Coach World Ranking · Week 45, 2026

Best Football Managers of 2026 - page 3

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
201up 3Cristiano Baccilast club: CF Estrela Amadora+14.214#953
202up 4Marinos Satsiaslast club: Omonia Aradippou+14.218#245
203up 76Daniel ThiouneSV Werder Bremen+14.123#174
204up 32Imanol Alguacil BarrenetxeaOlympiacos FC+14.19#155
205up 22Marek PapszunLegia Warszawa+14.027#10
206down 35Aleš ArnolNK Bravo+14.031#321
207down 98Iñigo PérezVillarreal+13.942#334
208up 74Mike TullbergFC Midtjylland+13.938#253
209– no changeLaurențiu ReghecampfFCSB+13.83#105
210– no changeArtak Oseyanlast club: Pyunik Yerevan+13.823#612
211up 1Gjoko Hadžievskilast club: FK Spartak Varna+13.721#670
212up 1Goce Sedloskilast club: FK Vardar Skopje+13.617#31
213down 20David VandenbroeckUn Kaerjeng 97+13.327#503
214up 32Philippe ClementNorwich City+13.140#94
215up 37Oleksandr PoklonskyiFC Zimbru Chişinău+13.019#475
216down 37Adrian GulaRiga FC+12.845#518
217up 64Markus GisdolCSKA Sofia+12.84#693
218down 34Tamas BodogNyiregyháza Spartacus+12.824#564
219up 6Robin van Persielast club: Feyenoord+12.819#818
220up 8Jani HonkavaaraDjurgårdens IF+12.726#21
221down 38Barak ItzhakiAnorthosis Famagusta+12.723#43
222up 7Carl HoefkensNAC Breda+12.517#697
223down 26Roman NadvornikSK Artis Brno+12.512#771
224up 7Michael O'Neilllast club: Blackburn Rovers+12.515#283
225up 7Dorinel MunteanuFC Hermannstadt+12.418#781
226down 8Simo ValakariSt. Johnstone+12.412#50
227up 6Augusto Daniel Portela da Silvalast club: Floriana FC+12.430#242
228up 70Hugo OliveiraRC Strasbourg+12.427#399
229up 5Daniel Luque Tenedorlast club: FC Santa Coloma+12.317#480
230up 5Sébastien Pocognolilast club: AS Monaco+12.323#182
231down 59Morten JensenViking FK+12.226#61
232up 123Igor KriushenkoDnepr Mogilev+11.97#770
233up 6Robbie Keanelast club: Ferencváros TC+11.821#47
234up 6Aleksandar Vukovićlast club: Widzew Łódź+11.816#259
235up 6Manuel Correialast club: US Mondorf-Les-Bains+11.715#347
236down 17Sergej JakirovićHull City+11.638#8
237up 5Vladimir Vassiljevlast club: FK Liepaja+11.519#291
238up 201Thierry DebesPau FC+11.525#373
239up 4Steve FisherBala Town+11.512#934
240up 137Frank LampardCoventry City+11.434#180
241up 4Pablo Correalast club: Nancy+11.418#446
242up 133Kurban BerdyevTuran Tovuz+11.428#274
243down 19Gjorgji MojsovFK Zemun+11.324#464
244down 24Timo SchultzVfL Osnabrück+11.311#779
245up 4Jacques ScerriTarxien Rainbows FC+11.320#981
246down 39Mateusz StolarskiWidzew Łódź+11.320#332
247up 6Igor OsinjkinFC Sochi+11.211#755
248down 73Torsten Lieberknecht1. FC Kaiserslautern+10.926#387
249up 12Claude Puellast club: Nice+10.926#659
250up 153Johannes MoesgaardVålerenga IF+10.922#348
251up 150PachetaGranada+10.836#436
252down 8Daniel MyśliwiecPiast Gliwice+10.828#320
253up 245Samat SmakovAtyrau+10.812#607
254down 24Fabio PisacaneCagliari+10.631#375
255up 9Sergiy Nagornyaklast club: FC Epicentr Dunaivtsi+10.619#382
256up 10Ioan Ovidiu SabăuFCV Farul Constanța+10.513#169
257down 43Edlir TetovaKF Teuta Durrës+10.419#85
258up 9Guillermo Almadalast club: Real Oviedo+10.418#428
259down 85Issame CharaiKVC Westerlo+10.430#566
260up 8Matt Bloomfieldlast club: Oxford United+10.322#336
261up 8Claudiu NiculescuAFC Unirea 04 Slobozia+10.313#758
262up 222Markus SchoppTSV Hartberg+10.311#412
263up 72Shai BardaHapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona+10.323#998
264down 101Patrick VideiraLe Mans+10.228#184
265up 6Pavel SustrDukla Praha+10.112#724
266down 125Anthony CorreiaFC Utrecht+10.028#304
267up 40Jussi NuorelaVPS+10.030#611
268up 6Keith AndrewsBrentford+10.034#298
269up 58Gabor ErosVasas+10.012#366
270down 53Rúben AmorimAC Milan+9.914#11
271up 159Igor KovalevichNeman Grodno+9.827#215
272up 1Mauro Camoranesilast club: AEK Larnaca+9.815#212
273up 84Edin TerzićAthletic Club+9.810#44
274up 2Dieter Heckinglast club: VfL Wolfsburg+9.511#526
275down 95Cristian ChivuInter+9.542#221
276up 71Danny BuijsFortuna Sittard+9.527#652
277down 66Andreas EngelmarkIK Sirius+9.526#100
278– no changeKakhaber Tskhadadzelast club: Qəbələ FK+9.424#978
279up 162Jonatan AlbaRodina Moscow+9.424#643
280up 4Christian Eichnerlast club: Karlsruher SC+9.316#241
281up 23Vincent WagnerSV 07 Elversberg+9.126#337
282up 5Tahir BatatinaKF Llapi+9.123#704
283down 8Kakha ChkhetianiMeshakhte Tkibuli+9.012#719
284down 128Ignazio AbateTorino+8.930#420
285down 30Julian AhmatajKF Skënderbeu+8.910#802
286up 93Heiko VogelSpVgg Greuther Fürth+8.827#1,005
287down 139Franck HaiseStade Rennais+8.824#352
288down 65Tim WalterHolstein Kiel+8.822#635
289up 74Vakhid MasudovAltay Oskemen+8.730#788
290up 4Oleksandr RyabokonFC Livyi Bereh Kyiv+8.79#377
291newBurak YilmazÇorum FK+8.610#533
292down 33Igor PicusceacFC Syunik+8.513#264
293down 94Richard DaviesCaernarfon Town+8.527#287
294up 18Albert RieraFK Crvena zvezda+8.530#206
295up 1Luke Williamslast club: Peterborough United+8.42#927
296down 161Barak BakharMaccabi Haifa+8.227#515
297up 73Mark RobinsStoke City+8.138#338
298down 12Quique Sánchez FloresDeportivo Alavés+8.121#372
299up 3Rick KruysFC Volendam+8.118#720
300up 158Thomas ThomasbergOdense Boldklub+8.026#125

Gained - how much their coach rating changed over their rated matches since 1 January 2026. The table updates every Monday and starts again in the first week of 2027; each finished year keeps its final table (2025). Matches - rated matches in 2026. Coach rating - their place in the main ranking. Only ranked managers (30+ rated matches) are listed.

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