Chris Dobey

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Chris Dobey
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Dobey in 2025
Personal information
Nickname"Hollywood"
Born (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34)
Bedlington, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts23g Target Signature Gen 1
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" by PJ & Duncan (Televised events)
"L'amour toujours" by Gigi D’Agostino (European Tour events and European Championship)
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2013–2015
PDC 2015–
(Tour Card: 2015–)
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 9 Steady2.svg (6 April 2025) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 32: 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship Semi Final: 2025
World Matchplay Quarter Final: 2023
World Grand Prix Semi Final: 2019
UK Open Last 16: 2018, 2020, 2021
Grand Slam Quarter Final: 2016
European Championship Semi Final: 2022
Premier League 7th: 2023
PC Finals Semi Final: 2019
Masters Winner (1): 2023
World Series Finals Quarter Final: 2024
Other tournament wins
Players Championships (x6)
Players Championship (Barnsley) 2021
Players Championship (Coventry) 2021
Players Championship (Leicester) 2024
Players Championship (Milton Keynes) 2024
Players Championship (Wigan) 2024
Players Championship (Rosmalen) 2025

Christopher Dobey (born 31 May 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number seven in 2025. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2015, Dobey has since won six ranking Players Championship titles. Nicknamed "Hollywood", he won his first major title at the 2023 Masters, defeating Rob Cross 11–7 in the final.

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He is a one-time World Championship semi-finalist, reaching the last four at the 2025 PDC World Championship.

Early life

Dobey was born in Bedlington in 1990. He comes from a darting family; his father Gordon and uncle Arthur both played league darts. [2] Prior to playing darts, Dobey worked in traffic management. [3] He played football in the Northern Football Alliance with his local team. [3]

Career

Dobey started playing darts in 2010 at a local club. He received the nickname "Hollywood" due to wearing a baseball cap while playing darts. [4]

2015

Dobey's first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost to Nathan Aspinall 5–1 in the first round. [5] At Players Championship 11 he had deciding leg victories over Jan Dekker, Kim Huybrechts and Max Hopp to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, where he was defeated by Mark Webster 6–2. [6] Dobey qualified for the 2015 World Series of Darts Finals and lost in a last leg decider to Terry Jenkins 6–5. [7]

2016

At the 2016 German Darts Masters, Dobey saw off Ben Davies 6–1 and then averaged 100.64 in a win over Robert Thornton and 102.25 whilst beating Dave Chisnall 6–4. [8] In his first PDC quarter-final he averaged over 100 again, but lost to world number one Michael van Gerwen 6–5, having led 5–4. [9] At Players Championship 19 Dobey beat Stephen Bunting 6–3 to reach the semi-finals and took out a 120 finish after Adrian Lewis had missed match darts. This meant he played in his first senior final, but lost Simon Whitlock 6–4. [10] He qualified for the 2016 European Championship and was eliminated by Joe Cullen 6–2 in the first round. [11] Dobey also played in the Grand Slam of Darts for the first time and wins over Lewis and Scott Mitchell saw him advance to the knockout stage, where he hit a ten dart leg to move 9–5 up on Jamie Hughes. However, Hughes closed the deficit to force a deciding leg which Dobey took to advance to his first major quarter-final, but he was outclassed by James Wade who won 16–5. [12] [13] [14]

His performances gave him a PDC Pro Tour spot in the 2017 World Championship, where he beat Justin Pipe 3–1 in the first round. [15] In the second round he lost to Dave Chisnall 4–2. [16]

2018

At the 2018 World Championship, Dobey drew Phil Taylor in the first round. Taylor was appearing in his final World Championship following his decision to retire after the conclusion of the event. Dobey lost 3-1.

He played in the 2018 UK Open in Minehead, reaching the fifth round before losing out to Corey Cadby.

Dobey reached 2 finals on the Pro Tour in 2018, losing to Michael van Gerwen 6–2 in the final of Players Championship 5 despite having an average of over 109, [17] and then losing to Krzysztof Ratajski 6–2 in the final of Players Championship 21. [18] These performances aided him in qualifying for the 2018 Players Championship Finals where he had a run to the quarter-finals, losing out to eventual winner Daryl Gurney 10–2.

2019

He qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship via the Pro Tour, reaching the last 16 stage with 3–0 whitewash wins over Boris Koltsov, and Steve Beaton and a 4–3 win over Vincent van der Voort. He lost to Gary Anderson 4–3, in a match which saw 28 180s thrown, 15 of them by Dobey.

Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Dobey was selected as one of nine 'Contenders'. He would play a one-off match against Mensur Suljović on night one in Newcastle. Dobey started well leading 5–1 before Suljović would win 5 consecutive legs to lead 6–5. Dobey would win the final leg to draw the match 6–6.

Dobey reached his fourth PDC final at the 2019 Danish Darts Open, winning through as a non seed, but lost to Dave Chisnall 8–3.

He reached the semi-finals at both the 2019 World Grand Prix and 2019 Players Championship Finals.

2020

At the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, Dobey was seeded into the second round for the first time as 22nd seed. He defeated Ron Meulenkamp 3–2 in his opening match. This set up a tie against Fallon Sherrock in the third round, who had beaten Ted Evetts to become the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship before eliminating 11th seed Mensur Suljović in the next round. In their match, Dobey came back from 2–1 down to defeat Sherrock 4–2. [19] He then exited the tournament after a 4–3 loss to Glen Durrant.

Following the end of the World Championship, Dobey was once again selected as a 'Challenger' (re-brand of 'Contender') for the Premier League. [20] He played on Night 7 in Milton Keynes where he lost 7–2 to Daryl Gurney. [21]

2021

In 2021, Dobey won his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 18 in Coventry. Along the way he defeated Jeff Smith, Luke Humphries, William Borland, Jonny Clayton, Stephen Bunting, Maik Kuivenhoven & José de Sousa. [22] [23] [24] Dobey then went on to claim his 2nd ranking title at PC28 in Barnsley, he defeated Rob Cross in the semi-finals where the pair threw a combined average of 224.68 (111.73 for Dobey). [25]

2022

At the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, Dobey won his opening match 3–2 against Rusty-Jake Rodriguez. He was originally supposed to play Michael van Gerwen in the third round, but van Gerwen withdrew from the tournament after testing positive for COVID-19. [26] Dobey received a bye to the fourth round, where he lost 4–3 to Luke Humphries despite leading the match 3–1. [27] He avenged his loss to Humphries in the first round of the 2022 World Grand Prix, beating Humphries 2–0. He faced Adrian Lewis in the second round and won the match in a last-leg decider after Lewis missed a match dart on the bullseye. [28] He was eliminated by Michael van Gerwen in the quarter-finals.

Dobey got a surprise win against Michael van Gerwen in the first round of the 2022 European Championship, beating him 6–5 and claiming his first ever career win against the three-time World Champion. [29] He defeated José de Sousa in the next round and Dave Chisnall in the quarter-finals to reach his third televised semi-final. [30] He lost to eventual champion Ross Smith 11–9.

2023

At the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, Dobey reached a World Championship quarter-final for the first time. [31] He defeated Martijn Kleermaker in his opening match before eliminating former World Champions Gary Anderson and Rob Cross. In the quarter-finals, he lost 5–0 to Michael van Gerwen.

On 29 January 2023, Dobey reached his first televised final at the 2023 Masters. He beat reigning Masters champion Joe Cullen, Luke Humphries, Dirk van Duijvenbode and reigning World Champion Michael Smith before defeating Rob Cross 11–7 in the final. [32] [33] The following day, Dobey was confirmed to be in the 2023 Premier League, his first full-time inclusion in the event after two years as a 'Challenger'. [34]

Dobey reached three consecutive quarter-finals in televised ranking events, beginning at the 2023 World Matchplay where he defeated James Wade and Michael Smith [35] before losing 16–12 to eventual champion Nathan Aspinall. At the 2023 World Grand Prix, he beat Dimitri Van den Bergh in the first round and earned a 3–2 win over Michael van Gerwen in the next round to progress to the quarter-finals. [36] Despite leading the match 2–1, he was eliminated after a 3–2 loss to Joe Cullen. [37] Dobey lost to eventual champion Peter Wright in the quarter-finals of the 2023 European Championship. [38]

On 1 September 2023, Chris Dobey announced that he signed with darts manufacturer Target Darts. [39]

Premier League Darts

In his full-time Premier League debut, Dobey won night one with victories over Peter Wright and Nathan Aspinall before winning a last-leg decider in the final against Michael van Gerwen with a 160 checkout. [40] [41] This placed Dobey at the top of the Premier League table. On night two in Cardiff, he lost his opening match to Gerwyn Price 6–5, who won the night in front of his home crowd. [42] Dobey continued to lose in the first round of each night until he reached the final on night seven. His run to the final included a historic 6–0 win over Michael van Gerwen, making Dobey the first player to whitewash van Gerwen in the Premier League. Dobey lost 6–4 to Gerwyn Price in the final. [43] The next week on night eight, he played in front of his home crowd in Newcastle. Dobey marked the occasion with a special walk-on, using "Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" by Mark Knopfler as his walk-on song due to the song's connection to Dobey's favourite football club Newcastle United. [44] He won his opening match 6–4 against Michael Smith but lost to Gerwyn Price 6–4 in the semi-finals. [45] [46] Dobey only registered two more wins in the latter half of the league stage and finished in seventh place after being overtaken by Dimitri van den Bergh, who won night sixteen. [47]

2024

At the 2024 PDC World Championship, Dobey whitewashed defending champion Michael Smith 4–0 in the fourth round to reach his second consecutive World Championship quarter-final. [48] He played Rob Cross for a place in the semi-finals and established a 4–0 lead, one set away from winning. However, Cross then won five consecutive sets to beat Dobey 5–4. [49]

Dobey topped the 2024 PDC Players Championship (PC) Order of Merit ranking, [50] winning three titles. He won PC7, defeating Josh Rock 8–4 in the final. He hit a nine-dart finish in his win over Mickey Mansell. [51] [52] In August, Dobey won PC19, defeating Cameron Menzies 8–6 in the final. [53] In October, he won PC25, defeating Stephen Bunting 8–3 in the final. [54]

2025

Dobey made it three successive PDC World Championship quarter-finals at the 2025 event, defeating Alexander Merkx, Josh Rock and Kevin Doets along the way. In the quarter-finals, Dobey faced Gerwyn Price. Dobey went 2–0 down before leveling the match at 2–2. He won the next two sets to go 4–2 up but missed five match darts, allowing Price to reduce the gap to 4–3. However, Dobey won the next set to win the match 5–3 and reach his first World Championship semi-final. [55] [56] Dobey was denied a World Championship final by Michael van Gerwen, who defeated Dobey 6–1. [57] He was subsequently announced as part of the 2025 Premier League line-up on 6 January. [58]

After finishing as runner-up in the second Players Championship event, Dobey won his first title of the year at Players Championship 3, defeating Jelle Klaasen 8–4 in the final. [59]

Personal life

Dobey is a supporter of Newcastle United. [60] He has two sons born in 2017 and 2023. [61]

World Championship results

PDC

Career finals

PDC major finals: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Masters (1–0)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore [N 1]
Winner1. 2023 Masters Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 11–7 (l)
    1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

    Performance timeline

    Tournament201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
    PDC Ranked televised events
    World Championship DNQ 2R 1R 4R 4R 3R 4R QF QF SF
    World Masters [N 1] Did not qualify 2R DNQ W 2R 1R
    UK Open 1R 2R DNQ 4R 5R 3R 6R 6R 4R 5R 5R 5R
    World Matchplay Did not qualify 1R DNQ 1R 1R QF 2R
    World Grand Prix Did not qualify SF 1R DNQ QF QF 1R
    European Championship DNQ 1R DNQ 2R DNQ SF QF 1R
    Grand Slam DNQ QF Did not qualify RR DNQ 2R DNQ
    Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R 3R QF SF 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R
    Non-ranked televised events
    Premier League Did not participate C C DNP 7th DNP
    World Series Finals NH 1R DNQ 2R Did not qualifyDNP QF
    Career statistics
    Year-end ranking-107473836222230221715

    PDC European Tour

    Season1234567891011121314
    2015 Did not participate EDT
    1R
    EDM
    DNQ
    EDG
    DNQ
    2016 DDM
    DNQ
    GDM
    QF
    GDT
    DNQ
    EDM
    2R
    ADO
    2R
    EDO
    DNQ
    IDO
    2R
    EDT
    DNQ
    EDG
    DNQ
    GDC
    1R
    2017 GDC
    1R
    GDM
    DNQ
    GDO
    DNQ
    EDG
    1R
    GDT
    DNQ
    EDM
    1R
    ADO
    3R
    Did not qualify EDT
    2R
    2018 EDO
    3R
    GDG
    2R
    Did not qualify GDT
    3R
    DDO
    1R
    EDM
    2R
    Did not qualify
    2019 EDO
    DNQ
    GDC
    DNQ
    GDG
    1R
    GDO
    2R
    ADO
    2R
    EDG
    2R
    DDM
    DNQ
    DDO
    F
    CDO
    3R
    ADC
    1R
    EDM
    DNQ
    IDO
    DNQ
    GDT
    2R
    2020 BDC
    DNQ
    GDC
    2R
    EDG
    1R
    IDO
    DNQ
    2022 IDO
    DNQ
    GDC
    2R
    GDG
    2R
    Did not qualify DDC
    3R
    EDM
    2R
    HDT
    2R
    GDO
    DNQ
    BDO
    1R
    GDT
    2R
    2023 BSD
    DNP
    EDO
    2R
    IDO
    DNQ
    GDG
    3R
    ADO
    2R
    DDC
    DNQ
    BDO
    2R
    CDO
    DNQ
    EDG
    2R
    EDM
    DNP
    GDO
    DNQ
    HDT
    DNQ
    GDC
    2R
    2024 BDO
    2R
    GDG
    3R
    IDO
    SF
    EDG
    2R
    ADO
    2R
    BSD
    1R
    DDC
    3R
    EDO
    3R
    GDC
    3R
    FDT
    SF
    HDT
    2R
    SDT
    2R
    CDO
    2R
    2025 BDO
    2R
    EDT
    2R
    IDO
    2R
    GDG
    ADO
    EDG
    DDC
    EDO
    BSD
    FDT
    CDO
    HDT
    SDT
    GDC

    PDC Players Championships

    Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
    2015 BAR
    3R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    COV
    3R
    COV
    3R
    COV
    1R
    CRA
    DNP
    CRA
    DNP
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    1R
    WIG
    1R
    WIG
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    DUB
    1R
    DUB
    1R
    COV
    1R
    COV
    1R
    2016 BAR
    1R
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    2R
    COV
    2R
    COV
    4R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    QF
    DUB
    3R
    DUB
    2R
    BAR
    F
    BAR
    1R
    2017 BAR
    3R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    3R
    MIL
    2R
    MIL
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    2R
    WIG
    1R
    WIG
    2R
    MIL
    3R
    MIL
    2R
    WIG
    1R
    WIG
    3R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    DUB
    2R
    DUB
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    3R
    2018 BAR
    2R
    BAR
    DNP
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    MIL
    F
    MIL
    3R
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    1R
    WIG
    1R
    WIG
    1R
    MIL
    2R
    MIL
    2R
    WIG
    1R
    WIG
    2R
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    1R
    DUB
    1R
    DUB
    1R
    BAR
    F
    BAR
    4R
    2019 WIG
    1R
    WIG
    4R
    WIG
    SF
    WIG
    1R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    4R
    WIG
    4R
    WIG
    3R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    QF
    BAR
    QF
    WIG
    2R
    WIG
    2R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    HIL
    2R
    HIL
    3R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    DUB
    1R
    DUB
    2R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    4R
    2020 BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    WIG
    QF
    WIG
    2R
    WIG
    DNP
    WIG
    DNP
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    1R
    MIL
    2R
    MIL
    3R
    MIL
    QF
    MIL
    1R
    MIL
    4R
    NIE
    1R
    NIE
    4R
    NIE
    1R
    NIE
    2R
    NIE
    4R
    COV
    2R
    COV
    1R
    COV
    1R
    COV
    1R
    COV
    2R
    2021 BOL
    4R
    BOL
    1R
    BOL
    1R
    BOL
    1R
    MIL
    2R
    MIL
    1R
    MIL
    2R
    MIL
    1R
    NIE
    1R
    NIE
    1R
    NIE
    4R
    NIE
    1R
    MIL
    2R
    MIL
    4R
    MIL
    1R
    MIL
    1R
    COV
    4R
    COV
    W
    COV
    2R
    COV
    3R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    SF
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    W
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    1R
    2022 BAR
    1R
    BAR
    3R
    WIG
    1R
    WIG
    2R
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    1R
    NIE
    1R
    NIE
    1R
    BAR
    QF
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    DNP
    WIG
    2R
    WIG
    3R
    NIE
    4R
    NIE
    SF
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    QF
    BAR
    SF
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    4R
    2023 BAR
    3R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    HIL
    2R
    HIL
    1R
    WIG
    3R
    WIG
    3R
    LEI
    2R
    LEI
    QF
    HIL
    QF
    HIL
    1R
    LEI
    4R
    LEI
    1R
    HIL
    4R
    HIL
    3R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    QF
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    QF
    BAR
    4R
    BAR
    1R
    BAR
    QF
    BAR
    2R
    BAR
    DNP
    BAR
    3R
    BAR
    2R
    2024 WIG
    3R
    WIG
    4R
    LEI
    3R
    LEI
    F
    HIL
    3R
    HIL
    2R
    LEI
    W
    LEI
    4R
    HIL
    QF
    HIL
    1R
    HIL
    DNP
    HIL
    DNP
    MIL
    1R
    MIL
    1R
    MIL
    SF
    MIL
    2R
    MIL
    2R
    MIL
    3R
    MIL
    W
    WIG
    4R
    WIG
    1R
    MIL
    2R
    MIL
    F
    WIG
    DNP
    WIG
    W
    WIG
    2R
    WIG
    4R
    WIG
    1R
    LEI
    4R
    LEI
    2R
    2025 WIG
    2R
    WIG
    F
    ROS
    W
    ROS
    2R
    LEI
    2R
    LEI
    2R
    DNP LEI
    2R
    LEI
    3R
    LEI
    LEI
    ROS
    ROS
    HIL
    HIL
    LEI
    LEI
    LEI
    HIL
    HIL
    MIL
    MIL
    MIL
    HIL
    HIL
    LEI
    LEI
    LEI
    WIG
    WIG
    WIG
    WIG
    WIG
    Performance Table Legend
    WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
    RR
    Prel.
    Lost in # round
    Round-robin
    Preliminary round
    DQDisqualified
    DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

    Notes

    1. Before 2025 this was a non ranked event.

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