Coach World Ranking · December 2025

Best Football Managers - December 2025

Coach rating gained in December · 338 managers with 3+ rated matches · final, published 5 Jan 2026
‹ Nov 2025
December 2025
257 months, back to Dec 2004 Latest month
Jan 2026 ›
1st Fred Grim AFC Ajax +28.6 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 4-1-0
2nd Daniel Farke Leeds United +26.8 coach rating gained · 5 matches · 2-3-0
3rd Pep Guardiola Manchester City +22.0 coach rating gained · 7 matches · 7-0-0

December 2025

coach rating rank: Week 2, 2026
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Fred GrimAFC Ajax+28.654-1-02.60#867
2Daniel FarkeLeeds United+26.852-3-01.80#35
3Pep GuardiolaManchester City+22.077-0-03.00#1
4Valdas DambrauskasSabah FK+19.544-0-03.00#30
5Inaki AlonsoUE Santa Coloma+19.344-0-03.00#404
6Robin VeldmanSC Heerenveen+18.832-0-12.00#352
7Mattia Croci-TortiFC Lugano+17.543-1-02.50#267
8László BalintSC Oțelul Galați+17.333-0-03.00#157
9Petrik Sander1. FC Magdeburg+17.242-1-11.75#268
10Joseph OostingRoyal Antwerp FC+17.043-1-02.50#526
11Arne SlotLiverpool FC+16.964-2-02.33#8
12Alberto AquilaniCatanzaro+16.744-0-03.00#477
13Hans-Dieter FlickFC Barcelona+16.566-0-03.00#26
14Unai EmeryAston Villa+16.376-0-12.57#2
15Nuri ŞahinBaşakşehir FK+16.032-1-02.33#373
16Sharon MimerBnei Sakhnin+15.753-1-12.00#372
17Alexander BlessinFC St. Pauli+15.742-2-02.00#337
18Borja JiménezSporting Gijón+15.454-0-12.40#191
19Adrian MihalceaUTA Arad+15.132-1-02.33#537
20Mario CvitanovićFK Sarajevo+14.732-1-02.33#607
21Manolo GonzalezEspanyol+14.233-0-03.00#123
22Ondrej SmetanaMFK Ružomberok+14.132-1-02.33#669
23Ilir DajaDinamo City+13.854-0-12.40#117
24Ivan LekoClub Brugge KV+13.853-1-12.00#145
25Javi GraciaWatford+13.774-2-12.00#483
26Jim GoodwinDundee United+13.672-4-11.43#439
27Edlir TetovaKF Egnatia+13.433-0-03.00#97
28Omar DafAmiens SC+13.432-0-12.00#582
29Marko NikolićAEK Athens+13.355-0-03.00#19
30Kieran McKennaIpswich Town+13.374-2-12.00#321
31Rodney McAreeDungannon Swifts+13.154-1-02.60#61
32Elias CharalambousFCSB+12.743-1-02.50#161
33Víctor SánchezHNK Rijeka+12.443-1-02.50#359
34David MoyesEverton+12.363-1-21.67#33
35Sergej JakirovićHull City+12.364-1-12.17#18
36Declan DevineGlentoran+12.253-1-12.00#313
37Enrico MaassenFC St. Gallen 1879+12.143-0-12.25#568
38Valeri GaguaFC Telavi+12.042-2-02.00#654
39Eder SarabiaElche+12.043-0-12.25#59
40Cristiano BergodiFC Universitatea Cluj+11.943-1-02.50#278
41Niall CurriePortadown FC+11.953-0-21.80#291
42Julien StéphanQueens Park Rangers+11.763-1-21.67#361
43Brian PriskeAC Sparta Praha+11.643-1-02.50#151
44Duško VraneševićFK Radnik Bijeljina+11.431-1-11.33#504
45Tony PennockHaverfordwest County AFC+11.242-2-02.00#463
46Filippo InzaghiPalermo+11.143-1-02.50#140
47Eliran HudedaIroni Dorot Tiberias+11.151-2-21.00#269
48Steffen Baumgart1. FC Union Berlin+11.042-0-21.50#549
49Balazs BorbelyETO FC Győr+10.944-0-03.00#173
50Dušan KerkezAPS Atromitos Athinon+10.831-1-11.33#512
51Luciano SpallettiJuventus+10.465-0-12.50#15
52Claudio GiráldezCelta Vigo+10.352-2-11.60#218
53David GrayHibernian+10.253-1-12.00#149
54Alessio LisciOsasuna+10.242-1-11.75#125
55Andy DyerBriton Ferry Llansawel AFC+10.051-2-21.00#324
56Régis Le BrisSunderland+9.951-3-11.20#48
57John MousinhoPortsmouth+9.852-2-11.60#691
58Barak ItzhakiBeitar Jerusalem+9.843-1-02.50#66
59Barak BakharMaccabi Haifa+9.854-0-12.40#580
60Manuel BaumFC Augsburg+9.731-1-11.33#681
61Gonzalo GarcíaHNK Hajduk Split+9.532-1-02.33#197
62Milan LešnjakFK Čukarički+9.542-1-11.75#766
63Gyorgy BognarPaksi FC+9.533-0-03.00#248
64Ljubiša DunđerskiFK Vojvodina+9.432-1-02.33#650
65José MourinhoBenfica+9.353-2-02.20#23
66Giovanni StroppaVenezia+9.053-1-12.00#70
67Davide NicolaCremonese+8.852-1-21.40#103
68Dick LukkienFC Groningen+8.842-1-11.75#227
69Angelo GregucciSampdoria+8.642-1-11.75#948
70Aykhan AbbasovŞamaxı FK+8.632-0-12.00#311
71Wouter VranckenSint-Truidense VV+8.543-0-12.25#155
72Sebastian HoeneßVfB Stuttgart+8.053-1-12.00#179
73Mislav KaroglanKF Ballkani+7.932-1-02.33#370
74Jens AskouMotherwell+7.763-2-11.83#392
75Stuart McCallPreston North End+7.631-2-01.67#946
76Alexandre SantanaCasa Pia+7.541-2-11.25#789
77Steve RobinsonSt. Mirren+7.552-2-11.60#645
78Mario KovačevićGNK Dinamo Zagreb+7.453-1-12.00#231
79Mario FrickFC Luzern+7.241-0-30.75#718
80Cristian ChivuInter+6.764-1-12.17#244
81Massimiliano AlviniFrosinone+6.643-1-02.50#877
82Manolo JimenezAris Thessaloniki+6.331-1-11.33#396
83Didier TholotFC Sion+6.132-0-12.00#290
84Elmar BakhshiyevAraz Naxçıvan+5.832-0-12.00#751
85Rui BorgesSporting CP+5.753-1-12.00#205
86Silvijo ČabrajaHNK Vukovar 1991+5.631-0-21.00#284
87Iván AniaCórdoba+5.531-2-01.67#242
88Mikel ArtetaArsenal+5.486-1-12.38#7
89Zsolt HornyakPuskás Akadémia+5.332-0-12.00#201
90Recep UçarÇaykur Rizespor+5.231-1-11.33#554
91Pablo CorreaNancy+5.231-1-11.33#459
92Marcel RappHolstein Kiel+5.241-3-01.50#206
93Marinos SatsiasOmonia Aradippou+5.141-1-21.00#316
94Jagoba ArrasateMallorca+5.052-2-11.60#309
95Francesco FarioliFC Porto+5.055-0-03.00#142
96Niels FrederiksenLech Poznań+4.931-2-01.67#292
97Derek McInnesHeart of Midlothian+4.853-1-12.00#78
98Gerald ScheiblehnerGrasshopper Club Zürich+4.641-0-30.75#333
99José Alberto LópezReal Racing Club+4.552-3-01.80#339
100Gaizka GaritanoCádiz+4.542-0-21.50#800

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in December 2025. Each result is weighed against the opponent and the venue, so a draw away at a stronger side can count for more than a home win against a weaker one. Minimum 3 rated matches; a month is a handful of games, so read it as form, not a verdict. Club - their last club in the month. Coach rating - their rank in the week that published this table (Week 2, 2026, games up to Sun 4 Jan). Only managers ranked at the month's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The table closed with Week 2, 2026 and never changes.

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