Brian Raman

Brian Raman
	Raman in 2024
Personal information
Nickname	"The Riddler"
Born	14 October 1996 (age 30); Schoten, Belgium
Home town	Wuustwezel, Belgium
Sport
Sport	Darts
Playing 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) 34 1 (17 August 2026)
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Quarter-final: 2022
World Masters	Runner-up: 2026
Dutch Open	Last 32: 2025, 2026
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 96: 2022
Other tournament wins
	Years
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. 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.

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.

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. 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.

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)

Career finals

WDF major finals: 1 (0 titles)

Legend
World Masters (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2026	World Masters	Chris Lim	6–7 (l)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2019	2020
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship	Did not qualify				Prel.
World Masters	1R	3R	1R	2R	NH

WDF

Tournament	2022	2024	2025	2026
WDF Ranked major/platinum events
World Championship	QF	3R	1R
World Masters	PDC	3R	RR	F

PDC

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
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	-	111	89

European Tour

Tournament	2022	2023	2024
International Darts Open	3R	2R	DNQ
German Darts Open	DNQ	QF	DNQ
Flanders Darts Trophy	NH		1R

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
2020	DNP						BAR 2R	BAR 1R	Did not participate					NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	Did not participate
2022	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP		WIG 1R	WIG 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2023	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R

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	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Brian Raman PDPA Profile". Professional Darts Players Association. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 "Brian Raman player profile". Mastercaller.
↑ "WDF Open Rankings Table". WDF. 17 August 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
↑ "Kleermaker impressive in easing past Vos, Hogan also through with routine victory over Raman". dartsnews.com. 5 January 2020.
↑ "2020 PDC Qualifying School – Day One". pdc.tv. 16 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020.
↑ "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.
↑ 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

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[PDPA-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Brian Raman PDPA Profile". Professional Darts Players Association. Retrieved 23 January 2026.

[MC-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Brian Raman player profile". Mastercaller.

[WDF_Rankings-3] "WDF Open Rankings Table". WDF. 17 August 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.

[4] "Kleermaker impressive in easing past Vos, Hogan also through with routine victory over Raman". dartsnews.com. 5 January 2020.

[5] "2020 PDC Qualifying School – Day One". pdc.tv. 16 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020.

[6] "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.

[7] 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.