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Erik ten Hag has the second BEST Man Utd win rate in history
Carlo Garganese
- Updated: 7 Apr 2024 13:51 BST
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Despite being one of the most under-fire managers in the Premier League, Erik ten Hag incredibly has the second best win rate in the history of Manchester United.
Since his appointment in the summer of 2022, Ten Hag has overseen 104 games at Man Utd, winning 62, drawing 13 and losing 29.
This gives Ten Hag a win percentage rate of 59.62%.
That win rate is better than any manager in the history of Manchester United apart from Sir Alex Ferguson, who only narrowly betters him.
Ferguson, who oversaw the most successful period of Man Utd’s history by winning 13 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues, has a slightly superior win rate at 59.7%.
Ten Hag’s win rate is better than another legendary Man Utd manager in Sir Matt Busby, who famously led the club to their first European Cup win in 1968 - a decade after the Munich Air Disaster had wiped out most of the United squad.
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Man Utd managers win rate
The record of every Man Utd manager in history
| Manager | From | To | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Alex Ferguson | November 1986 | May 2013 | 59.7% |
| Erik ten Hag | May 2022 | Present | 59.62% |
| Jose Mourinho | May 2016 | December 2018 | 58% |
| Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | November 2018 | November 2021 | 54% |
| Ernest Mangall | October 1903 | September 1912 | 54% |
| David Moyes | July 2013 | April 2014 | 53% |
| Louis van Gaal | July 2014 | May 2016 | 52% |
| Sir Matt Busby | December 1970 | June 1971 | 52% |
| Sir Matt Busby | October 1945 | June 1969 | 50% |
| Ron Atkinson | June 1981 | November 1986 | 50% |
| Tommy Docherty | December 1972 | July 1977 | 47% |
| Alfred Hubert Albut | 1889 | May 1900 | 44% |
| John Bentley | October 1912 | December 1914 | 44% |
| James West | May 1900 | September 1903 | 41% |
| Dave Sexton | July 1977 | April 1981 | 40% |
| Walter Crickmer | November 1931 | July 1932 | 40% |
| Walter Crickmer | November 1937 | February 1945 | 39% |
| Scott Duncan | July 1932 | November 1937 | 39% |
| John Chapman | October 1921 | October 1926 | 39% |
| Frank O'Farrell | June 1971 | December 1972 | 37% |
| Wilf McGuinness | June 1969 | December 1970 | 37% |
| Herbert Bamlett | April 1927 | November 1931 | 31% |
| Jack Robson | December 1914 | October 1921 | 30% |
Ten Hag’s place at the top of the United win rate rankings will come as a surprise to many football fans.
The Dutchman has been pilloried this season and it is expected that he will be replaced as manager this summer.
Ten Hag enjoyed a decent first season as he took the club back into the Champions League, won the League Cup and reached the FA Cup final.
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However, the 2023-24 campaign has been a disaster for Ten Hag. United have lost 12 of their 29 Premier League games and have a negative goal difference. They face a big struggle to finish in the Champions League places, even with fifth position likely to earn a spot in the tweaked competition.
They went out of the League Cup early but worst of all were humiliated in the Champions League group stages.
Despite being drawn in one of the weaker groups together with Galatasaray and Copenhagen, they finished bottom of the pool as the Danes and Bayern Munich progressed.
United picked up just four points and conceded 15 goals, the most ever by an English team in the groups in the history of the tournament.
Ten Hag has fallen out with a host of players during his time at the club, most notably Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho, while there has been scrutiny over his reported bad relationship with Marcus Rashford.
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