Most games managed in the Premier League

We take a look at the individuals who have managed the most matches in Premier League history.

5) Sam Allardyce

541 matches

• Bolton Wanderers (226)
• West Ham (114)
• Blackburn Rovers (76)
• Sunderland (30)
• West Brom (25)
• Everton (24)
• Newcastle United (21)
• Crystal Palace (21)
• Leeds United (4)

Cutting his teeth at Blackpool and Notts County, Allardyce returned to Bolton Wanderers - the club where he made his breakthrough as a player - and guided the Trotters to promotion to the Premier League.

He spent eight years with Bolton, leading them into Europe and a League Cup final. An opportunity to manage Newcastle United followed but Allardyce's tenure was brief, lasting just 24 matches before he was sacked.

Allardyce bounced back with a successful spell in charge of Blackburn Rovers before he was tasked with a major rebuild at West Ham, whom he managed for just short of four years.

Since departing Upton Park at the end of the 2014/15 season, Allardyce endured a series of fleeting stints with Sunderland, Crystal Palace, Everton, West Brom and Leeds, with an even shorter spell in charge of England sandwiched in between.

4) Harry Redknapp

641 matches

• West Ham (269)
• Portsmouth (158)
• Tottenham Hotspur (144)
• QPR (48)
• Southampton (22)

Redknapp sampled his first taste of the Premier League with West Ham in 1995 and helped consolidate the Hammers in the top-flight, guiding the club to three consecutive top-half finishes including a fifth-placed finish in 1998/99.

Initially taking on a director of football at Portsmouth in 2001, Redknapp soon returned to the managerial hotseat and oversaw Pompey's promotion before preserving their Premier League status in the subsequent season.

He controversially made the switch to Portsmouth's fierce south coast rivals Southampton but lasted less than 12 months in the role before returning to Fratton Park, with whom he guided to back-to-back top-half finishes and an FA Cup trophy.

A move to Tottenham beckoned and Redknapp led the club to two fourth-placed finishes in three seasons. Despite his relative success, he was sacked in the summer of 2012 after failing to agree terms on a new contract and was appointed by QPR five months later, which turned out to be his final job in the Premier League.

3) David Moyes

697 matches

• Everton (427)
• West Ham (198)
• Sunderland (38)
• Manchester United (34)

Enjoying a stellar start to his managerial career by overseeing Preston North End's ascent from Division Two strugglers to Division One promotion contenders, Moyes was named manager of Everton in March 2002.

It was a position he retained for 11 years having finished in the top-seven in eight of his 11 seasons at Goodison Park before he was declared Sir Alex Ferguson's successor at Manchester United.

Moyes endured an tumultuous spell with the Red Devils which lasted 10 months before being sacked. Attempts to rebuild his reputation at Real Sociedad and Sunderland proved more damaging but it was at West Ham where he recaptured his golden touch, helping the club to Premier League safety.

He departed at the end of that season but Moyes was back in the dugout at the London Stadium 18 months later to replace Manuel Pellegrini. The Glaswegian orchestrated three top-half finishes in four seasons and led the club to their first major trophy in more than 40 years with success in the Europa Conference League.

Moyes left upon the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2023/24 campaign.

2) Sir Alex Ferguson

810 matches

• Manchester United (810)

Creating a dynasty which saw Manchester United win 38 trophies across his 26 years in charge of the club, Ferguson is the most successful manager in the Premier League history with 13 titles and it's unlikely he will ever be caught.

The Scotsman had been in charge of the Red Devils for six years when the inaugural Premier League season was staged and Ferguson led the club to eight league titles in the first 11 Premier League campaigns.

In fact, Manchester United never finished below third in the Premier League during his tenure, averaging 2.16 points per game across his 810 matches.

1) Arsene Wenger

828 matches

• Arsenal (828)

Wenger broke the record of his old foe Ferguson in his final campaign in charge of Arsenal following 22 illustrious years which yielded three Premier League titles, including the famous Invincibles season of 2003/04.

Formerly of AS Monaco and Nagoya Grampus, Wenger's first decade yielded 11 trophies and the Frenchman had famously steered the Gunners to 20 consecutive top-four finishes before that run was ended in the 2016/17 campaign.

Considered an FA Cup specialist, Wenger is the most decorated manager in the competition's history with seven successes.