Coach World Ranking · Week 45, 2026

Best Football Managers of 2026 - page 4

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
301up 2Alvaro CerveraCD Tenerife+8.011#707
302down 64İlhan PalutKonyaspor+7.923#244
303up 103Vitali ZhukovskiFC Kyzylzhar+7.812#178
304up 2Radovan ĆurčićFK Mladost Lučani+7.829#765
305down 15Juan FunesMálaga CF+7.838#419
306up 2Jesus Uribesalgo GutierrezBeroe Stara Zagora+7.718#782
307up 3Rafael Benítezlast club: Panathinaikos FC+7.723#111
308down 52Julien StéphanQueens Park Rangers+7.637#280
309down 93John CaulfieldGalway United+7.535#881
310up 3Sergio Navarrolast club: Debreceni VSC+7.513#655
311up 3Andrius Lipskislast club: Džiugas Telšiai+7.530#489
312up 3Luis Miguel Ramislast club: Osasuna+7.432#282
313up 3Mikhail Martinovichlast club: ML Vitebsk+7.45#394
314up 3Alan Irvinelast club: Everton+7.41#345
315up 260Sylvain RipollGuingamp+7.328#863
316up 32Dmitri GunkoPyunik Yerevan+7.34#557
317down 96Steven SchumacherBolton Wanderers+7.214#231
318up 51Rafal GorakGKS Katowice+7.132#222
319up 2Curro Torreslast club: FK Liepaja+7.04#469
320down 23Nicolas UsaïStade de Reims+7.013#809
321up 73Roberto De ZerbiTottenham Hotspur+6.927#80
322up 120Bojan KruljFK Radnik Bijeljina+6.912#596
323up 59Andrey TalalaevBaltika Kaliningrad+6.914#145
324up 86Alex NeilMillwall+6.740#732
325up 3Viktor SkrypnykZoria Luhansk+6.722#353
326down 61Gary HaveronLarne FC+6.737#216
327up 2Vladimir Weisslast club: ŠK Slovan Bratislava+6.714#144
328down 160Vesa VasaraInter Turku+6.638#66
329down 5Derek McInnesRangers+6.633#68
330down 42Jorgen IsnesKFUM Oslo+6.615#572
331up 52Robin VeldmanSC Heerenveen+6.629#322
332down 2Sergey SemakZenit St. Petersburg+6.523#26
333down 2Michael KöllnerFC Blau Weiss Linz+6.315#675
334down 2Inaki AlonsoUE Santa Coloma+6.312#362
335down 2Dawid Szwargalast club: Arka Gdynia+6.28#699
336up 2Vitaliy Ponomarovlast club: LNZ Cherkasy+6.123#119
337up 3Michael HansenFC Fredericia+6.013#679
338up 3Reginald RayBastia+6.018#621
339up 4Stanislav Suvorovlast club: Dnepr Mogilev+5.820#712
340up 221Ciarán KilduffDundalk FC+5.835#624
341up 3Rubilast club: Almería+5.727#269
342down 72Neil McCannKilmarnock+5.627#980
343up 29Steve JenkinsBarry Town+5.611#208
344down 55Srđan BlagojevićAkron Togliatti+5.524#276
345up 143Jacob NeestrupPanathinaikos FC+5.525#218
346down 98Jan TrousilFK Pardubice+5.525#270
347down 56Vincent EuvrardStandard Liège+5.430#379
348up 4Dusan Djordjeviclast club: FK Radnik Surdulica+5.36#689
349down 87Tony MowbrayBlackburn Rovers+5.315#667
350up 68Jeton BekiriQəbələ FK+5.323#326
351up 2Sergen Yalcinlast club: Beşiktaş JK+5.216#516
352up 59Maksims RafalskisSK Super Nova+5.235#631
353up 1Marco Giampaololast club: Cremonese+5.213#936
354down 156Eusebio Di FrancescoLecce+5.131#778
355up 1Ryan Lowelast club: Wigan Athletic+5.11#709
356newMichael DuffBradford City+5.11#630
357up 81Xabi AlonsoChelsea+5.113#83
358– no changeDidier Santinilast club: Rodez AF+5.028#388
359down 10Ralf KettemannSC Paderborn 07+5.026#448
360down 160Sigfridur Skaale ClementsenEB/Streymur+4.927#1,010
361down 2Ronny Deilalast club: Maccabi Tel Aviv+4.916#330
362up 14Emre BelözoğluKasımpaşa+4.825#637
363down 24Petrik Sander1. FC Magdeburg+4.827#258
364down 3Ole Wernerlast club: RB Leipzig+4.720#106
365down 3Robert KolendowiczMKS Korona Kielce+4.71#666
366down 2Messay DegoHapoel Ramat Gan Givataim+4.68#661
367up 181Stanislav GenchevBotev Plovdiv+4.427#551
368down 23Valentin SuciuFK Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc+4.44#756
369up 19Hans-Dieter FlickFC Barcelona+4.344#29
370down 112Aleksandr ShagojkoDinamo Minsk+4.333#638
371up 374Fabio PecchiaCremonese+4.38#340
372down 1Francesco Morierolast club: Flamurtari FC+4.27#969
373up 92Joseba EtxeberriaAlbacete Balompié+4.14#859
374– no changeTodor SimovBotev Vratsa+4.130#458
375up 3Jon Thor Haukssonlast club: Stjarnan Garðabær+4.113#952
376up 250Declan CaddellCrusaders FC+4.132#946
377up 306Sebastian HoeneßVfB Stuttgart+4.140#197
378up 91Diego SimeoneAtlético Madrid+3.948#4
379down 157Laurent GuyotAnnecy FC+3.928#521
380up 219Roman HryhorchukChornomorets Odesa+3.910#752
381up 120Dovydas LastauskasŠiauliai FA+3.89#959
382down 46Oliver BogatinovTikveš Kavadarci+3.811#226
383up 180Juan Carlos CarcedoFC Spartak Moscow+3.725#89
384down 4Steve Evanslast club: Flint Town United+3.62#466
385down 182Michalis GrigoriouAris Thessaloniki+3.517#1,012
386down 2Declan Devinelast club: Glentoran+3.432#378
387down 2Roy Hodgsonlast club: Bristol City+3.47#341
388down 79Carles MansoFC Andorra+3.333#549
389– no changeRazvan Lucesculast club: PAOK+3.219#15
390down 71İsmail Kartallast club: Fenerbahçe+3.218#86
391down 1Guillermo Fernandezlast club: Enosis Neon Ypsona FC+3.12#909
392down 1József Kantalast club: NK Nafta Lendava 1903+3.11#522
393down 1Rob Edwardslast club: Wolverhampton+3.119#865
394down 1Solvi GeirVíkingur Reykjavík+3.132#288
395down 53Michael CarrickManchester United+3.030#449
396down 1Dejan Stankovićlast club: FK Crvena zvezda+3.027#183
397down 134Ruben den UilExcelsior+3.029#681
398down 1Attila KuttorKazincbarcikai SC+3.015#757
399down 1Neil LennonDunfermline Athletic+3.02#116
400– no changeDimitar Dimitrovlast club: Botev Plovdiv+2.95#495

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