RANK

MANAGER

MATCHES MANAGED

CLUB(s)

YEARS

1

Alex Ferguson

2,145

East Stirlingshire, St Mirren, Aberdeen, Manchester United

1974–2013

2

Neil Warnock

1,960

Scarborough, Notts County, Torquay United, Huddersfield Town, Plymouth Argyle, Oldham Athletic, Bury, Sheffield United, Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers, Leeds United, Rotherham United, Cardiff City, Middlesbrough, Aberdeen

1986–2024

3

Vanderlei Luxemburgo

1,817

Campo Grande, Rio Branco-ES, Friburguense, Al-Ittihad, Democrata-GV, America-RJ, Al-Shabab, Bragantino, Flamengo, Guarani, Ponte Preta, Palmeiras, Paraná, Santos, Corinthians, Cruzeiro, Real Madrid, Atlético Mineiro, Grêmio, Fluminense, Tianjin Quanjian, Sport Recife, Vasco da Gama

1983–2021

4

Guy Roux

1,754

Auxerre, Lens

1961–2007

5

Graham Turner

1,718

Shrewsbury Town, Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Hereford United

1978–2014

6

Arsène Wenger

1,702

Nancy, Monaco, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Arsenal

1984–2018

7

Bill Struth

1,655

Rangers

1920–1954

8

Jim Smith

1,641

Boston United, Colchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Oxford United, Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Derby County

1969–2008

9

Willie Maley

1,612

Celtic

1897–1940

10

Alec Stock

1,584

Yeovil Town, Leyton Orient, Roma, Queens Park Rangers, Luton Town, Fulham, Bournemouth

1946–1980

11

Manuel Pellegrini

1,584

Universidad de Chile, Palestino, O'Higgins, Universidad Católica, LDU Quito, San Lorenzo, River Plate, Villarreal, Real Madrid, Málaga, Manchester City, Hebei China Fortune, West Ham United, Real Betis

1988–present

12

Nigel Clough

1,560

Burton Albion, Derby County, Sheffield United, Mansfield Town

1998–present

13

Dario Gradi

1,557

Sutton United, Wimbledon, Crystal Palace, Crewe Alexandra

1976–2011

14

Fred Everiss

1,520

West Bromwich Albion

1902–1948

15

Roy Coyle

1,514

Linfield, Ards, Derry City, Glentoran, Newry City

1975–2016

16

Luiz Felipe Scolari

1,510

CSA, Juventude, Brasil de Pelotas, Al-Shabab, Pelotas, Gremio, Goiás, Al-Qadisiya, Coritiba, Criciúma, Júbilo Iwata, Palmeiras, Cruzeiro, Portugal, Chelsea, Bunyodkor, Guangzhou, Athletico Paranaense, Atlético Mineiro

1982–2024

17

Osvaldo Brandão

1,488

Palmeiras, Santos, Portuguesa, Corinthians, Independiente, São Paulo, Peñarol, Cruzeiro, Vila Nova

1945–1981

18

Rubens Minelli

1,482

América-SP, Botofogo-SP, Sport Recife, Francana, Guarani, Palmeiras, Portuguesa, Internacional, São Paulo, Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia, Atlético Mineiro, Grêmio, Corinthians, Paraná, Rio Branco-SP, Santos, Ferroviária, XV de Piracicaba, Coritiba

1963–1998

19

Brian Clough

1,453

Hartlepool United, Derby County, Brighton & Hove Albion, Leeds United, Nottingham Forest

1965–1993

20

Mircea Lucescu

1,452

Dinamo București, Pisa, Brescia, Reggiana, Rapid București, Inter Milan, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Dynamo Kyiv

1981–2023

21

Ricardo Ferretti

1,441

UNAM, Guadalajara, UANL, Toluca, Morelia, Juárez, Cruz Azul

1991–2023

22

Claudio Ranieri

1,439

Vigor Lamezia, Puteolana, Cagliari, Napoli, Fiorentina, Valencia, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Parma, Juventus, Roma, Inter Milan, Monaco, Greece, Leicester City, Nantes, Fulham, Sampdoria, Watford

1986–2022

23

Abel Braga

1,429

Botafogo, Internacional, Famalicão, Belenenses, Rio Ave, Vitória de Setúbal, Vasco da Gama, Guarani, Atlético Paranaense, Coritiba, Paraná, Marseille, Atlético Mineiro, Ponte Preta, Flamengo, Fluminense, Al Jazira, Cruzeiro, Lugano

1985–2024

24

Giovanni Trapattoni

1,418

Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Cagliari, Fiorentina, Italy, Benfica, VfB Stuttgart, Red Bull Salzburg, Republic of Ireland

1974–2013

25

Jorge Jesus

1,407

Amora, Felgueiras, União Madeira, Estrela da Amadora, Vitória de Setúbal, Vitória de Guimarães, Moreirense, União Leiria, Belenenses, Braga, Benfica, Sporting CP, Al-Hilal, Flamengo, Fenerbahçe

1990–present

26

Harry Redknapp

1,395

Bournemouth, West Ham United, Portsmouth, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers, Jordan, Birmingham City

1983–2017

27

Yuri Semin

1,362

Kuban Krasnodar, Pamir Dushanbe, Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia, Dynamo Moscow, Dinamo Kyiv, Gabala, Mordovia Saransk, Anzhi Makhachkala, Rostov

1982–2021

28

Bobby Robson

1,351

Fulham, Ipswich Town, PSV Eindhoven, Sporting CP, Porto, Barcelona, Newcastle United

1968–2004

29

Yevhen Lemeshko

1,347

Podillia, Karpaty, Desna, MFC Mykolaiv, Krystal, Metalist Kharkiv, Torpedo Zap

1961–1993

30

George Ramsay

1,327

Aston Villa

1884–1926

31

Christian Gourcuff

1,326

Lorient, Le Mans, Pont-L'Abbé, Rennes, Al-Gharafa, Algeria, Nantes

1982–2020