Chris Barnes (born February 25, 1970 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American professional bowler currently on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour.
He attended Topeka High School, and then bowled collegiately at Wichita State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management.
He was a member of Team USA for four years.
Barnes, a right-handed bowler, has been one of the leading professionals on the tour.
He has won 19 PBA Tour titles and over $2.4 million (U.S.) in total prize money during his 20-year career.
He has earned at least $100,000 in 14 PBA seasons, including 12 consecutive seasons (1999 through 2010–11).
He won the PBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1998 and earned PBA Player of the Year honors in the 2007–08 season.
At the time, this made him only the third bowler in PBA history to win both Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honors in a career, after Mike Aulby and Tommy Jones.
Jason Belmonte and E.
J.
Tackett have since joined that group.
Barnes is one of only six players in PBA history to earn a career "triple crown" (accomplished by winning the U.S.
Open, PBA World Championship and PBA Tournament of Champions).
On October 18, 2017, the PBA announced that Barnes had been voted into the PBA Hall of Fame; he was inducted with the 2018 class.To date, Barnes has rolled 55 perfect 300 games in PBA competition, including the 22nd nationally televised 300 game.
He has also won 28 PBA Regional Tour titles.Barnes is a member of the 900 Global, Vise Grips and 3G pro staffs.