Brian Raman

Brian Raman
Brian Raman
Personal information
Nickname	"The Riddler"
Born	14 October 1996 (age 28); Brasschaat, Belgium
Home town	Wuustwezel, Belgium
Darts information
Playing darts since	2012
Darts	24g Bulls(DE)
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"The Business" by Tiësto
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2014–2020
PDC	2022–2023
WDF	2014–2022, 2024-present
Current world ranking	179 (31 October 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter-finals: 2022
World Masters	Last 80: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 96: 2022
Other tournament wins
Belfry Open	2019
Denmark Masters	2019
England Open	2021

Brian Raman (born 14 October 1996) is a Belgian darts player who plays in events of the World Darts Federation. In 2021, he became the second Belgian World Darts Federation world number one, after Leo Laurens in 1993.

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.

During his two years as a PDC tour card holder, he was unable to reach the top 64 of the order of merit, hampered by a shoulder injury which required surgery in late 2023, and thus failed to automatically retain his tour card. As a result, he was forced to go to the 2014 Q-school. He was unable to win a new tour card and subsequently returned to playing WDF events.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

2020: Preliminary round (lost to Paul Hogan 1–3)
2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Richard Veenstra 2-4)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open	Non-PDC				1R	DNQ	1R	3R	2R
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
Winmau World Masters	1R	3R	1R	DNP	2R	NH		PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	-	229	-	173	-	111	89

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

Performance timeline legend
DNP	Did not play in the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	WD	Withdrew from the event	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

References

^ "Brian Raman – Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
^ "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.

External links

Player profile for Brian Raman from Dartsdatabase

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[1] "Brian Raman – Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.

[PDC_Rankings-2] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

[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.

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