Charlie Manby
| Charlie Manby | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | "Champagne"[1] | ||
| Born | 4 August 2005[2] Huddersfield, England[1] | ||
| Home town | Wakefield, England[3] | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Darts | 22g Unicorn[3] | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed[4] | ||
| Walk-on music | "Champagne Supernova" by Oasis[4] | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2024–present (Tour Card: 2026–present) | ||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 101 (15 March 2026)[5] | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Championship | Last 16: 2026 | ||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2026 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
Youth events
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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.[6]
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.[7][8] 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.[1]
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.[9][10] He reached the fourth round of the tournament, eventually being defeated 4–1 by Gian van Veen.[11] At 2026 Q-School, Manby earned a PDC Tour Card on the final day of play.[12]
Personal life
Outside of darts, Manby is a bricklayer by trade.[13]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2026: Fourth round (lost to Gian van Veen 1–4)
Performance timeline
Charlie Manby's performance timeline is as follows:[14]
| Tournament | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 4R | |||||||
| World Masters | Prel. | Prel. | |||||||
| UK Open | 1R | 4R | |||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Did not participate | HIL 1R |
HIL 3R |
Did not participate | WIG 2R |
WIG DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | HIL 2R |
HIL 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | MIL L32 |
MIL L16 |
MIL L128 |
MIL L32 |
MIL L16 |
HIL L16 |
HIL L64 |
HIL L128 |
HIL L16 |
HIL QF |
WIG L16 |
WIG L32 |
WIG QF |
WIG L32 |
WIG L32 |
MIL L64 |
MIL L256 |
MIL L16 |
MIL L128 |
MIL L16 |
WIG L64 |
WIG L256 |
WIG L64 |
WIG L256 |
| 2025 | MIL L512 |
MIL QF |
MIL F |
MIL L16 |
MIL SF |
LEI SF |
LEI L16 |
LEI L256 |
LEI QF |
LEI L64 |
HIL L64 |
HIL L32 |
HIL L16 |
HIL L128 |
HIL QF |
WIG W |
WIG L16 |
WIG QF |
WIG L64 |
WIG L128 |
WIG QF |
WIG QF |
WIG L256 |
WIG QF |
| 2026 | LEI QF |
LEI L32 |
LEI F |
LEI L64 |
LEI QF |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
- ^ a b c Mirza, Raz (15 December 2025). "World Darts Championship: 'Champagne Charlie' Manby buzzing for Ally Pally debut having already smashed Luke Littler's record". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^ "Charlie Manby player profile". Flashscore. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Charlie Manby PDPA Profile". PDPA. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Charlie Manby". Mastercaller. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ "Charlie Manby Player Profile". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (22 February 2025). "Greaves & Bates triumph on Winmau Development Tour, as Manby makes history". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ Wiseman, Ciaran (25 February 2025). "'I never expected that' – Luke Littler record smashed by 19-year-old former rival". Talksport. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ Brookes, Sam (15 December 2025). "The next Luke Littler? Charlie Manby, 20, dazzles on his World Championship debut". The Independent. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^ Mirza, Raz (15 December 2025). "World Darts Championship: 'Champagne Charlie' Manby on memorable Ally Pally debut and Luke Littler". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^ Smith, Peter (30 December 2025). "Charlie Manby beaten at World Darts Championship as Gian van Veen reaches last-8". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "PDC Tour Qualifying School: Charlie Manby, Jeffrey de Zwaan secure 2026 Tour Cards as Fallon Sherrock misses out". Sky Sports. 11 January 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ Westby, Nick (15 December 2025). "Yorkshire star Charlie Manby's win in PDC World Darts Championship provokes furious Cameron Menzies reaction". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Charlie Manby Career Statistics". Darts Database. Retrieved 25 February 2025.