Ranking Leeds United's top 7 best managers on PPG - Garry Monk = 5th | OneFootball

Many great managers have come through the doors at Elland Road over the years, with Daniel Farke currently at the helm and being tasked with turning Leeds United's fortunes around.

It always looked likely to be an exciting campaign for the club in the second tier this season, with the Whites expected to be competitive under the two-time Championship winner.

Leeds were relegated from the Premier League last season, and came down with the resources and players that were always likely to have them among the favourites for promotion this season under the guidance of Farke.

Farke may be the latest in the hotseat, but the Whites have had plenty from the weird to the wonderful in the managerial position. Here, we take a look at those managers with the highest PPG (points per game) in the club's history, per Transfermarkt.

7 Marcelo Bielsa - 1.61 PPG

The greatest Leeds manager of the modern era, Marcelo Bielsa became Leeds' new head coach in June 2018 to replace Paul Heckingbottom. Bielsa brought the Whites back to the Premier League for the 2020-21 season after a 16-year exile from the top-flight.

Under his stewardship, Leeds played fast-paced, attack-minded football and attracted praise from all over the world. His era brought life back to the City of Leeds, too. However, a poor start to the following season led to his sacking in February 2022.

The Argentine currently manages the Uruguay national team but won 80 of his 170 matches in charge of Leeds, with the majority of those coming in the Championship (53) to make him one of the second tier's greatest ever managers and giving him a record of 1.61 PPG overall.

6 Gary McAllister - 1.69 PPG

In sixth place, perhaps surprisingly for some, is Gary McAllister. He has the second-best win percentage in Leeds’ history of managers, but with fewer draws dragging down his PPG overall.

He became the Whites' manager in January 2008 replacing Wise. At that time, Leeds remained in League One following relegation from the Championship the season before. McAllister was a famous player for Leeds in the early and mid 90s, but wasn’t able to guide Leeds to promotion following a loss in the play-off final to Doncaster Rovers.

McAllister was then sacked in December 2008, while in his second season as manager, after a string of poor results.

The legendary Scot won 25 of his 50 games in charge of the club.

5 Garry Monk - 1.70 PPG

Garry Monk managed the club for just one season in the Championship during the 2016/17 campaign and reinvigorated the fanbase after the side languished in mid-table for multiple seasons.

Under his tutelage - and with clever recruitment which included the likes of Luke Ayling, Kemar Roofe, Pontus Jansson, and Kyle Bartley - Leeds narrowly missed out on a spot in the play-offs after finishing seventh in the league. He left the club at the end of the season.

The 44-year-old now manages Cambridge United in League One, but won 25 of 53 games in charge of Leeds at a PPG rate of 1.70.

4 David O'Leary - 1.72 PPG

David O’Leary was Leeds’ assistant manager under George Graham before being appointed as his successor following Graham’s departure in 1998. O’Leary inherited a young group of talented individuals. Technically gifted players such as Lee Bowyer and Harry Kewell, who had struggled under Graham, became key components of one of Leeds' most successful ever sides.

His team reached the semi-final of the Champions League in 2001, having beaten Barcelona in the group stage and Deportivo La Coruna in the quarter-final. By June 2002, O’Leary had spent been backed heavily in the market and had never finished outside the top five in the top-flight as a manager.

However, Peter Ridsdale sacked O’Leary as Leeds’ manager in the summer of 2002, replacing him with Terry Venables, which was the beginning of Leeds' spiral down to the third tier and administration. The 65-year-old won an impressive 101 of 203 games as Leeds boss, giving him 1.72 PPG.

3 Simon Grayson - 1.73 PPG

Simon Grayson is a former Leeds academy graduate, and was appointed manager in 2008. He was the mastermind behind a magnificent giant-killing in the FA Cup third-round victory over Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United with a 1-0 win over the reigning Champions, with Leeds still a League One side.

It would get better than that for Grayson, when, a few months later, he guided Leeds back up into the Championship, securing promotion from League One on the final day of the season with a dramatic win over Bristol Rovers. He maintained his position in the second tier for a few seasons, but a lack of financial backing saw him lose many of his best players, and after a string of subpar performances, he was let go in February 2012 by Ken Bates.

The 54-year-old most recently managed Indian side Bengaluru FC, but is now out of work. However, for Leeds he won 84 of his 169 games at the helm, giving him the third-highest PPG in the club's history.

2 Daniel Farke - 1.93 PPG

After a great first season in charge, Farke's side fell just short of the automatic promotion places, with Leeds facing Southampton at Wembley this weekend. The German has brought stability to the club following a frantic end to the summer window after the takeover of 49ers Enterprises.

They took a few games to get going but were outstanding between January and March in particular, and looked for all the world as though they would achieve automatic promotion in the end, only to fall just short in the latter stages of the season.

Farke has taken charge of 54 games for Leeds and lost just 11 of them, which, unsurprisingly, gives him a strong PPG record of 1.93, albeit in far fewer games than top spot in the list.

1 Don Revie - 1.93 PPG

Who else? Coming in top spot, as no great surprise, is the man with a statue outside of Elland Road. Don Revie, is undoubtedly the greatest Leeds manager of all time. He managed the Whites for over 700 games between 1961 and 1974.

Under Revie, Leeds won the Second Division in 1963/1964, the First Division in 1968/1969 and 1973/1974. He also won the FA Cup in 1972, the League Cup in 1968, the FA Charity Shield in 1969, and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1968 and 1971.

He won 395 of 741 games in charge of Leeds and is level with Farke in terms of PPG, but tops the list through the sheer number of games he managed in West Yorkshire. Unfortunately, Revie passed away in 1989 but his legacy has lasted forever at Elland Road and will continue to.