Charlie Manby (born 4 August 2005) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He gained attention in February 2025 after recording a three-dart match average of 130.7 at 2025 Development Tour 4, the highest in PDC Development Tour history. He reached the last 16 of the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship in his World Championship debut.
Career Manby began his career competing in World Darts Federation (WDF) youth events. In 2022, he won multiple titles at the WDF Europe Youth Cup representing England alongside Thomas Banks in the pairs competition. He partnered Banks, Archie Self and Luke Littler in the team competition. They won the Pairs, Team, and Overall categories.
In February 2025, he reached his first final on the PDC Development Tour at event 3 before later that same day recording a 130.70 three-dart average in a 4–0 whitewash over Patrik Williams at event 4, the highest recorded PDC Development Tour average. In September, he won event 16. Manby reached the last 16 at the 2025 PDC World Youth Championship, but lost to reigning world champion Luke Littler 5–6 in a deciding leg; he had missed two match darts.
Manby qualified for the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship via the 2025 Development Tour Order of Merit. He defeated 26th seed Cameron Menzies 3–2 in sets in the first round. He reached the fourth round of the tournament, eventually being defeated 4–1 by Gian van Veen. At 2026 Q-School, Manby earned a PDC Tour Card on the final day of play.
Personal life Outside of darts, Manby is a bricklayer by trade. He previously played cricket for Clayton West CC.
World Championship results PDC 2026: Fourth round (lost to Gian van Veen 1–4)
Performance timeline Charlie Manby's performance timeline is as follows:
Tournament 2025 2026PDC Ranked televised eventsWorld ChampionshipDNQ4RWorld MastersPrel.Prel.UK Open1R4R
PDC European Tour Tournament 2026International Darts Open2REuropean Darts Open1R
PDC 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 31 32 33 34 2025Did not participate HIL1RHIL3RDid not participateWIG2RWIGDNP 2026HIL2RHIL3RWIG1RWIG2RLEI2RLEI1RLEIQFLEIQFWIG1RWIG3RMIL1RMIL2RHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEI2RLEI2RLEI4RMIL4RMIL2RWIG1RWIG1RLEIQFLEI1RHIL1RHIL3RLEI2RLEI3RROS1RROS3RROSROSLEILEI
PDC Development Tour 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 2024MILL32MILL16MILL128MILL32MILL16HILL16HILL64HILL128HILL16HILQFWIGL16WIGL32WIGQFWIGL32WIGL32MILL64MILL256MILL16MILL128MILL16WIGL64WIGL256WIGL64WIGL256 2025MILL512MILQFMILFMILL16MILSFLEISFLEIL16LEIL256LEIQFLEIL64HILL64HILL32HILL16HILL128HILQFWIGWWIGL16WIGQFWIGL64WIGL128WIGQFWIGQFWIGL256WIGQF 2026LEIQFLEIL32LEIFLEIL64LEIQF
References
External links
Charlie Manby PDPA Profile Official Website – https://charliemanby.com/