Jurgen Klopp is Statistically Liverpool's Best Manager of All Time

Jurgen Klopp is statistically the best Liverpool manager ever. Klopp's win percentage is higher than every former Liverpool boss, including Bob Paisley and Bill Shankly.
Jurgen Klopp is Statistically Liverpool's Best Manager of All Time
Jurgen Klopp is Statistically Liverpool's Best Manager of All Time /

Jurgen Klopp shocked the football world on Friday by announcing that his reign as Liverpool manager will finish at the end of the 2023/24 season.

Klopp has been in charge at Anfield since October 2015 and has overseen 466 matches with the Reds.

Only three previous managers have led Liverpool in more matches than Klopp.

Tom Watson took charge of 742 games from 1896 to 1915, before Bill Shankly oversaw 783 matches between 1959 and 1974.

Bob Paisley is Liverpool's most successful manager ever in terms of trophies won. He delivered 20 titles during a 535-game spell that started in 1974 and ended in 1983.

However, Klopp - who has so far won seven trophies with the club - is statistically the best Liverpool manager of all time based on his win percentage.

Klopp has masterminded 283 victories in his first 466 games, giving him a win percentage of 60.73%.

That is marginally better than the 60.63% recorded by William Edward Barclay over 127 matches in the 1890s.

Top Five Liverpool Managers Based On Win Percentage

Manager

Time In Charge

Games

Wins

Win %

1. Jurgen Klopp

2015 — 2024

466

283

60.73

2. William Edward Barclay

1892 — 1896

127

77

60.63

3. Kenny Dalglish

1985 — 1991, 2011 — 2012

381

222

58.27

4. Bob Paisley

1974 — 1983

535

308

57.57

5. Rafael Benitez

2004 — 2010

350

194

55.43

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp pictured smiling during a pre-season training session in July 2022
Jurgen Klopp will leave Liverpool as a club legend at the end of the season :: IMAGO/NurPhoto/Vachira Vachira

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Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.