The invention discloses a thin film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof. The thin film transistor comprises a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a patterning doped semiconductor layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a grid isolating layer and a grid electrode, wherein the semiconductor layer is arranged on the substrate; the patterning doped semiconductor layer is arranged above two opposite sides of the semiconductor layer; the source electrode and the drain electrode are arranged on the patterning doped semiconductor layer and above two opposite sides of the semiconductor layer; a part of the semiconductor layer covered by the source electrode and the drain electrode has a first thickness, a part of the semiconductor layer, which is positioned between the source electrode and the drain electrode and not covered by the source electrode and the drain electrode, has a second thickness, and the second thickness is between 200 angstroms and 800 angstroms; the grid isolating layer is arranged on the source electrode, the drain electrode and a part of semiconductor layer; and the grid is arranged on the grid isolating layer. The thin film transistor provided by the invention has better element characteristics.