Coach World Ranking · Week 45, 2026

Best Football Managers of 2026 - page 6

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
501down 183Joe GrechMosta FC−1.530#948
502down 80David HorejsFC Hradec Králové−1.532#323
503down 50Miodrag DžudovićSheriff Tiraspol−1.632#595
504down 4Walter MazzarriPOT Iraklis−1.77#573
505up 108Shota MakharadzeFC Petrocub Hîncesti−1.731#167
506down 4Slavko Matićlast club: FK Radnički 1923−1.97#461
507down 4Herve Della MaggioreUS Orléans−1.91#943
508down 4Russell MartinLeicester City−1.91#920
509up 139Jure ArsićNK Aluminij Kidričevo−1.934#496
510down 4Flavius Stoicanlast club: FCV Farul Constanța−1.96#995
511down 4Oleg Kubarevlast club: FC Zimbru Chişinău−2.010#308
512down 64Giannis OkkasOmonia Aradippou−2.014#831
513up 139Stephane DumontTroyes−2.028#294
514down 94Phil ParkinsonWrexham−2.038#456
515down 7Jugoslav Trenchovskilast club: NK Olimpija Ljubljana−2.025#398
516down 6Tiago MargaridoVitória SC−2.028#592
517down 6Joey GudjonssonFH Hafnarfjörður−2.125#847
518down 6Dariusz BanasikArka Gdynia−2.16#328
519down 43Olaf JanssenGrasshopper Club Zürich−2.13#795
520down 7Tom CleverleyPlymouth Argyle−2.21#813
521down 6Lukas Kwasnioklast club: 1. FC Köln−2.212#479
522down 6Mikko Isokangaslast club: AC Oulu−2.31#918
523down 6Onur Cinellast club: Cercle Brugge−2.39#857
524up 52John DisneyConnah's Quay Nomads−2.329#306
525down 6Aleksey Shpilevskilast club: FC Nizhny Novgorod−2.39#130
526up 24Zoran ZeljkovicNK Celje−2.435#60
527up 130Igor CherevchenkoFK Aktobe−2.410#735
528down 7Angelo Greguccilast club: Sampdoria−2.59#1,036
529down 292Darko MilaničNK Maribor−2.715#602
530down 125Perica OgnjenovicFK Sloga Doboj−2.830#1,003
531down 8Pierpaolo BisoliReggiana−2.86#159
532down 47Stephane GilliAngers−2.918#303
533down 7Gareth AinsworthGillingham−2.91#931
534down 7Viorel Frunzalast club: Dacia Buiucani−2.93#1,037
535down 6Nedim Jusufbegoviclast club: FK Sloga Doboj−3.08#657
536up 20Dietmar KuhbauerLASK−3.031#13
537down 252Nuno Espírito SantoWest Ham United−3.039#164
538down 227Miron MuslićFC Schalke 04−3.125#229
539down 8Alexander EndeFortuna Düsseldorf−3.214#586
540down 8Franc Artigalast club: Rubin Kazan−3.223#761
541down 58Adrian MihalceaUTA Arad−3.230#597
542up 131Andreas BrannstormMjällby AIF−3.39#1,006
543down 8Marinus DijkhuizenDe Graafschap−3.32#798
544down 8Ricardo Monizlast club: AS Trenčín−3.423#1,017
545down 8Vladimir Gačinovićlast club: FK Novi Pazar−3.41#238
546down 22Oleksandr AntonenkoObolon Kyiv−3.420#763
547down 88Paul ZammitBirkirkara FC−3.415#639
548down 9Karel Geraertslast club: Stade de Reims−3.419#658
549down 9Eugen Polanskilast club: Borussia M'gladbach−3.522#556
550up 175Okan BurukGalatasaray−3.736#41
551down 164Andreas HolmbergÖrgryte IS−3.726#691
552down 139Frank Schmidt1. FC Heidenheim−3.729#48
553down 11Gergely Gerilast club: FC Spartak Trnava−3.73#835
554up 153Timmy SimonsOud-Heverlee Leuven−3.710#694
555down 22David JeffreyPortadown FC−3.815#1,013
556down 11Marius Croitorulast club: FC Botoșani−3.820#494
557down 11Marko Maksimoviclast club: FK Sloga Doboj−3.99#832
558down 11Christian Titzlast club: Hannover 96−3.921#310
559down 10Emanuel Lukanovlast club: FK Dunav Ruse−3.911#1,026
560down 8Konstantin Vassiljevlast club: Flora Tallinn−3.917#329
561down 8Martin Hyskylast club: FC Viktoria Plzeň−4.022#504
562down 8Jimmy Thelinlast club: Aberdeen−4.01#385
563up 2Danilo GirolomoniSP Tre Fiori−4.227#205
564down 108Radoslav BatakOFK Beograd Mozzart Bet−4.34#578
565down 8Ludovic Magninlast club: Basel−4.33#299
566down 7Michel Kniatlast club: Arminia Bielefeld−4.315#546
567down 7Tomas Janotkalast club: SK Sigma Olomouc−4.312#615
568down 2Moreno LongoBari−4.518#162
569down 55José Alberto LópezReal Racing Club−4.635#422
570down 3Manolo Jimenezlast club: Aris Thessaloniki−4.67#478
571down 3Jacek Zielinskilast club: MKS Korona Kielce−4.725#547
572down 226Stephen BradleyShamrock Rovers−4.744#65
573down 9Iván AniaCórdoba−4.735#367
574up 126Branislav FodrekFC Slovan Liberec−4.826#302
575down 4Yuriy Maksimovlast club: Araz Naxçıvan−4.91#484
576down 127Guido PagliucaCarrarese−5.08#535
577down 178Merlin PolzinHamburger SV−5.128#600
578down 5Miodrag BožovićFK Vardar Skopje−5.218#723
579down 219Ivan JurićMonza−5.212#824
580down 6Gonçalo FeioTondela−5.211#355
581up 149Jindřich TrpišovskýSK Slavia Praha−5.331#16
582up 65Rui BorgesSporting CP−5.437#255
583down 101Nenad LalatovićFK Novi Pazar−5.418#471
584up 45Vasco CostaMoreirense−5.429#680
585down 135Kjetil RekdalAalesunds FK−5.422#374
586up 112Alexandros GarpozisKarmiotissa Polemidion−5.48#817
587down 9Aleksandar LintaÍBV Vestmannaeyjar−5.526#783
588down 9Scott Parkerlast club: Burnley−5.516#309
589up 164Rogier MeijerSparta Rotterdam−5.511#267
590down 10Stefano CeciLa Fiorita−5.526#502
591down 10Roland Vrabeclast club: FK Panevėžys−5.56#994
592down 10Nikolai Kostovlast club: FK Aktobe−5.63#717
593down 10Eduardo Coudetlast club: Deportivo Alavés−5.611#599
594down 10Víctor Sánchezlast club: HNK Rijeka−5.619#463
595up 36Lee FowlerFlint Town United−5.624#753
596down 11Dušan KerkezAPS Atromitos Athinon−5.822#610
597down 10Michael Schjonberglast club: 07 Vestur Sørvágur−5.913#821
598down 10Philippe Montanierlast club: Saint-Étienne−6.016#143
599down 10Grant McCannDoncaster Rovers−6.02#296
600down 10Armen AdamyanFC Gandzasar−6.02#605

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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