Top 50 managers in world football – Premier League bosses claim top spots

Pep Guardiola-Manchester City

FourFourTwo have released their rankings for the top 50 managers in world football and Premier League managers Pep GuardiolaJurgen KloppThomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte seem to have locked up the top four spot.

Guardiola has been a massive success since his move to Manchester City and he has helped the Premier League giants win several league titles and domestic cups.

The Spaniard came close to winning the Champions League last year and he will be hoping to go all the way this time around.

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has been ranked second in the world and the selection is unsurprising after his achievements last season.

The German took over in the middle of the season and guided Chelsea to the Champions League triumph.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is third in the standings and the German has firmly established himself as one of the best managers of his generation.


Klopp helped Liverpool win the Champions League a few seasons ago and he ended their 30-year wait for a league title as well.

The newly appointed Tottenham manager Antonio Conte wraps up the top four, having won titles with Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan in recent seasons.
It will be interesting to see whether the 51-year-old can end Tottenham’s wait for silverware and finish the season strongly.

The likes of Hansi Flick and Roberto Mancini are 5th and 6th in the rankings respectively after enjoying great success with Bayern Munich and Italy.

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has done an exceptional job at the Spanish club with limited resources and he is seventh in the list just above the newly appointed Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann.

PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino has carved out a place for himself in the top ten as well.


Top 50 managers in world football

50. Xavi (Barcelona)

49. Djamel Belmadi (Algeria)

48. Sean Dyche (Burnley)

47. Rafa Benitez (Everton)

46. Marcelino (Athletic Bilbao)

45. Roberto De Zerbi (Shakhtar Donetsk)

44. Bruno Lage (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

43. Patrick Vieira (Crystal Palace)

42. Ivan Juric (Torino)

41. Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Rangers)

40. Thomas Frank (Brentford)

39. Steve Clarke (Scotland)

38. Urs Fischer (Union Berlin)

37. Christophe Galtier (Nice)

36. Luciano Spalletti (Napoli)

35. Tite (Brazil)

34. Marcelo Gallardo (River Plate)

33. Christian Streich (SC Freiburg)

32. Graham Potter (Brighton)

31. Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus)

30. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)

29. Maurizio Sarri (Lazio)

28. Zinedine Zidane (N/A)

27. Simone Inzaghi (Inter Milan)

26. Didier Deschamps (France)

25. Luis Enrique (Spain)

24. Brendan Rodgers (Leicester City)

23. Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid)

22. Stefano Pioli (AC Milan)

21. Lionel Scaloni (Argentina)

20. Julen Lopetegui (Sevilla)

19. Ralf Rangnick (Manchester United)

18. Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds United)

17. Steven Gerrard (Aston Villa)

16. David Moyes (West Ham)

15. Marco Rose (Borussia Dortmund)

14. Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta)

13. Unai Emery (Villarreal)

12. Erik ten Hag (Ajax)

11. Kasper Hjulmand (Denmark)

10. Mauricio Pochettino (Paris Saint-Germain)

9. Gareth Southgate (England)

8. Julian Nagelsmann (Bayern Munich)

7. Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid)

6. Roberto Mancini (Italy)

5. Hans-Dieter Flick (Germany)

4. Antonio Conte (Tottenham)

3. Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)

2. Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea)

1. Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)