Coach World Ranking · Final table 2025

Best Football Managers of 2025

Coach rating gained in 2025 · 949 managers · final, published 5 Jan 2026
‹ 2024
2025
257 months, back to Dec 2004 Latest month
2026 so far ›
1st Dietmar Kuhbauer LASK +63.4 coach rating gained · 35 matches · 21-9-5
2nd Blendi Shkembi FC Struga Trim & Lum +63.0 coach rating gained · 32 matches · 19-8-5
3rd Anders Torstensson Mjällby AIF +62.8 coach rating gained · 29 matches · 22-6-1

Final table 2025

coach rating rank: Week 2, 2026
# Manager Club Gained Matches W-D-L PPG Coach rating
1Dietmar KuhbauerLASK+63.43521-9-52.06#9
2Blendi ShkembiFC Struga Trim & Lum+63.03219-8-52.03#121
3Anders TorstenssonMjällby AIF+62.82922-6-12.48#52
4Jakob PoulsenAGF+58.63319-9-52.00#122
5Jarkko WissKuopion Palloseura+58.14625-12-91.89#107
6Magnus PowellKlaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag+55.83327-5-12.61#143
7Manolo GonzalezEspanyol+53.73717-9-111.62#123
8Andrey TalalaevBaltika Kaliningrad+53.5178-8-11.88#160
9Marko NikolićAEK Athens+52.23825-10-32.24#19
10Ivan GvozdenovicAF Elbasani+52.03414-13-71.62#144
11Unai EmeryAston Villa+50.25536-7-122.09#2
12Thomas NorgaardSønderjyske Fodbold+50.13314-8-111.52#592
13Régis Le BrisSunderland+49.94518-14-131.51#48
14Balazs BorbelyETO FC Győr+48.64023-10-71.98#173
15Cesc FàbregasComo+47.73717-10-101.65#87
16László BalintSC Oțelul Galați+46.22915-7-71.79#157
17Eivinas ČerniauskasFK Kauno Žalgiris+46.03421-8-52.09#186
18Frank LampardCoventry City+46.05030-7-131.94#303
19Branislav FodrekDAC 1904+45.43420-11-32.09#238
20Stevie GrieveSJK+44.13417-8-91.74#304
21Miron MuslićFC Schalke 04+43.74120-6-151.61#176
22Goce SedloskiFK Vardar Skopje+43.32015-4-12.45#49
23Nikolaos PapadopoulosAPO Levadiakos+43.33519-7-91.83#82
24Edlir TetovaKF Egnatia+43.04122-12-71.90#97
25Gonzalo GarcíaHNK Hajduk Split+42.34019-14-71.78#197
26Ian CathroEstoril Praia+41.43314-9-101.55#393
27Niko KovačBorussia Dortmund+41.14827-12-91.94#36
28Phil ParkinsonWrexham+41.1238-10-51.48#253
29Fabio CelestiniCSKA Moscow+40.93824-7-72.08#167
30Giovanni StroppaVenezia+40.84221-14-71.83#70
31Sébastien PocognoliAS Monaco+40.85033-6-112.10#302
32Oleg KubarevFC Zimbru Chişinău+40.63415-12-71.68#266
33Fatih TekkeTrabzonspor+40.42815-9-41.93#185
34Selçuk İnanKocaelispor+40.03312-8-131.33#260
35Juan Carlos CarcedoPafos FC+39.85132-10-92.08#100
36Daniel FarkeLeeds United+39.64219-13-101.67#35
37Inaki AlonsoUE Santa Coloma+39.397-1-12.44#404
38Mario CvitanovićFK Sarajevo+39.2156-7-21.67#607
39Gregory PoirierRed Star FC+38.03412-13-91.44#252
40Morten JensenViking FK+37.93424-6-42.29#81
41Eder SarabiaElche+37.83717-11-91.68#59
42Claudio RanieriAS Roma+37.72718-5-42.19#21
43Barak ItzhakiBeitar Jerusalem+37.43919-9-111.69#66
44Maximilian SenftSV Ried+36.7178-2-71.53#461
45Cristian ChivuInter+36.44021-9-101.80#244
46Konstantin VassiljevFlora Tallinn+36.03425-4-52.32#271
47Vincent KompanyFC Bayern München+35.95743-8-62.40#46
48Vahe GevorgyanFC Alashkert+35.72614-7-51.88#110
49Leontin Florian GrozavuFC Botoșani+35.63917-13-91.64#153
50Jens AskouMotherwell+35.5208-9-31.65#392
51Vladimir GačinovićFK Novi Pazar+35.23616-10-101.61#181
52Gary HaveronLarne FC+35.04825-16-71.90#200
53Vitaliy PonomarovLNZ Cherkasy+34.72915-5-91.72#139
54Christian IlzerTSG Hoffenheim+34.33814-10-141.37#34
55Julio VelazquezLevski Sofia+34.24424-14-61.95#338
56Bernd StorckCercle Brugge+33.7127-3-22.00#106
57Rúben AmorimManchester United+33.55019-16-151.46#14
58Solvi GeirVíkingur Reykjavík+33.53522-6-72.06#293
59Wouter VranckenSint-Truidense VV+33.42413-5-61.83#155
60Manuel PellegriniReal Betis+33.35527-16-121.76#20
61Habib BeyeStade Rennais+33.03115-6-101.65#220
62Alexandre DujeuxAngers+32.93815-7-161.37#193
63Thomas ThomasbergPogoń Szczecin+32.94021-10-91.83#146
64Albert RieraNK Celje+32.95530-13-121.87#233
65Leszek OjrzynskiZagłębie Lubin+32.32811-9-81.50#174
66Bogdan AndoneFC Argeș Pitești+32.32010-4-61.70#403
67Mauro LustrinelliFC Thun+32.21913-1-52.11#129
68Stefan BillbornIFK Göteborg+32.13016-3-111.70#345
69John McGlynnFalkirk FC+32.0196-6-71.26#633
70Hristo YanevCSKA Sofia+31.93514-9-121.46#166
71Fabio IngolitschSCR Altach+31.4328-13-111.16#417
72Stephane DumontTroyes+31.33719-7-111.73#235
73Pep GuardiolaManchester City+31.25738-7-122.12#1
74Nikita AndreevNõmme Kalju+31.13219-7-62.00#212
75Liam RoseniorRC Strasbourg+30.94426-8-101.95#120
76Javi GraciaWatford+30.8157-5-31.73#483
77Lauri NuumaHarju Jalgpallikool+30.53610-6-201.00#319
78Giannis AnastasiouGFS Panetolikos+30.53214-9-91.59#300
79Peter BoszPSV Eindhoven+30.34630-8-82.13#39
80Hugo MartinsAEL Limassol+30.03916-5-181.36#165
81Jørgen VikTromsø IL+29.83018-3-91.90#418
82Ruslan RotanPolissya Zhytomyr+29.63419-5-101.82#102
83Ratko DostanićSlavia Sofia+29.3105-4-11.90#510
84Andrei DemchenkoFK Zhenys+28.8158-5-21.93#371
85Henok GoitomDegerfors IF+28.6164-5-71.06#441
86Paolo BiancoMonza+28.53015-9-61.80#325
87Steve JenkinsBarry Town+28.2207-8-51.45#223
88Murad MusaevFC Krasnodar+28.12720-4-32.37#42
89Rafael UrazbakhtinFC Kairat Almaty+27.94020-9-111.73#168
90John CarverKS Lechia Gdańsk+27.73414-6-141.41#509
91Rogier MeijerBayer 04 Leverkusen+27.6187-6-51.50#190
92Sergey SemakZenit St. Petersburg+27.53019-9-22.20#29
93Mladen BartulovićFC Kharkiv+27.12911-9-91.45#406
94Radomir KokovicFK Železničar Pančevo+26.73215-6-111.59#156
95Runar KristinssonFram Reykjavík+26.6269-6-111.27#529
96Ruaidhrí HigginsColeraine FC+26.52515-3-71.92#308
97Enrico MaassenFC St. Gallen 1879+26.53919-7-131.64#568
98Andrei KarpovichYelimay Semey+26.32714-6-71.78#80
99Andreas AlmFK Liepaja+25.92514-4-71.84#590
100Borja JiménezSporting Gijón+25.83614-10-121.44#191

Gained - how much the manager's coach rating changed over their rated matches in 2025, weighed against the opponent and the venue. Club - their last club of the year. Coach rating - their rank in Week 2, 2026, the week that published this final (games up to Sun 4 Jan 2026). Only managers ranked at the year's end (30+ rated matches) are listed. The final includes the games of 29-31 December, so it can differ from the last weekly 2025 table. It never changes.

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