Top 50 football managers of all time

  1. Sir Alex Ferguson
  2. Arrigo Sacchi
  3. Johan Cruyff
  4. Rinus Michels
  5. Pep Guardiola
  6. Jose Mourinho
  7. Ernst Happel
  8. Helenio Herrera
  9. Bill Shankly
  10. Bob Paisley
  11. Carlo Ancelotti
  12. Valeriy Lobanovskyi
  13. Vicente del Bosque
  14. Ottmar Hitzfeld
  15. Sir Matt Busby
  16. Fabio Capello
  17. Marcello Lippi
  18. Brian Clough
  19. Arsène Wenger
  20. Jupp Heynckes
  21. Giovanni Trapattoni
  22. Diego Simeone
  23. Luiz Felipe Scolari
  24. Louis van Gaal
  25. Marcelo Bielsa
  26. Zinedine Zidane
  27. Jurgen Klopp
  28. Bela Guttmann
  29. Guus Hiddink
  30. Herbert Chapman
  31. Nereo Rocco
  32. Antonio Conte
  33. Vittorio Pozzo
  34. Helenio Herrera
  35. Miguel Muñoz
  36. Luis Aragones
  37. Tomislav Ivić
  38. Bobby Robson
  39. Mario Zagallo
  40. Rafael Benítez
  41. Udo Lattek
  42. Otto Rehhagel
  43. Ernst Happel
  44. Cesar Luis Menotti
  45. Vic Buckingham
  46. Kenny Dalglish
  47. Helenio Herrera
  48. Alberto Zaccheroni
  49. Ottmar Walter
  50. Diego Maradona

This list includes managers from different eras, continents, and footballing philosophies. Each of these managers has left a significant mark on the game through their tactics, leadership, and success on the field.