Ranking of Managers
Ranking of Managers 1920-2026
| PL | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P3/PL | ||
| 1 | Committee (1994) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3.000 |
| 2 | H.Bray & J.Jackson | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 1.931 |
| 3 | Joe Smith | 168 | 84 | 45 | 39 | 371 | 253 | +118 | 1.768 |
| 4 | Alan Pardew | 184 | 91 | 45 | 48 | 275 | 195 | +80 | 1.728 |
| 5 | Billy Butler | 162 | 79 | 36 | 47 | 297 | 238 | +59 | 1.685 |
| 6 | Ted Drake | 218 | 107 | 42 | 69 | 403 | 285 | +118 | 1.665 |
| 7 | Steve Coppell | 249 | 113 | 60 | 76 | 354 | 273 | +81 | 1.602 |
| 8 | Mark McGhee | 160 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 231 | 177 | +54 | 1.594 |
| 9 | Jimmy Wallbanks | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 1.583 |
| 10 | Brian McDermott | 171 | 70 | 46 | 55 | 251 | 212 | +39 | 1.497 |
| 11 | Roy Bentley | 280 | 117 | 68 | 95 | 442 | 384 | +58 | 1.496 |
| 12 | Maurice Evans | 317 | 125 | 91 | 101 | 462 | 426 | +36 | 1.470 |
| 13 | Charlie Hurley | 238 | 92 | 70 | 76 | 302 | 269 | +33 | 1.454 |
| 14 | Ian Branfoot | 256 | 100 | 69 | 87 | 343 | 342 | +1 | 1.441 |
| 15 | Jaap Stam | 84 | 34 | 19 | 31 | 112 | 121 | −9 | 1.440 |
| 16 | Harry Johnston | 327 | 133 | 70 | 124 | 558 | 507 | +51 | 1.434 |
| 17 | Ian Porterfield | 69 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 87 | 83 | +4 | 1.420 |
| 18 | Rubén Sellés | 63 | 25 | 14 | 24 | 97 | 94 | +3 | 1.413 |
| 19 | Joe Edelston | 44 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 85 | 76 | +9 | 1.409 |
| 20 | Mark Bowen | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 1.371 |
| 21 | Nigel Adkins | 75 | 27 | 20 | 28 | 104 | 108 | −4 | 1.347 |
| 22 | J.Quinn & M.Gooding | 116 | 41 | 33 | 42 | 142 | 152 | −10 | 1.345 |
| 23 | Jack Mansell | 106 | 39 | 24 | 43 | 143 | 181 | −38 | 1.330 |
| 24 | Jack Smith II | 147 | 54 | 33 | 60 | 234 | 229 | +5 | 1.327 |
| 25 | Noel Hunt | 48 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 1.312 |
| 26 | Veljko Paunović | 78 | 28 | 18 | 32 | 101 | 116 | −15 | 1.308 |
| 27 | Arthur Chadwick | 115 | 39 | 31 | 45 | 124 | 127 | −3 | 1.287 |
| 28 | Johnny Cochrane | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.250 |
| 29 | Ray Henderson | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 1.200 |
| 30 | Steve Clarke | 44 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 1.182 |
| 31 | Angus Wylie | 210 | 66 | 47 | 97 | 306 | 396 | −90 | 1.167 |
| 32 | Jack Smith I | 65 | 20 | 15 | 30 | 61 | 78 | −17 | 1.154 |
| 33 | Tommy Burns | 59 | 18 | 14 | 27 | 66 | 87 | −21 | 1.153 |
| 34 | Paul Ince | 55 | 17 | 11 | 27 | 58 | 87 | −29 | 1.127 |
| 35 | José Gomes | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 1.059 |
| 36 | Harry Marshall | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 1.053 |
| 37 | Terry Bullivant | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 66 | −30 | 1.026 |
| 38 | F.May & J.Carter | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 1.000 |
| 39 | Brendan Rodgers | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 1.000 |
| 40 | Paul Clement | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 0.928 |
| 41 | H.Bray & B.Beats | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 0.833 |
| 42 | Eddie Niedzwiecki | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0.750 |
| 43 | Lew Chatterley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0.750 |
| 44 | Kevin Dillon | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 0.667 |
| 45 | Scott Marshall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.333 |
| 46 | Eamonn Dolan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.000 |
| 47 | Martin Kuhl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.000 |
| 48 | John Haselden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0.000 |