List of football managers with most games

This is a list of football managers with 1,000 or more games.

Alex Ferguson, who took charge of a total of 2,155 competitive games between 1974 and 2013, holds the world record for the most games as a manager, starting with East Stirlingshire in Scotland and finishing with an enormously successful 27-year spell as manager of Manchester United, also including an interim spell as manager of the Scotland national football team during the mid 1980s.

Dario Gradi, of dual English and Italian heritage, took charge of 1,557 Football League matches in a 33-year career which took in spells with Wimbledon, Crystal Palace and three spells - totalling 1,359 games - in 28 years at Crewe Alexandra.

Other managers on the list include former England managers Bobby Robson and Graham Taylor, the former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger, former Manchester United manager Matt Busby, and former Derby County and Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough.

Ignacio Trelles and Roy Hodgson are the only managers of 1,000 or more club games (1,083 in first level on pyramid for Trelles) and 100 or more national team games.

List[]

#	Name	Team(s) (years)	P	W	D	L	Win%	Refs
1	Alex Ferguson	• East Stirlingshire (1974) • St Mirren (1974-1978) • Scotland (1985-1986) • Aberdeen (1978-1986) • Manchester United (1986-2013)	2,155	1,253	490	412	58.1	?
2	Arsène Wenger	• Nancy (1984-1987) • Monaco (1987-1994) • Nagoya Grampus Eight (1995-1996) • Arsenal (1996-2018)	1,701	918	367	416	54.0	?
3	Graham Turner	• Shrewsbury Town (1978-1984) • Aston Villa (1984-1986) • Wolverhampton Wanderers (1986-1994) • Hereford United (1995-2009) • Shrewsbury Town (2010-2014)	1,659	656	443	560	39.5	?
4	Alec Stock	• Yeovil Town (1946-1949) • Leyton Orient (1949–1959) • A.S. Roma (1957-1958) • Queens Park Rangers (1959–1968) • Luton Town (1968–1972) • Fulham (1972–1976) • Bournemouth (1979–1980)	1,618	679	408	531	42	?
5	Willie Maley	• Celtic (1897-1940)	1,612	1,039	315	258	64.5	^[1]
6	Dario Gradi	• Sutton United (1976-1977) • Wimbledon (1978-1981) • Crystal Palace (1981) • Crewe Alexandra (1983-2007, 2008, 2009-2011)	1,557	574	375	608	36.9	?
7	Neil Warnock	• Scarborough (1986–1989) • Notts County (1989–1993) • Torquay United (1993) • Huddersfield Town (1993–1995) • Plymouth Argyle (1995–1997) • Oldham Athletic (1997–1998) • Bury (1998–1999) • Sheffield United (1999–2007) • Crystal Palace (2007–2010, 2014) • Queens Park Rangers (2010–2012, 2015) • Leeds United (2012–2013) • Rotherham United (2016) • Cardiff City (2016–2019) • Middlesbrough (2020-Present)	1,547	620	422	505	40.08	?
8	Fred Everiss	• West Bromwich Albion (secretary-manager) (1902-1948)	1,520	656	331	532	43.16	?
9	Jim Smith	• Boston United (player-manager) (1969–1972) • Colchester United (player-manager) (1972–1975) • Blackburn Rovers (1975–1978) • Birmingham City (1978–1982) • Oxford United (1982–1985, 2006–2007, 2008) • Queens Park Rangers (1985–1988) • Newcastle United (1988–1991) • Portsmouth (1991–1995) • Derby County (1995–2001)	1,475	577	495	403	39.2	?
10	Brian Clough	• Hartlepools United (1965-1967) • Derby County (1967-1973) • Brighton & Hove Albion (1973-1974) • Leeds United (1974) • Nottingham Forest (1975-1993)	1,453	675	368	410	46.5	?
11	Bobby Robson	• Fulham (1968) • Ipswich Town (1969–1982) • England (1982–1990) • PSV Eindhoven (1990–1992, 1998–1999) • Sporting CP (1992–1994) • Porto (1994–1996) • Barcelona (1996–1997) • Newcastle United (1999–2004)	1,446	718	351	377	49.7	?
12	Mircea Lucescu	• Romania (1981–1986) • Dinamo București (1985–1990) • Pisa (1990–1991) • Brescia (1991–1995, 1995-1996) • Reggiana 1919 (1996) • Rapid București (1997–1998) • Inter Milan (1999) • Rapid București (1999–2000) • Galatasaray (2000–2002) • Beşiktaş (2002–2004) • Shakhtar Donetsk (2004–2016) • Zenit Saint Petersburg (2016–2017) • Turkey (2017–2019) • Dynamo Kyiv (2020–present)	1,440	864	297	279	60.0	?
13	Ricardo Ferretti	• Pumas UNAM (1995–1996, 2006–2010) • Mexico (1993, 2015) • Guadalajara (1996–2000) • Tigres UANL (2000–2003, 2006, 2010–2021) • Toluca (2003–2004) • Morelia (2005) • Juárez (2021-present)	1,410	603	407	400	42.77	?
14	Harry Redknapp	• Bournemouth (1983–1992) • West Ham United (1994–2001) • Portsmouth (2002–2004, 2005–2008) • Southampton (2004–2005) • Tottenham Hotspur (2008–2012) • Queens Park Rangers (2012–2015) • Jordan (2016) • Birmingham City (2017)	1,391	561	345	485	40.3	?
15	Graham Taylor	• Lincoln City (1972-1977) • Watford (1977-1987, 1996-2001) • Aston Villa (1987-1990, 2002-2003) • England (1990-1993) • Wolverhampton Wanderers (1994-1995)	1,384	596	370	418	43.1	?
16	Giovanni Trapattoni	• A.C. Milan (1974, 1975–1976) • Juventus (1976–1986, 1991–1994) • Inter Milan (1986–1991) • Bayern Munich (1994–1995, 1996–1998) • Cagliari (1995–1996) • Fiorentina (1998–2000) • Italy (2000–2004) • Benfica (2004–2005) • VfB Stuttgart (2005–2006) • Red Bull Salzburg (2006–2008) • Republic of Ireland (2008–2013) • Vatican City (2010)	1,382	716	399	267	51.8	?
17	Yuri Semin	• FC Kuban Krasnodar (1982) • Pamir Dushanbe (1983-1985) • FC Lokomotiv Moscow (1986-1990, 1992-2005, 2009-2010, 2016-2020) • Russia (2005) • FC Dynamo Moscow (2005-2006, 2009-2010) • Dinamo Kyiv (2007-2009, 2010-2012) • FC Gabala (2013-2014) • FC Mordovia Saransk (2014-2015) • FC Anzhi Makhachkala (2015) • Lokomotiv Moscow (2016-2020) • Rostov (2021-Present)	1,361	682	313	366	50.11	?
18	Christian Gourcuff	• Lorient (1982-1986,1991-2001,2003-2014) • Le Mans (1986-1989) • Pont-L'Abbé(1989-1991) • Rennes (2001-2002,2016-2017) • Al-Gharafa(2002-2003,2018-2019) • Algeria (2014-2016) • Nantes (2019-2020)	1,347	537	358	452	39.87	?
19	George Ramsay	• Aston Villa (1884-1926)	1,327	658	414	255	49.59	?
20	Valeriy Lobanovskyi	• Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1969–1973) • Dynamo Kyiv (1973–1982, 1984–1990, 1997–2002) • Soviet Union (1975–1976, 1982–1983, 1986–1990) • United Arab Emirates (1990–1993) • Kuwait (1994–1996) • Ukraine (2000–2001)	1,317	731	340	246	55.5	^[2]
21	Carlo Mazzone	• Ascoli (1968–1975, 1980–1985) • Fiorentina (1975–1978) • Catanzaro (1978–1980) • Bologna (1985–1986, 1998–1999, 2003–2005) • Lecce (1986–1990) • Pescara (1990–1991) • Cagliari (1991–1993, 1996–1997) • Roma (1993–1996) • Napoli (1997–1998) • Perugia (1999–2000) • Brescia (2000–2003) • Livorno (2006)	1,278	?	?	?	?	?
22	Otto Rehhagel	• 1. FC Saarbrücken (1972–1973) • Kickers Offenbach (1974–1975) • Werder Bremen (1976, 1981–1995) • Borussia Dortmund (1976–1978) • Arminia Bielefeld (1978–1979) • Fortuna Düsseldorf (1979–1980) • Bayern Munich (1995–1996) • 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1996–2000) • Greece (2001–2010) • Hertha BSC (2012)	1,225	606	278	341	49.5	?
23	Jupp Heynckes	• Borussia Mönchengladbach (1979–1987, 2006–2007) • Bayern Munich (1987–1991, 2009, 2011–2013, 2017-2018) • Athletic Bilbao (1992–1994, 2001–2003) • Eintracht Frankfurt (1994–1995) • Tenerife (1995–1997) • Real Madrid (1997–1998) • Benfica (1999–2000) • Schalke 04 (2003–2004) • Bayer Leverkusen (2009–2011)	1,224	625	282	317	51.1	?
24	Roy Hodgson	• Halmstads BK (1976–1980) • Bristol City (1982) • Örebro (1983–1984) • Malmö (1985–1989) • Neuchâtel Xamax (1990–1991) • Switzerland (1992–1995) • Inter (1995–1997,1999) • Blackburn Rovers (1997–1998) • Grasshoppers(1999–2000) • Copenhagen(2000–2001) • Udinese(2001) • U.A.E.(2002–2004) • Viking(2004–2005) • Finland (2006–2007) • Fulham(2007–2010) • Liverpool(2010–2011) • West Bromwich Albion(2011–2012) • England (2012–2016) • England U21 (2013) • Crystal Palace (2017-2021)	1,213	526	334	353	43.4	?
25	Denis Smith	• York City (1982–1987) • Sunderland (1987–1991) • Bristol City (1992–1993) • Oxford United (1993–1997, 2000) • West Bromwich Albion (1997–1999) • Wrexham (2001–2007)	1,195	464	290	441	38.8
26	Bill Shankly	• Carlisle United (1949–1951) • Grimsby Town (1951-1953) • Workington (1954–1955) • Huddersfield Town(1956–1959) • Liverpool (1959-1974)	1,190	586	305	299	49.24
27	Bill Struth	• Rangers (1920-1954)	1,180	789	228	163	66.83	^[3]
28	Carlo Ancelotti	• Reggiana (1995–1996) • Parma (1996–1998) • Juventus (1999–2001) • Milan (2001–2009) • Chelsea (2009–2011) • Paris Saint-Germain 2011–2013) • Real Madrid (2013–2015, 2021–Present) • Bayern Munich (2016–2017) • Napoli (2018–2019) • Everton (2019–2021)	1,171	679	271	221	57.98	?
29	Lennie Lawrence	• Plymouth Argyle (1978) • Charlton Athletic (1982–1991) • Middlesbrough (1991–1994) • Bradford City (1994–1995) • Luton Town (1995–2000) • Grimsby Town 2000–2001) • Cardiff City (2002–2005) • Crystal Palace (joint caretaker) (2012)	1,163	408	436	319	35.1	?
30	Luis Aragonés	• Atlético Madrid (1974–1980, 1982–1987, 1991–1993, 2001–2003) • Betis (1981, 1997–1998) • Barcelona (1987–1988) • Espanyol (1990–1991) • Sevilla (1993–1995) • Valencia (1995–1997) • Oviedo (1999–2000) • Mallorca (2000–2001, 2003–2004) • Spain (2004–2008) • Fenerbahçe (2008–2009)	1,151	567	262	322	49.26	?
31	Dušan Bajević	• Velež Mostar (1983–1987) • AEK Athens (1988–1996, 2002–2004, 2008–2010) • Olympiacos (1996–1999, 2004–2005) • PAOK (2000–2002) • Red Star Belgrade (2006–2007) • Aris Thessaloniki (2007–2008) • Omonia (2010–2011) • Atromitos (2012) • Bosnia and Herzegovina (2019–2020)	1,148	638	263	247	55.57	?
32	Matt Busby	• Manchester United (1945–1969, 1970–1971) • Scotland (1958)	1,147	577	268	302	50.3	?
33	Tony Pulis	• Bournemouth (1992–1994) • Gillingham (1995–1999) • Bristol City (1999–2000) • Portsmouth (2000) • Stoke City (2002–2005, 2006–2013) • Plymouth Argyle (2005–2006) • Crystal Palace (2013–2014) • West Bromwich Albion (2015–2017) • Middlesbrough (2017–2019) • Sheffield Wednesday (2020)	1,137	410	338	389	36.06	?
34	John Coleman	• Ashton United (1997–1999) • Accrington Stanley (1999–2012, 2014-Present) • Rochdale (2012-2013) • Southport (2013-2014) • Sligo Rovers (2014)	1,137	470	286	381	41.3	?
35	Alan Buckley	• Walsall (1978, 1979–1981, 1981–1982 [joint], 1982–1986) • Kettering Town (1986–1988) • Grimsby Town (1988–1994, 1997–2000, 2006–2008) • West Bromwich Albion (1994–1997) • Lincoln City (2001–2002) • Rochdale (2003)	1,126	425	396	305	37.7	?
36	Jack Addenbrooke	• Wolverhampton Wanderers (1885-1922)	1,125	?	?	?	?	?
37	Jim Jefferies	• Hawick Royal Albert (1983) • Gala Fairydean (1983–1988) • Berwick Rangers (1988–1990) • Falkirk (1990–1995) • Heart of Midlothian (1995–2000, 2010–2011) • Bradford City (2000–2001) • Kilmarnock (2002–2010) • Dunfermline Athletic (2012–2014)	1,116	?	?	?	?	?
38	Brian Horton	• Hull City (1984–1988) • Oxford United (1988–1993) • Manchester City (1993–1995) • Huddersfield Town (1995–1997) • Brighton & Hove Albion (1998–1999) • Port Vale (1999–2004) • Macclesfield Town (2004–2006, 2012)	1,098	367	305	426	33.4	?
39	Joe Royle	• Oldham Athletic (1982-1994, 2009) • Everton (1994-1997) • Manchester City (1998-2001) • Ipswich Town (2002-2006)	1,096	428	300	368	39.2	?
40	Jim McLean	• Dundee United (1971-1993)	1,094	?	?	?	?	?
41	Sven-Göran Eriksson	• Degerfors IF (1977–1978) • IFK Göteborg (1979–1982) • Benfica (1982–1984) • Roma (1984–1987) • Fiorentina (1987–1989) • Benfica (1989–1992) • Sampdoria (1992–1997) • Lazio (1997–2001) • England (2001–2006) • Manchester City (2007–2008) • Mexico (2008–2009) • Ivory Coast (2010) • Leicester City (2010–2011) • Guangzhou R&F (2013–2014) • Shanghai SIPG (2014–2016) • Shenzhen FC (2016–2017) • Philippines (2018–2019)	1,092	566	285	241	51.83	?
42	John Toshack	• Swansea City Player/Manager (1978–1983) • Sporting CP (1984–1985) • Real Sociedad (1985–1989, 1991–1994, 2001–2002) • Real Madrid (1989–1990, 1999) • Wales (1994, 2004–2010) • Deportivo (1995–1997) • Beşiktaş (1997–1999) • Saint-Étienne (2000–2001) • Catania (2002–2003) • Real Murcia (2004) • Macedonia (2011–2012) • Khazar Lankaran (2013) • Wydad Casablanca (2014–2016)	1,090	?	?	?	?	?
43	Ron Atkinson	• Kettering Town (1971–1974) • Cambridge United (1974–1978) • West Bromwich Albion (1978–1981, 1987–1988) • Manchester United (1981–1986) • Atlético Madrid (1988–1989) • Sheffield Wednesday (1989–1991) • Aston Villa (1991–1994) • Coventry City (1995–1996) • Sheffield Wednesday (1997–1998) • Nottingham Forest (1999)	1,078	464	306	308	43.0	?
44	Danny Wilson	• Barnsley (1994–1998, 2013–2015) • Sheffield Wednesday (1998–2000) • Bristol City (2000–2004) • Milton Keynes Dons (2004–2006) • Hartlepool United (2006–2008) • Swindon Town (2008–2011) • Sheffield United (2011–2013) • Chesterfield (2015–2017)	1,067	422	276	368	39.6	?
45	Ottmar Hitzfeld	• Zug 94 (1983–1984) • Aarau (1984–1988) • Grasshoppers (1988–1991) • Borussia Dortmund (1991–1997) • Bayern Munich (1998–2004, 2007–2008) • Switzerland (2008–2014)	1,039	562	256	221	54.1	?
46	Jock Stein	• Dunfermline Athletic (1960–1964) • Hibernian (1964–1965) • Scotland (1965, 1978–1985) • Celtic (1965–1978) • Leeds United (1978)	1,038	660	174	204	63.6	?
47	Mick McCarthy	• Millwall (1992–1996) • Republic of Ireland (1996–2002) • Sunderland (2003–2006) • Wolverhampton Wanderers (2006–2012) • Ipswich Town (2012–2018) • Republic of Ireland (2018–2020) • APOEL (2020–2021) • Cardiff City (2021)	1,021	396	278	347	38.79	?
48	Ivica Osim	• Željezničar (1978–1986) • Yugoslavia (1986–1992) • Partizan (1991–1992) • Panathinaikos (1992–1994) • Sturm Graz (1994–2002) • JEF United Chiba (2003–2006) • Japan (2006–2007)	1,010	510	230	270	50.50	?
49	Fernando Santos	• Estoril (1988–1994) • Estrela Amadora (1994–1998) • Porto (1998–2001) • AEK Athens (2001–2002, 2004–2006) • Panathinaikos (2002) • Sporting CP (2003-2004) • Benfica (2006-2007) • PAOK (2007-2010) • Greece (2010-2014) • Portugal (2014-Present)	1,008	504	254	250	50.00	?
50	José Mourinho	• Benfica (2000) • União de Leiria (2001–2002) • Porto (2002–2004) • Chelsea (2004–2007, 2013-2015) • Inter Milan (2008–2010) • Real Madrid (2010–2013) • Manchester United (2016–2018) • Tottenham Hotspur (2019–21) • A.S. Roma (2021–)	1,001	641	204	158	63.84	^[4]
51	Steve Bruce	• Sheffield United (1998–1999) • Huddersfield (1999–2000) • Wigan (2001, 2007-2009) • Crystal Palace (2001) • Birmingham City (2001–2007) • Sunderland (2009–2011) • Hull City (2012–2016) • Aston Villa (2016–2018) • Sheffield Wednesday (2019) • Newcastle United (2019-2021)	1,000	376	254	370	37.6	?
52	David Moyes	• Preston North End (1998–2002) • Everton (2002–2013) • Manchester United (2013–2014) • Real Sociedad (2014–2015) • Sunderland (2016–2017) • West Ham United (2017–2018, 2019-Present)	1000	420	253	317	42.00	?
53	Şenol Güneş	• Trabzonspor (1988–1989, 1993-1997,2004-2005,2009-2013) • Boluspor (1989–1992) • Antalyaspor (1997–1998) • Sakaryaspor (1998) • Turkey (2000-2004,2019-2021) • FC Seoul (2007–2009) • Bursaspor(2014–2015) • Beşiktaş(2015–2019)	955	485	237	233	50.79	?
54	Luciano Spalletti	• Empoli (1994,1995-1998) • Sampdoria (1998,1999) • Venezia (1999,1999-2000) • Udinese (2001,2002-2005) • Ancona (2001-2002) • Roma (2005-2009,2016-2017) • Zenit (2009-2014) • Inter Milan (2017-2019) • Napoli (2021-Present)	927	467	233	227	50.38	?
55	Louis van Gaal	• Ajax (1991–1997) • Barcelona (1997–2000, 2002-2003) • Netherlands (2000–2001, 2012-2014, 2021-Present) • AZ (2005–2009) • Bayern Munich (2009–2011) • Manchester United (2014–2016)	914	554	182	178	60.61	?
56	Jürgen Klopp	• 1. FSV Mainz 05 (2001–2008) • Borussia Dortmund (2008–2015) • Liverpool F.C. (2015-Present)	910	479	221	210	52.6	?
57	Kenny Jackett	• Watford (1996–1997) • Swansea City (2004–2007) • Millwall (2007-2013) • Wolverhampton Wanderers (2013-2016) • Rotherham United (2016) • Portsmouth (2017-2021) • Leyton Orient (2021-Present)	894	400	226	268	44.7	?

Football National Team Managers with 100 or more games[]

Name	Age	From	To	Span (years)	Games
Bora Milutinović	77	1983	2009	26	273
Berti Vogts	74	1990	2014	24	230
Óscar Tabárez	74	1988-1990, 2006-2021	2021	28	228
Lars Lagerback	73	2000	2020	16	211
Carlos Queiroz	68	1991–2002, 2008	present	13	215
Joachim Löw	61	2006	2021	15	197
Sepp Herberger	79	1936	1964	28	167
Morten Olsen	72	2000	2015	15	163
Walter Winterbottom	88	1946	1962	16	139
Helmut Schon	80	1964	1978	14	139
Bruce Arena	70	1998-2006, 2016	present	19	144
Lajos Baróti	91	1957	1978	21	132
Antoni Piechniczek	79	1981	1997	16	128
Roy Hodgson	74	1992	present	24	128
Guillermo Stábile	61	1939	1960	21	127
Mario Zagallo	90	1967	1974	7	124
Carlos Alberto Parreira	78	1967	2010	43	+100
Henryk Kasperczak	75	1993	2017	24	+100
Vicente del Bosque	71	2008	2016	8	114
Alf Ramsey	79	1963	1974	11	113
Hugo Meisl	55	1919	1937	18	131
Jürgen Klinsmann	57	2004-2006, 2011	2016	12	132
Ignacio Trelles	103	1957, 1960-1962, 1965-1969, 1975-1976, 1990	1991	31	106
José Pékerman	72	2005	2018	13	106
Valeriy Lobanovskyi	63	1975–1976, 1979, 1982–1983, 1986-1996, 2000	2001	15	155