Scott Parker and Daniel Farke top list of Championship managers

Easter Monday saw both Burnley and Leeds win promotion to the Premier League with both managers equalling second tier history in the process.

Having already secured a victory of their own earlier in the day, promotion celebrations only started for Leeds after Burnley defeated Sheffield United at Turf Moor later that evening.

The Clarets' win made it mathematically impossible for Sheffield United to bridge the gap in the two remaining fixtures.

For Daniel Farke and Scott Parker, it marked the third time that each manager had achieved promotion to the Premier League.

A tally that equals that of EFL icon, Neil Warnock.

For Farke, success with Leeds will somewhat ease the pain of playoff defeat last season and adds to his 2018/19 and 2020/21 triumphs with Norwich.

Parker has now earned promotion at the first time of asking with three different clubs.

Fulham and Bournemouth came in 2019/20 and 2021/22 before success with Burnley in this campaign.

If you put this stat to Warnock, I'm sure he'd be quick to point out that he achieved an additional fourth promotion with Notts County in 1991.

However, this play-off triumph gained entrance into the then First Division, just two seasons shy of the inaugural Premier League season.

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Points per game record also goes their way

To have your name next to three second tier promotions is impressive but it is not the only stat where Farke and Parker lead the way.

After the successes of this campaign, no managers in the history of the Championship hold a better points per game record.

It is Scott Parker who narrowly leads the way.

His extraordinary 1.93 points per game from 136 matches edges out the 1.92 number held by Farke.

However, the Leeds boss has taken charge of 91 more Championship games than his English counterpart.

The Whites come out quite well from this particular list with Marcelo Bielsa occupying third spot.

'El Loco' led the club to a Championship title in 2019/20 before finishing 9th in the Premier League the following season.

Manager	Games managed	Points per game
Scott Parker	136	1.93
Daniel Farke	227	1.92
Marcelo Bielsa	92	1.91
Steve Coppell	138	1.83
Roberto Di Matteo	57	1.77

*Managers with 50+ games.

(Statistics obtained from transfermarkt.co.uk)