| Benjamin Pratnemer | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Star" | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1979 [1] [2] Maribor, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia [3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Maribor, Slovenia [3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 21g Bull's NL Signature [3] [1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed [1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "It's a Long Way to the Top" by AC/DC [3] [1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2017–2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2019– (Tour Card: 2026–) | |||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2021–2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | ( PDC ) NR (11 January 2026) [4] | |||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 16: 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 96: 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | ||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||
Benjamin Pratnemer (born 31 March 1979) is a Slovenian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events and previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events . He is first Slovenian player to win a match on the PDC European Tour.
Pratnemer won the PDC Eastern Europe World Championship qualifier in 2019, defeating János Végső of Hungary 6–1 in the final, which meant he qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship. He became the second Slovenian after Osmann Kijamet in 2010 to qualify for the event.
On 7 February 2020, he qualified for his first PDC European Tour event. He played in the 2020 Belgian Darts Championship, where he lost 5–6 in the first round against Wesley Plaisier. Since 2021 Pratnamer has been playing on the WDF Circuit picking up a couple of wins in Slovenia & Hungary.
In 2023, Pratnemer participated in the PDC 2023 Q-School, in an attempt to get a tourcard. He got to the final phase, where he finished 28th with 3 points.
Pratnemer won a tour card at 2026 Q-School becoming the first Slovenian to play on the PDC Pro Tour full-time.
BDO/WDF
| Tournament | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championship | DNP | 1R | 2R | 3R | |
| Winmau World Masters | 4R | RR | DNP | 4R | |
PDC
| Tournament | 2020 |
|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | 1R |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Did not qualify | EDO 1R | Did not qualify | |||||||||||
| 2025 | DNQ | EDG 1R | Did not qualify | CDO 2R | DNQ | |||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||