Brian Raman
Belgian darts player (born 1996)
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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.
| Brian Raman | |||||||||||||
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Raman in 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Riddler"[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 1996 Schoten, Belgium[1] | ||||||||||||
| Home town | Wuustwezel, Belgium[1] | ||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Darts | 24g Bull's Signature[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed[2] | ||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "The Business" by Tiësto[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||
| BDO | 2014–2020 | ||||||||||||
| PDC | 2015– (Tour Card: 2022–23) | ||||||||||||
| WDF | 2014–2022, 2024– | ||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (WDF) 36  (16 March 2026)[3] | ||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Championship | Quarter-final: 2022 | ||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 64: 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Dutch Open | Last 32: 2025, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 96: 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||
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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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7] 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.[2]
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)
- 2025: First round (lost to Jeffrey Sparidaans 2–3)
Performance timeline
PDC
BDO
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BDO Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | Prel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | 1R | 3R | 1R | DNP | 2R | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
WDF
| Tournament | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WDF Ranked major/platinum events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | QF | 3R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | PDC | 3R | RR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
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