle – "Thunder Dan"
Karl Malone – "The Mailman"
Earl Manigault – "The Goat"
Pete Maravich – "Pistol Pete"
Stephon Marbury – "Starbury" and "Crybury"
Shawn Marion – "The Matrix"
Cedric Maxwell – "Cornbread"
Xavier McDaniel – "The X-Man"
Antonio McDyess - "Dice"
Jon McGlocklin - "Jonny Mac"
Tracy McGrady – "T-Mac"
Dick McGuire – "Tricky Dick"
Kevin McHale – "Herman Munster", "The Black Hole"
Dean Meminger – "The Dream"
Darko Milicic – "The Human Victory Cigar",
Harold Miner – "Baby Jordan"
Bill Mlkvy – "The Owl without a Vowel"
Earl Monroe – "Black Magic", "Earl the Pearl", "Black Jesus"
Donatas Motiejunas – "D-Mo"
Alonzo Mourning – "Zo"
Charles Murphy – "Stretch"
Ronald Murray - "Flip"
Dikembe Mutombo - "Mt. Mutombo"

N
Harry Narcisian – "The Horse"
Steve Nash – "Captain Canada", "Hair Canada"
Fred Neal – "Curly"
Jameer Nelson – "Mighty Mouse", "Crib Midget"

O
Lamar Odom – "The Candy Man"
Mehmet Okur - "Memo"
Shaquille O'Neal – "Shaq", "Shaq Daddy", "Shaq Fu", "Diesel", "The Big Aristotle", "Superman", "MDE" (Most Dominant Ever), "The Big Maravich", "The Big Fella", "The Big Shaqtus", "The Big Cordially", "Big Shamrock"
Hakeem Olajuwon – "The Dream"
Michael Olowokandi – "Kandi Man"

P
Smush Parker – "Smush"
Tony Parker – "TP"
Robert Parish – "The Chief"
Ruben Patterson – "The Kobe Stopper"
Chris Paul – "CP3"
Billy Paultz – "The Whopper"
Gary Payton – "The Glove"
Sam Perkins – "Big Smooth"
Elliot Perry – "Socks"
Chuck Person – "The Rifleman"
Paul Pierce – "The Truth",
Ricky Pierce – "Big Paper Daddy"
Jim Pollard – "Kangaroo Kid"
Kevin Porter – "Little Drummer Boy"
Vitaly Potapenko – "Ukraine Train"
Joel Przybilla - "Vanilla Gorilla"

R
Zach Randolph - "Z-Bo"
Bryant Reeves – "Big Country"
Jerome Richardson – "Pooh"
Mike Riordan – "Rags"
Glenn Rivers – "Doc"
David Robinson – "The Admiral"
Glenn Robinson – "Big Dog"
Len Robinson – "Truck"
Nate Robinson – "KryptoNate"
Oscar Robertson – "The Big O"
Dennis Rodman – "The Worm"
Wayne Rollins – "Tree"
Derrick Rose – "D-Rose"
Brandon Roy - "The Rain"

S
Arvydas Sabonis – "Sabas"
John Salley – "Spider"
Tom Sanders – "Satch" or "Satch Sanders"
Brian Scalabrine – "White Mamba"
Jon Scheyer – "The Jewish Jordan"
Ralph Siewert – "Sky", and later "Timber"
Dennis Scott - "3D"
James Silas – "Captain Late", "The Snake", "The Late Mr. Silas"
Bobby Smith – "Bingo"
Craig Smith – "Rhino"
Josh Smith – "J-Smoove"
Kenny Smith – "The Jet"
Larry Smith – "Mr. Mean"
Latrell Sprewell – "Spree"
Dave Stallworth – "The Rave"
Amar'e Stoudemire – "STAT (Standing Tall and Talented)"

T
Jason Terry - "JET"
Isiah Thomas – "Zeke", "Cuts", "The Baby-Faced Assassin"
Kurt Thomas - "Mid Life"
David Thompson – "The Skywalker"
Sedale Threatt – "The Thief"
Andrew Toney – "The Boston Strangler"
Robert Traylor – "Tractor Traylor"
Melvin Turpin – "Golden Arches"
Hedo Türkoğlu – "Hedo"

V
Nick Van Exel – "Nasty Nick", "Nick Van Excellent", "Nick the Quick"
Anderson Varejao – "Wild Thing"
Stojko Vranković - "Human Victory Cigar", because he played at the end of blowout games where Red Auerbach would lit his cigar.
Dick Van Arsdale - "The Original Sun"

W
Dwyane Wade - "D-Wade", "Flash", "Three"
Chet Walker - "Chet the Jet"
Ben Wallace - "Big Ben"
Gerald Wallace - "Crash"
Rasheed Wallace - "Sheed"
Jerry West - "Mr. Clutch", "Zeke From Cabin Creek", "The Logo", because he was being incorporated into the NBA logo.
Russell Westbrook - "Fashion Icon", "Cat"
Dominique Wilkins - "The Human Highlight Film"
Jamaal Wilkes - "Smooth as Silk"
Deron Williams - "D-Will"
Jason Williams - "White Chocolate"
James Worthy - "Big Game James"

Y
Yao Ming – "Chairman Yao", "Shaquie Chan", "The Great Wall of Yao"
Nick Young - "Swaggy P"

Z
Max Zaslofsky – "Slats"