Brian Raman

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Brian Raman
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Raman in 2024
Personal information
Nickname"The Riddler"
Born (1996-10-14) 14 October 1996 (age 29)
Brasschaat, Belgium
Home town Wuustwezel, Belgium [1]
Darts information
Playing darts since2012
Darts24g Bull's Signature
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"The Business" by Tiësto
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2014–2020
PDC 2015–
(Tour Card: 2022–23)
WDF 2014–2022, 2024–
Current world ranking (WDF) 20 Decrease2.svg 2 (25 November 2025) [2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship Quarter-final: 2022
World Masters Last 64: 2024
Dutch Open Last 32: 2025
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 96: 2022
Other tournament wins
Belfry Open 2019
Denmark Masters 2019
England Open 2021
Italian Open 2024
Romanian Open 2025
Swedish Masters 2025

Brian Raman (born 14 October 1996) is a Belgian darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2021, he became the second Belgian WDF world number one, after Leo Laurens in 1993. Raman has won 6 WDF ranking titles.

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Career

In 2019, Raman won the Denmark Masters, beating Willem Mandigers in the Final. In September 2019, he qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship and played Paul Hogan in the Preliminary Round, losing 3 sets to 1. [3] In 2020, he attended PDC Q-school, where he reached a semi-final on day one of the final phase, losing out to Harald Leitinger. [4]

Raman won a PDC Tour Card at 2022 Q-School by winning the second event of the final phase. He beat Jules van Dongen in the final 6–4. [5]

During his two years as a PDC Tour Card holder, he was unable to reach the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, hampered by a shoulder injury which required surgery in late 2023. [6] Thus, he failed to retain his Tour Card, As a result, he attended 2024 Q-School. He was unable to win a new Tour Card and subsequently returned to playing WDF events. He has won two WDF ranking titles in 2025. [1]

World Championship results

BDO

WDF

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament2017201820192020202120222023
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open Non-PDC 1R DNQ 1R 3R 2R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Youth Championship 1R 2R DNP QF DNP
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC)-229-173-11189

BDO

Tournament201520162017201820192020
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship Did not qualify Prel.
World Masters 1R 3R 1R DNP 2R NH

WDF

Tournament202220242025
WDF Ranked major/platinum events
World Championship QF 3R 1R
World Masters PDC 3R RR

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2022 IDO
3R		Did not participate/qualify
2023 DNQ IDO
2R		DNP/DNQ GDO
QF		DNQ
2024 Did not participate/qualify FDT
1R		DNP/DNQ
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

References

  1. 1 2 "Brian Raman player profile". Mastercaller.
  2. ↑ "WDF Open Rankings Table". WDF. 25 November 2025. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Kleermaker impressive in easing past Vos, Hogan also through with routine victory over Raman". dartsnews.com. 5 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "2020 PDC Qualifying School – Day One". pdc.tv. 16 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Fallon Sherrock out of PDC Q School Final Stage second day after 6-5 defeat to Joshua Richardson". Sky Sports. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Stanley, Lawrence (7 March 2024). "Brian Raman opens up on struggles with depression: Mentally I'm on the ground". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 30 November 2024.


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