Kristopher "Kris" Prather (born January 1, 1992)[1] of Plainfield, Illinois is an American professional ten-pin bowler who competes on the PBA Tour.

[6] Prather was part of the rotating four-person team (with A. J. Johnson, Jakob Butturff and Andrew Anderson) that won the trios gold medal for Team USA at the 2021 International Bowling Federation (IBF) Super World Championships in Dubai.

[10] Based on points earned during the first 13 events of the 2019 season, he qualified as the #9 seed for the inaugural PBA Tour Playoffs.

As the #4 seed for the stepladder finals, he won all four matches, defeating four major titlists (Sean Rash, Jason Belmonte, Anthony Simonsen and Bill O'Neill) to capture his third PBA Tour title, first major, and second career $100,000 prize check.

He then defended his crown against the sixth and final challenger, PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber.

1 seed at the 2022 PBA Tournament of Champions, but fell short of winning for the second time in this event when he was defeated by No.

1 seed, defeating Jason Sterner in an exciting final match that required a one-ball, sudden death roll-off after the two tied the regulation game, 237–237.

[20] Based on points earned over the 2022 and 2023 seasons, Prather qualified as the #6 seed for the 2023 PBA Tour Finals, held June 24–25 in Arlington, Washington.

Prather climbed the stepladder in Group 2, eventually defeating top seed Jason Belmonte by way of a roll-off in the race-to-two points final match.