There has been a smattering of permanent head coaches in the Premier League this season – today, we’re going to set about ranking them from worst to best.
We’ll only be looking at their performances in the 2025/26 Premier League season for the purposes of this list. Any achievements outside of these parameters will not be taken into consideration.
Furthermore, we’ll only be looking at managers who have been in place for five or more Premier League matchdays – as such, the likes of Michael Carrick, Liam Rosenior and Darren Fletcher will not be included in this list.
22. Ange Postecoglou
Ange Postecoglou experienced a whirlwind of emotions in 2025. Just a few days after winning the Europa League at Tottenham Hotspur, he was sacked – and a few months after that, he was sacked again by Nottingham Forest.
Postecoglou’s time in charge of the Trees was an absolute disaster, the players struggled manfully to adopt his cavalier style of play on the fly. As such, we’re forced to put the former Celtic boss at the bottom of our list – he’s a talented coach, but 2025/26 has been a season to forget for him.
21. Vítor Pereira
Wolves got this one all wrong. Vitor Pereira led Wolves to a disastrous start this season, but was still given a new contract in September – despite having lost the first four games of the season.
Under two months later, having amassed a measly two points, the Wolves board realised their mistake and sacked Pereira. His successor is doing much better – we’ll get to him soon enough.
20. Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank’s horrendous start to life at Tottenham has come as a bit of a surprise. After performing so well for years at Brentford, Frank has driven the Lilywhites into a dead end.
Spurs fans expected big things from Frank – instead, they now find themselves on the cusp of a relegation scrap. The Dane has proven previously that he isn’t a bad manager – however, based solely on his performances this season, we have to give him a low ranking.
19. Scott Parker
Scott Parker is a difficult manager to rank. He looks set for another relegation, as Burnley continue to languish in the bottom three – but it’s important to remember that it was never going to be easy to keep the Clarets in the Premier League.
Nevertheless, Parker can only merit a lowly spot in the list – Burnley are currently ten points from safety, having won just three Premier League games all season.