Here, we rank the best Premier League managers of all time.
The Premier League is the holy land for every manager in world football and as such, it has helped carve out some incredible careers since its inception in 1992.
Only the best can make a name for themselves in England’s top-flight. It’s the ultimate test of skill, tactical adeptness and mental strength for the most ambitious of gaffers.
So what is the easiest way to rank the top seven? Of course, that is by the number of Premier League titles each manager has won. That’s how it will largely play out below, as well as statistical evidence that backs up why bosses who have managed the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool are worthy of being amongst the best Premier League managers ever.
David Moyes
David Moyes may not have won a Premier League title like the rest of the managers on this list – but he’ll go down as one of the greatest the league has ever seen.
Why? His longevity is inspiring and his consistency – bar an underwhelming spell at Manchester United after Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement – has earned him huge respect amongst his peers.
Moyes squeezed the utmost potential out of Everton, including Champions League qualification for the first time in the club’s history after a fourth-placed Premier League finish. He also achieved their highest Premier League points tally in 2012/13 (65 points).
Moyes has since managed United and now bosses West Ham United for the second time, orchestrating a turnaround in the club’s fortunes with top-six finishes and European qualification. The Scot’s best Premier League achievement bar none is reaching third spot on the all-time list of most Premier League games managed behind Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger.
Claudio Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri will go down as one of the all-time great Premier League managers for just one single yet astonishing success – and we all know what it was.
But in case you don’t, the Italian engineered easily the most remarkable story in Premier League history by guiding Leicester City to the 2015/16 title against astronomical odds. The ‘Tinkerman’ captured the world’s imagination and got the best out of a group of players who never quite knew what they were capable of achieving.
Ranieri outfoxed Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho among others to the league crown and did so with an average possession rate of 42.4 percent per match. Other-worldly!
Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool are one of the most historically successful clubs in the world but up until 2020, the English football powerhouse had never lifted a Premier League title. Jurgen Klopp addressed that blemish and did so under uniquely challenging circumstances.
Klopp is the current longest-serving manager still in a Premier League job and Liverpool have hardly looked back under his stewardship. His ‘Gegenpress’ brand of football was a Premier League first and that has helped forge a fascinating rivalry with Manchester City and Pep Guardiola over recent seasons.
Klopp has one Premier League title to his name but won it in record time (31 games), despite the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the German holds records for the longest unbeaten Premier League home run (68 matches) and became the first Premier League gaffer to win four consecutive manager of the month awards.
Jose Mourinho
Arguably the most charismatic Premier League manager of all-time, Jose Mourinho really was the ‘Special One’. He made an incredible immediate impact at Chelsea after joining from Porto in 2004, trumping Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger by winning back-to-back Premier League titles.
Mourinho became the first manager in Premier League history to achieve more than 95 points in a single campaign (2004/05) while also going that season unbeaten at Stamford Bridge.
He also still holds the record for the fastest manager to reach 50 Premier League victories (62 games), marginally higher than Pep Guardiola. Mourinho would win his third and final Premier League title in 2014/15 amid his Chelsea second coming.
Arsene Wenger
Long-serving former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was the ultimate trailblazer for foreign managers carving a career out in the Premier League.
He very quickly convinced English football of his qualities and methods as he revitalised the Gunners when taking over in 1996. Wenger secured three Premier League titles within the space of six years, not least the 2003/04 crown when his ‘Invincibles’ went the entire campaign without losing.
Wenger would serve Arsenal for an incredible 22 years and has racked up the most Premier League games as a manager (828). He also picked up three manager of the season awards and 15 manager of the month gongs.
Pep Guardiola
The mastermind Spaniard has transformed Manchester City into the dominant force in English football and perhaps the best team we’ve ever seen in Premier League history.
Pep Guardiola is a tactical genius and has reimagined how other managers think about playing the modern game – see Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham Hotspur.
The former Barcelona boss isn’t too far off hitting the 10-year mark as City supremo and has won five of the seven possible Premier League titles he could get his hands on. In addition, Pep holds the record for the most consecutive Premier League wins in a season (18) and is the fastest manager to reach 100 home wins, taking him just 128 games.
Sir Alex Ferguson
Fergie time may be well and truly over but as the godfather of modern English football, Sir Alex Ferguson’s achievements as manager of Manchester United between 1986 and 2013 remain simply unmatched.
Fergie outlasted the competition by racking up a staggering 13 Premier League titles, still a seemingly unassailable record. Other claims to fame include the most Premier League wins as a boss, the most home victories (305), the biggest number of away triumphs (223) and the most manager of the month awards (27) among countless others.
Statistically, there’s not much you can do to argue against this – not even Guardiola at the moment. These numbers may never be surpassed and it is testament to the great man’s relentless ambition to chase trophy after trophy after trophy for all of 26 years at Old Trafford.
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