Chris Dobey

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

Dobey's first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost to Nathan Aspinall 5–1 in the first round. 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. Dobey qualified for the 2015 World Series of Darts Finals and lost in a last leg decider to Terry Jenkins 6–5.

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. 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. 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. He qualified for the 2016 European Championship and was eliminated by Joe Cullen 6–2 in the first round. 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.

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. In the second round he lost to Dave Chisnall 4–2.

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, and then losing to Krzysztof Ratajski 6–2 in the final of Players Championship 21. 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.

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.

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. 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. He played on Night 7 in Milton Keynes where he lost 7–2 to Daryl Gurney.

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. 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).

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. Dobey received a bye to the fourth round, where he lost 4–3 to Luke Humphries despite leading the match 3–1. 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. 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. He defeated José de Sousa in the next round and Dave Chisnall in the quarter-finals to reach his third televised semi-final. He lost to eventual champion Ross Smith 11–9.

At the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, Dobey reached a World Championship quarter-final for the first time. 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. 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'.

Dobey reached three consecutive quarter-finals in televised ranking events, beginning at the 2023 World Matchplay where he defeated James Wade and Michael Smith 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. Despite leading the match 2–1, he was eliminated after a 3–2 loss to Joe Cullen. Dobey lost to eventual champion Peter Wright in the quarter-finals of the 2023 European Championship.

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

At the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, Dobey defeated William O'Connor and Ross Smith to set up a match against defending champion Michael Smith in the fourth round. With an average of 102.43, Dobey whitewashed Smith 4–0 to reach his second World Championship quarter-final. 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.

In April 2024, Dobey won his first Players Championship title since 2021 with victory in PC7, hitting a nine-dart finish along the way before registering a second-career highest average of 109.63 in the semi-final. In August, Dobey won Players Championship 19 (PC19), defeating Cameron Menzies 8–6 in the final. Dobey won his third Players Championship title of the year at PC25, defeating Stephen Bunting 8–3 in the final.

Dobey made it three successive World Championship quarter-finals at the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, 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. Dobey was denied a World Championship final by Michael van Gerwen, who defeated Dobey 6–1.