Dragutin Horvat

Dragutin Horvat
Personal information
Nickname	Hercules
Born	(1976-01-08) 8 January 1976 (age 50) Kassel, Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since	2007
Darts	21g Bull's
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Freed from Desire" by Gala
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2012–
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 64: 2017
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2023, 2025 PDC Europe Next Gen 2025

Dragutin Horvat (born 8 January 1976) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has won two titles on the PDC's secondary tour, the Challenge Tour. He made his first PDC European Tour quarter-final at the 2016 International Darts Open.

Career

Horvat reached the quarter-finals of the 2016 International Darts Open, defeating Ricky Evans, Gerwyn Price and Ian White before being eliminated by Kim Huybrechts. ^[1]

Horvat qualified for the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship after defeating Stefan Stoyke 10–6 in the final of the Superleague Germany  [ de ] finals event. ^[2] He beat Russia's Boris Koltsov in a sudden-death leg in the preliminary round, but was then beaten 3–0 by Simon Whitlock in the first round. ^{[3] [4]}

In March 2023, Horvat won Challenge Tour 9, whitewashing Christian Kist 5–0 in the final. ^[5] In November, he qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship after beating Pascal Rupprecht 8–3 in the Super League Darts 2023  [ de ]. ^[6] He lost 0–3 to Mike De Decker in the first round. ^[7]

In 2025, Horvat won a second Challenge Tour title at Challenge Tour 6, defeating Ted Evetts 5–4 in the final. ^[8]

World Championship results

PDC

• 2017: First round (lost to Simon Whitlock 0–3)
• 2024: First round (lost to Mike De Decker 0–3)

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
World Championship	1R	DNQ						1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	140	133	191	168	–	159	–	175

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2013	UKM DNP	EDT 1R	DNP/DNQ				GDM 1R	DDM DNP
2016	Did not participate/qualify						IDO QF	EDT DNQ	EDG 1R	GDC DNP
2017	GDC DNP	GDM 2R	Did not qualify					EDO 1R	DNP		IDO 1R	EDT DNQ
2018	DNQ		GDO 1R	DNQ		DDM 2R	GDT DNQ	DDO 1R	EDM 1R	Did not qualify
2019	DNQ		GDG 1R	DNP/DNQ		EDG 1R	Did not participate/qualify
2020	BDC DNP	GDC 2R	DNP/DNQ
2022	IDO 1R	GDC DNQ	GDG 1R	DNP/DNQ			EDG 1R	DDC DNP	EDM 1R	Did not participate/qualify
2023	Did not qualify			GDG 2R	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify								GDC 1R	Did not qualify
2025	Did not qualify							EDO 1R	Did not qualify

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
2023 [nb 1]	Did not participate												HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI DNP		HIL 1R	HIL 1R	Did not participate
2024 [nb 1]	Did not participate																			WIG 2R	WIG 1R	Did not participate							LEI 1R	LEI 1R
2025 [nb 1]	Did not participate												ROS 1R	ROS 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	Did not participate									HIL 2R	HIL 3R	Did not participate

1. Not a Tour card holder

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. "Super Suljovic Claims Maiden PDC Title". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 4 September 2016.
2. "Trio Secure World Championship Spots". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
3. "William Hill World Championship Day Six". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
4. "2017 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
5. Gorton, Josh (18 March 2023). "Meulenkamp and Horvat secure Challenge Tour success". PDC. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
6. Gorton, Josh (10 November 2023). "Horvat clinches second Super League crown to confirm Ally Pally return". PDC. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
7. Phillips, Josh (19 December 2023). "Van Gerwen begins title bid, as Wade crashes out". PDC. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
8. Gorton, Josh (14 March 2025). "Horvat & Labanauskas share Winmau Challenge Tour titles". PDC. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

External links

• Player profile for Dragutin Horvat from Dartsdatabase
• Dragutin Horvat player profile at Darts Orakel