Coach World Ranking · Week 45, 2026

Best Football Managers of 2026

Coach rating gained in 2026, games up to Sun 1 Nov · 975 managers · updated every Monday
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2026 so far

+/− vs Week 44, the race since 1 Jan
# +/− Manager Club Gained Matches Coach rating
1– no changeGiorgi ChiabrishviliDinamo Batumi+73.731#727
2up 1Nevil DedeKF Egnatia+68.636#93
3up 2Thomas BrdaricFC Malisheva+57.429#108
4up 2Balazs BorbelyFerencváros TC+56.535#32
5down 1Andoni IraolaLiverpool FC+55.232#27
6up 10Cesc FàbregasComo+54.039#18
7up 7Johannes ThorupSK Rapid Wien+53.534#150
8down 1Mattia Croci-TortiFC Lugano+53.439#56
9down 7Francesco ModestoMantova+52.631#497
10up 7Christos KontisOFI Crete+51.830#126
11down 3Pablo HernándezCD Castellón+51.735#38
12up 3Orges ShehiFC Prishtina+51.522#87
13down 4Javier Perez Rozadalast club: AEK Larnaca+50.824#173
14down 4Andrei Martinlast club: FC Ordabasy+50.628#281
15up 8Rinat AlyuetovOqjetpes FK+50.430#590
16down 4Elyaniv BardaHapoel Tel Aviv+50.134#82
17down 4Óskar Hrafn ThorvaldssonKR Reykjavík+49.427#317
18up 21Zoumana CamaraMontpellier+47.630#343
19up 14Lee JohnsonLommel SK+47.116#114
20down 9Bo SvenssonFC København+47.126#246
21up 1Robert KlaussDAC 1904+46.317#148
22up 23Stefan LeitlHertha BSC+44.426#95
23down 3Daniel PancuFC Rapid București+44.428#273
24down 6Robert Ilyeslast club: FK Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc+43.915#230
25down 6Sandro Perkovićlast club: FC Noah+43.723#92
26newJames MorrisonWest Bromwich Albion+42.828#207
27up 15Filipe CoelhoUniversitatea Craiova+42.539#177
28down 3MichelAFC Ajax+42.238#90
29down 3Didier ZanettiFK Auda+41.336#254
30down 1David HubertRoyale Union Saint-Gilloise+40.837#525
31up 21Massimiliano AlviniFrosinone+40.332#563
32up 3Luis EnriqueParis Saint-Germain+40.245#5
33up 14Chris DaviesBirmingham City+39.937#193
34down 7Giorgi TsetsadzeFC Rustavi+39.431#532
35down 5Marius Stankeviciuslast club: FK Transinvest+39.229#104
36up 20Radomir KokovicFK Železničar Pančevo+39.129#51
37up 6Tonda EckertSouthampton+38.843#256
38up 21Alan ReynoldsBohemian FC+38.539#137
39down 2Niels FrederiksenLech Poznań+38.340#101
40down 2Vinko MarinovićFK Borac Banja Luka+38.338#84
41– no changePetitSanta Clara+38.223#430
42up 23Miroslav Klose1. FC Nürnberg+38.126#290
43down 3Bruno PinheiroAcadémico Viseu FC+38.110#327
44up 4Ales MajerMladá Boleslav+38.026#390
45up 4Sigurdur Ragnar EyjolfssonNSÍ Runavík+37.933#300
46down 15Julio VelazquezLevski Sofia+37.740#112
47down 23Hernán LosadaApollon Limassol+37.633#154
48down 14Antoine Kombouarelast club: Paris FC+37.411#181
49down 13Vjatseslav ZahovaikoFCI Levadia Tallinn+37.239#37
50down 22Ruaidhrí HigginsColeraine FC+36.930#98
51up 11Dmitriy KomarovskiyFC Isloch Minsk Region+36.927#210
52up 26Gennaro GattusoLazio+36.011#187
53down 7Nicola BerardiSP Tre Penne+35.328#99
54up 14Kjetil KnutsenBodø/Glimt+34.835#2
55down 5Arda TuranShakhtar Donetsk+34.532#172
56up 5Yuriy VernydubNeftçi PFK+34.529#35
57up 77Ran KozukHapoel Be'er Sheva+34.137#77
58up 5Jens GustafssonBK Häcken+34.027#370
59down 6Christophe Pélissierlast club: Auxerre+33.518#19
60down 6Filippo InzaghiPalermo+33.331#55
61down 4Karel Voolaidlast club: Tartu JK Tammeka+33.031#416
62down 4Runar KristinssonFram Reykjavík+32.625#234
63down 3Jovan Damjanoviclast club: OFK Beograd Mozzart Bet+32.025#671
64up 8Nuno CamposFC Dinamo București+31.929#160
65up 4Ivan LekoClub Brugge KV+31.737#59
66down 34Valdas DambrauskasSabah FK+31.237#9
67down 46Gerardo SeoaneBSC Young Boys+31.132#192
68up 117John McGlynnFalkirk FC+31.029#356
69down 14Fabio IngolitschSK Sturm Graz+31.035#179
70down 3Mario Fricklast club: FC Luzern+30.719#408
71up 11Besnik HasiAmed Sportif Faaliyetler+30.413#444
72up 1Vítor José Joaquim PereiraAtert Bissen+30.318#113
73up 6Kirill KurbatovBFC Daugavpils+30.235#351
74up 6Željko SopićFK Kauno Žalgiris+30.129#194
75down 5Oswald TanchotNancy+29.810#789
76up 21Vitor MatosSwansea City+29.637#400
77down 3Victor Mihailovlast club: Sheriff Tiraspol+29.321#209
78down 27Pellegrino MatarazzoReal Sociedad+28.937#156
79down 3Mladen BartulovićFC Kharkiv+28.922#191
80down 14João HenriquesCD Nacional+28.817#445
81down 4Antonio HidalgoDeportivo de A Coruña+28.633#97
82down 1Freyr Alexanderssonlast club: Rosenborg BK+28.425#252
83– no changeJaroslav VeselyBohemians Praha 1905+28.224#414
84down 13Vasco SeabraRio Ave+27.628#634
85newMikko IsokangasAC Oulu+27.530#380
86up 32Thane MicallefValletta FC+27.033#271
87down 1Fran FernándezKarpaty Lviv+26.822#263
88up 24Manuel Tulipalast club: FC Ararat-Armenia+26.632#239
89up 37Simon RožmanHŠK Zrinjski Mostar+26.514#424
90up 47Johan PlatSC Cambuur+26.511#307
91down 1Zoran Vasiljeviclast club: FK IMT MrBit+26.015#121
92up 10Donatas VenceviciusFK Sūduva Marijampolė+25.932#313
93up 32Gian Piero GasperiniAS Roma+25.439#6
94up 57Fabian HurzelerBrighton & Hove Albion+25.434#28
95down 51Stephen BaxterCarrick Rangers+25.334#196
96up 4Kim HellbergMiddlesbrough+25.242#36
97down 5Vitor Pereiralast club: Atert Bissen+25.129#434
98down 5Davide Ballardinilast club: US Avellino 1912+24.913#292
99down 24Jens OlsenFC Nordsjælland+24.734#692
100up 31Marko SavicFK Vojvodina+24.413#451

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