Ranking the best managers in Premier League history

ByAlex Bysouth

BBC Sport elder journalist

When it comes to ranking managers, titles are a bully spot to start.

Only 4 bosses person won much than 1 since the Premier League epoch began successful 1992. So if you bash immoderate speedy maths, you'll astir apt not beryllium amazed by the names that apical this list.

But determination is simply a statement to beryllium had astir wherever they should rank, and who other makes it into the apical 10. So let's person it.

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Longevity deserves a notation here. Take David Moyes, for example, racking up 755 games successful Premier League dugouts - lone Arsene Wenger (828) and Sir Alex Ferguson (810) person more.

Naturally, Moyes has the third-most wins successful Premier League past too, though his 291 crossed spells with Everton, Manchester United, Sunderland and West Ham autumn immoderate mode abbreviated of Wenger's 476 astatine Arsenal and Ferguson's 528 astatine United.

Pep Guardiola is besides connected Scotsman Moyes' enarthrosis contempt managing hardly fractional arsenic galore games.

Harry Redknapp has the fourth-most games nether his loop (641), fifth-most wins (236) and besides completes the apical 5 for goals scored (818).

We should speech astir triumph percent too, and the erstwhile Tottenham manager who truly deserves a outcry present is Mauricio Pochettino, who guided Spurs to their best-ever Premier League decorativeness of 2nd successful 2016-17 and besides coached Southampton and Chelsea.

The Argentine is the lone manager - of those who person coached much than 100 games - to person not lifted the rubric yet inactive won much than fractional his games passim his Premier League career.

But really, to marque this list, you person to person won a Premier League title. In total, 13 managers person done so. Meaning 3 are getting near astatine the door.

Arne Slot of Liverpool is the archetypal to beryllium cut. The others are a hard choice.

Manuel Pellegrini's Manchester City grounds was awesome earlier the Chilean made mode for Guardiola. During those 3 years, positive 17 months astatine West Ham, his mean of 1.92 goals per crippled ranks 5th among each managers with a period of matches.

But helium spent large astatine the Hammers lone to past endure a hopeless tally of signifier - truthful the antheral known arsenic the Engineer, the lone manager from extracurricular Europe to triumph the title, misses out.

As does Antonio Conte, who had roar and bust spells astatine Chelsea and Spurs.

Instead, the brace are pipped by the lone brag to triumph the rubric successful each of Europe's apical 5 leagues.

10. Carlo Ancelotti. Title victor 2009-10

AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Paris St-Germain, Real Madrid and, of course, Chelsea.

King Carlo has steered them each to home glory, not to notation his Champions League grounds of 5 successes. Yet his archetypal tenure successful the English apical formation was fleeting.

The Italian blitzed his mode to the Premier League crown astatine the archetypal clip of asking astatine Stamford Bridge. But, aft snapping up Fernando Torres for a then-British grounds interest from Liverpool the pursuing January, Ancelotti was swiftly shown the doorway aft Chelsea finished arsenic runners-up successful his 2nd season.

A astonishing instrumentality to England came via the Everton dugout, wherever Ancelotti delivered successive mid-table finishes earlier Real Madrid came calling.

9. Mikel Arteta. Title victor 2025-26

Earlier this year, Mikel Arteta became the 13th manager to triumph the Premier League but the archetypal Arsenal brag to bash truthful since Arsene Wenger successful 2004.

The Spaniard besides snapped an eight-year tally of either Manchester City oregon Liverpool winning the trophy.

Bursting wide of his rivals similar they were a method area, Arteta shrugged disconnected questions implicit his team's sometimes robust benignant arsenic good arsenic those who suggested the Gunners were destined to ever beryllium runners-up.

As the lone existent Premier League brag to person won the title, and with Arsenal adding to an already stacked squad this summer, you wouldn't stake against the erstwhile playmaker creeping further up this database successful future.

8. Roberto Mancini. Title victor 2011-12

Agueroooo! And each that.

Premier League titles don't travel much melodramatic than 2 goals successful added clip - including a 94th-minute victor - connected the last time of the season, particularly to clinch a archetypal top-flight crown successful much than 40 years portion denying your arch-rivals.

Roberto Mancini got Manchester City's lavish caller epoch rolling by winning the FA Cup successful his archetypal afloat season, having replaced Mark Hughes successful December 2009, and followed up with the rubric earlier helium was sacked the pursuing summer.

The Italian, though, stacks up well, boasting the fourth-best points-per-game tally for immoderate brag to person managed astatine slightest 100 Premier League games - coming successful conscionable supra Conte and Jose Mourinho - and the fifth-best triumph percentage.

Meanwhile, his City stars marque the apical 5 for goals per crippled and boast the champion grounds for fewest goals conceded, a miserly 0.83 per game.

7. Kenny Dalglish. Title victor 1994-95

Kenny Dalglish's top occurrence arsenic a brag came astatine Liverpool earlier the Premier League epoch began, winning 3 titles successful 4 seasons, initially arsenic a player-manager, earlier helium departed successful February 1991 aft astir 15 years with the club.

He coiled up astatine second-tier Blackburn Rovers 8 months aboriginal and instantly steered them into the Premier League via the play-offs.

Bankrolled by section businessman Jack Walker, Rovers snapped up Alan Shearer from Southampton for a British grounds interest of £3.6m and past finished 4th and 2nd earlier overcoming Manchester United to triumph the rubric successful 1995.

That made Dalglish lone the 4th manager to triumph the English apical formation with 2 antithetic clubs.

Dalglish was incapable to repetition the instrumentality astatine Newcastle, though they finished runners-up successful some the league and FA Cup during his tenure, portion his instrumentality to Liverpool ended successful 2012 aft League Cup occurrence but an eighth-placed finish.

6. Claudio Ranieri. Title victor 2015-16

Dilly ding, dilly dong. Ranieri rides into the apical six connected axenic vibes. The antheral down the 5,000-1 miracle. The 1 who turned a formed of footballing misfits into an all-conquering force. The begetter of Leicester City's Premier League triumph.

That is worthy his introduction alone. Yet, successful what seems different lifetime, the Tinkerman astir got his hands connected a winner's medal much than a decennary earlier.

Buoyed by the archetypal question of Roman Abramovich spending, Ranieri steered Chelsea to 2nd successful 2004, lone down Arsenal's Invincibles.

Chelsea astir apt should person won the Champions League too, losing successful the semi-finals to Monaco, but that became a defining infinitesimal for the antheral who would regenerate him.

5. Jurgen Klopp. Title victor 2019-20

Jurgen Klopp is successful immoderate ways the Andy Murray of the Premier League. All action, high-octane performances, adored by his fans yet prickly nether pressure. He enjoyed unthinkable occurrence but would astir apt person dominated much were it not for a generational opponent.

In this alternatively stretched analogy, Manchester City are Klopp's Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. If it had not been for his Catalan counterpart down the M62, Klopp's stone 'n' rotation Reds would person been the undoubted apical dogs nether the German.

Instead, they racked up much than 90 points connected 3 occasions and 'only' clinched 1 rubric successful 2019-20 - it was, however, Liverpool's archetypal successful 30 years and their archetypal of the Premier League era.

4. Jose Mourinho. Title victor 2004-05, 05-06 & 14-15

Lungs inactive pumping from that touchline sprint astatine Old Trafford, Jose Mourinho landed astatine Chelsea days aft guiding Porto to a singular Champions League triumph and declared himself a 'Special One'.

Taking the baton from Ranieri and equipped with a big of caller signings, the Portuguese enigma stormed the rubric successful his archetypal play - Chelsea winning the league by 12 points, conceding lone 15 goals and ruffling the raincoats of Wenger and Ferguson.

Mourinho backed it up successful his 2nd play earlier relationships began to fray and the astir palmy brag successful the club's past near successful September 2007. Mourinho, though, had transformed the Blues into a formidable force.

He returned six years later, aft titles successful Milan and Madrid, and clinched his 3rd Premier League crown successful his 2nd season, lone to beryllium gone by Christmas of the pursuing campaign.

Box-office spells followed astatine Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, but they came obscurity adjacent the occurrence of his clip successful south-west London.

3. Arsene Wenger. Title victor 1997-98, 2001-02 & 03-04

It's good margins betwixt Wenger and Mourinho, arsenic some their arrivals brought the dawn of caller eras successful the Premier League.

Indeed, Mourinho erstwhile said Wenger is simply a "specialist successful failure", but successful this database the Frenchman conscionable pips his rival acknowledgment to engineering the lone 'Invincibles' play successful Premier League history.

Wenger, joining from Japanese outfit Nagoya Grampus Eight, was deemed a funny prime astatine archetypal but professionalised Arsenal and led them to league titles successful 1998, 2002 and - the portion de absorption - that unbeaten play of 2003-04.

That helium was incapable to triumph different rubric successful the 14 years that followed possibly tarnishes Wenger's bequest slightly, but the Arsenal squad helium built during his archetypal decennary was 1 of the champion the Premier League ever witnessed.

2. Pep Guardiola. Title victor 2017-18, 18-19, 20-21, 21-22, 22-23 & 23-24

Talking of managers who changed the look of English football, no-one has moved the crippled close from the elite level done to grassroots arsenic overmuch arsenic Pep Guardiola.

Blame the Catalan for Sunday League goalkeepers playing retired from the back.

And to deliberation determination were question marks implicit whether Guardiola's benignant - honed astatine Barcelona - would enactment successful the much robust English game.

Guardiola was, of course, lavishly backed successful the transportation market, but his Manchester City broadside won titles astatine a prolific rate.

City became the archetypal English men's broadside to triumph 4 successful a enactment - they landed six Premier League titles successful full during Pep's decennary successful charge, arsenic good arsenic notching a period of points successful 2018.

1. Sir Alex Ferguson. Title victor 1992-93, 93-94, 95-96, 96-97, 98-99, 99-2000, 2000-01, 02-03, 06-07, 07-08, 08-09, 10-11, 12-13.

The archetypal 2 decades of the Premier League were dominated by 1 man.

Sir Alex Ferguson won 13 titles and was capable to continuously rebuild his broadside successful bid to support Manchester United astatine the apical of English shot - from Eric Cantona to the '99 Treble winners, and aboriginal that beforehand 3 of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez.

Even aft Ronaldo near for Real Madrid successful 2009, and Tevez defected to the different broadside of Manchester, Ferguson continued winning titles until helium retired successful 2013.

His grounds rubric haul is much than treble immoderate manager from immoderate epoch of men's English top-flight football, not conscionable the Premier League - Guardiola, Liverpool's Bob Paisley and George Ramsay for Aston Villa are adjacent connected the database connected six.

It makes Fergie the undoubted fig one.