Coach Rankings

This is the Coach Rankings, the list of the best coaches of all time, ranked based on their performances in the IFFHS World's Best National/Club Coach (1996–2009) and The Best FIFA Football Coach (2010–present).

All-time ranking

By coach

Rank	Coach	Points
1	Pep Guardiola	760
2	Alex Ferguson	550
3	Jose Mourinho	510
4	Carlo Ancelotti	420
5	Vicente del Bosque	340
6	Marcello Lippi	330
7	Jurgen Klopp	280
8	Zinedine Zidane	270
9=	Carlos Bianchi	250
9=	Ottmar Hitzfeld	250
11=	Didier Deschamps	160
11=	Joachim Low	160
13	Arsene Wenger	150
14	Lionel Scaloni	140
15	Guus Hiddink	130
16	Jupp Heynckes	110
17	Luiz Felipe Scolari	105
18=	Aime Jacquet	100
18=	Claudio Ranieri	100
18=	Luis Enrique	100
18=	Thomas Tuchel	100
22	Marcelo Bielsa	95
23	Diego Simeone	90
24	Sven-Goran Eriksson	85
25=	Hansi Flick	80
25=	Massimiliano Allegri	80
27=	Antonio Conte	70
27=	Dick Advocaat	70
27=	Gerard Houllier	70
27=	Hector Cuper	70
27=	Luciano Spalletti	70
27=	Miroslav Blazevic	70
27=	Ramon Diaz	70
27=	Raymond Domenech	70
27=	Roberto Mancini	70
27=	Xabi Alonso	70
37	Juande Ramos	55
38=	Edgardo Bauza	50
38=	Fernando Santos	50
38=	Jorge Sampaoli	50
38=	Jurgen Klinsmann	50
38=	Luis Fernandez	50
38=	Mauricio Pochettino	50
38=	Rafael Benitez	50
38=	Senol Gunes	50
38=	Simone Inzaghi	50
38=	Zlatko Dalic	50
48=	Dunga	35
48=	Roger Lemerre	35
50=	Berti Vogts	30
50=	Carlos Alberto Parreira	30
50=	Erik ten Hag	30
50=	Frank Rijkaard	30
50=	Jacques Santini	30
50=	Luis Aragones	30
50=	Luis de la Fuente	30
50=	Mario Zagallo	30
50=	Otto Rehhagel	30
50=	Roberto Di Matteo	30
50=	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	30
50=	Walid Regragui	30
50=	Xavi	30
63=	Ange Postecoglou	10
63=	Djamel Belmadi	10
63=	Fabio Capello	10
63=	Humberto Coelho	10
63=	Javier Clemente	10
63=	Jozef Chovanec	10
63=	Julen Lopetegui	10
63=	Karel Bruckner	10
63=	Marco van Basten	10
63=	Oscar Tabarez	10
63=	Slaven Bilic	10
63=	Velibor Milutinovic	10
75=	Fatih Terim	5
75=	Glenn Hoddle	5
75=	Jo Bonfrere	5
75=	Jorvan Vieira	5
75=	Jose Antonio Camacho	5
75=	Jose Pekerman	5
75=	Klaus Toppmoller	5

By country

Rank	Country	Points
1	Spain	1490
2	Italy	1230
3	Germany	1095
4	France	935
5	Argentina	870
6	Portugal	570
7	Scotland	550
8	Netherlands	275
9	Brazil	235
10	Croatia	130
11	Sweden	85
12	Turkey	55
13	Morocco	30
14=	Algeria	10
14=	Australia	10
14=	Czechia	10
14=	Serbia	10
14=	Slovakia	10
14=	Uruguay	10
20	England	5

Winners

By coach

Rank	Coach	Total
1=	Jose Mourinho	3 (2004, 2005, 2010)
1=	Pep Guardiola	3 (2009, 2011, 2023)
3=	Alex Ferguson	2 (1999, 2008)
3=	Carlo Ancelotti	2 (2007, 2024)
3=	Carlos Bianchi	2 (2000, 2003)
3=	Jurgen Klopp	2 (2019, 2020)
3=	Marcello Lippi	2 (1996, 2006)
3=	Ottmar Hitzfeld	2 (1997, 2001)
9=	Aime Jacquet	1 (1998)
9=	Claudio Ranieri	1 (2016)
9=	Didier Deschamps	1 (2018)
9=	Joachim Low	1 (2014)
9=	Jupp Heynckes	1 (2013)
9=	Lionel Scaloni	1 (2022)
9=	Luis Enrique	1 (2015)
9=	Luiz Felipe Scolari	1 (2002)
9=	Thomas Tuchel	1 (2021)
9=	Vicente del Bosque	1 (2012)
9=	Zinedine Zidane	1 (2017)

By country

Rank	Coach	Total
1	Germany	7 (1997, 2001, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021)
2=	Italy	5 (1996, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2024)
2=	Spain	5 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2023)
4=	Argentina	3 (2000, 2003, 2022)
4=	France	3 (1998, 2017, 2018)
4=	Portugal	3 (2004, 2005, 2010)
7	Scotland	2 (1999, 2008)
8	Brazil	1 (2002)

Points system

1st: 100

2nd: 70

3rd: 50

4th: 30

5th: 10

IFFHS World's Best Coach points system

1st: 100

2nd: 70

3rd: 50

4th: 30

5th: 10

6th: 5

*IFFHS World's Best National Coach ranked 1st to 3rd in FIFA World Cup years, 4th to 6th in other years.

See also

Player Rankings

League Rankings

City Rankings