Coach World Ranking · Week 45, 2026

Best German Managers of 2026

Coach rating gained in 2026, games up to Sun 1 Nov · 61 ranked managers from Germany · updated every Monday

Managers from Germany - 2026

+/− vs Week 44, the race since 1 Jan
# World +/− Manager Club Gained Matches Coach rating
13up 2Thomas BrdaricFC Malisheva+57.429#108
221up 1Robert KlaussDAC 1904+46.317#148
322up 23Stefan LeitlHertha BSC+44.426#95
437up 6Tonda EckertSouthampton+38.843#256
542up 23Miroslav Klose1. FC Nürnberg+38.126#290
694up 57Fabian HurzelerBrighton & Hove Albion+25.434#28
7110up 7Danny RöhlRed Bull Salzburg+22.338#220
8122down 38Manuel BaumFC Augsburg+21.328#477
9141down 46Daniel FarkeLeeds United+20.035#22
10176up 18Sandro SchwarzDynamo Moscow+16.913#625
11178up 102Julian SchusterSC Freiburg+16.643#138
12184down 63Claus-Dieter WollitzEnergie Cottbus+16.011#811
13191up 134Marco RoseBournemouth+15.713#107
14200up 72Thomas ReisTrabzonspor+14.223#110
15203up 76Daniel ThiouneSV Werder Bremen+14.123#174
16217up 64Markus GisdolCSKA Sofia+12.84#693
17244down 24Timo SchultzVfL Osnabrück+11.311#779
18248down 73Torsten Lieberknecht1. FC Kaiserslautern+10.926#387
19273up 84Edin TerzićAthletic Club+9.810#44
20274up 2Dieter Heckinglast club: VfL Wolfsburg+9.511#526
21280up 4Christian Eichnerlast club: Karlsruher SC+9.316#241
22281up 23Vincent WagnerSV 07 Elversberg+9.126#337
23286up 93Heiko VogelSpVgg Greuther Fürth+8.827#1,005
24288down 65Tim WalterHolstein Kiel+8.822#635
25333down 2Michael KöllnerFC Blau Weiss Linz+6.315#675
26359down 10Ralf KettemannSC Paderborn 07+5.026#448
27363down 24Petrik Sander1. FC Magdeburg+4.827#258
28364down 3Ole Wernerlast club: RB Leipzig+4.720#106
29369up 19Hans-Dieter FlickFC Barcelona+4.344#29
30377up 306Sebastian HoeneßVfB Stuttgart+4.140#197
31429up 3Daniel StendelBarnsley+1.33#1,024
32465down 4Alois Schwartzlast club: Preußen Münster−0.36#751
33479down 75Matthias JaissleNewcastle United−0.611#369
34488down 1Daniel ScherningSV Wehen Wiesbaden−1.01#620
35493down 1Michael SchieleFC Würzburger Kickers−1.11#840
36519down 43Olaf JanssenGrasshopper Club Zürich−2.13#795
37521down 6Lukas Kwasnioklast club: 1. FC Köln−2.212#479
38523down 6Onur Cinellast club: Cercle Brugge−2.39#857
39539down 8Alexander EndeFortuna Düsseldorf−3.214#586
40552down 139Frank Schmidt1. FC Heidenheim−3.729#48
41558down 11Christian Titzlast club: Hannover 96−3.921#310
42566down 7Michel Kniatlast club: Arminia Bielefeld−4.315#546
43577down 178Merlin PolzinHamburger SV−5.128#600
44591down 10Roland Vrabeclast club: FK Panevėžys−5.56#994
45602up 92Enrico MaassenFC St. Gallen 1879−6.037#665
46615down 9Thomas Letschlast club: Red Bull Salzburg−6.44#990
47629down 8Dino Toppmollerlast club: RC Lens−7.18#185
48633down 8Markus Anfanglast club: Fortuna Düsseldorf−7.212#558
49635down 5Thorsten Finklast club: Samsunspor−7.521#653
50650down 5Horst Steffenlast club: SV Werder Bremen−8.05#311
51655down 63Kosta RunjaicUdinese−8.233#268
52701down 9Bernd StorckGençlerbirliği−10.23#166
53716– no changeAlexander Zornigerlast club: Odense Boldklub−11.614#565
54770up 137Uwe RöslerVfL Bochum 1848−14.728#550
55786down 3Alexander BlessinBorussia M'gladbach−15.725#553
56819up 1Peter Zeidlerlast club: Grasshopper Club Zürich−17.931#730
57865down 77Reinhold BreuJeunesse Esch−20.927#654
58868down 10Steffen Baumgartlast club: 1. FC Union Berlin−21.214#829
59904down 101Marcel RappFC St. Pauli−24.617#476
60959up 4Florian KohfeldtDarmstadt 98−40.127#877
61969down 8Dirk SchusterFC Torpedo Kutaisi−44.832#736

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.

Managers of German nationality, wherever they work. # - position in this list. World and +/− - the world table and its change since last week. These pages show the current week only; past weeks are in the world archive.

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