Brian Raman

Brian Raman
Raman in 2024
Personal information
Nickname	"The Riddler"
Born	(1996-10-14) 14 October 1996 (age 28) Brasschaat, Belgium
Home town	Wuustwezel, Belgium [1]
Darts information
Playing darts since	2012
Darts	24g 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) 14 2 (6 July 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.

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

• 2020: Preliminary round (lost to Paul Hogan 1–3)

WDF

• 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Richard Veenstra 2-4)
• 2024: Third round (lost to François Schweyen 2–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open	Non-PDC				1R	DNQ	1R	3R	2R	DNP
PDC Non-major televised events
PDC World Youth Championship	DNP		1R	2R	DNP	QF	DNP
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNQ					PR	NH	QF	PDC	3R
Winmau World Masters	1R	3R	1R	DNP	2R	NH		PDC		3R
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC)	-	-	-	229	-	173	-	111	89	207

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2022	IDO 3R	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNP	EDG DNP	DDC DNQ	EDM DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO 2R	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO QF	HDT DNQ	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	BSD DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	FDT 1R	HDT DNQ	SDT DNQ	CDO 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

References

1. "Brian Raman player profile". Mastercaller.
2. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 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.

External links

• Player profile for Brian Raman from Dartsdatabase