Which managers and clubs have forced the most Premier League sackings?

A defeat to Pep Guardiola is exactly as lethal to the job security of a Premier League manager as a loss to Avram Grant or Alan Curbishley. The following is a rundown of the clubs a Premier League coach faced last before losing their job, and the respective managers who were in charge of them. Sackings, resignations and mutual consents are all considered, provided there was one clear result which proved to be the tipping point.

And it had to happen during the season, not in the summer. On the rare occasion a manager left his post after winning, we will take into account their most recent defeat; we only want results so damaging that the manager in question had to go soon after. To use Frank Lampard’s 2021 Chelsea exit as an example, his final match was an FA Cup win over Luton so the previous game, a 2-0 defeat to Leicester, will be used.



Same for Daniel Farke, who left Norwich after beating Brentford in November of that year, with the loss to Leeds in his penultimate match cited as key. READ MORE : The goalscorers who have forced the most Premier League manager sackings Managers who induced manager exits 1 – 60 different managers From Ron Atkinson, who induced the first managerial sacking in Premier League history when Chelsea axed Ian Porterfield after a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa in February 1993, to Andoni Iraola, who forced Everton’s hand when Bournemouth beat Sean Dyche’s side in January 2024, 60 different coaches have proven to be the last straw for one Premier League manager. Others include Tim Sherwood (Gus Poyet, Sunderland), Russell Slade (Ossie Ardiles, Tottenham) and Knut Torum (Jose Mourinho, Chelsea).

2 – 16 different managers Marcelo Bielsa Xisco Munoz at Watford Daniel Farke at Norwich Slaven Bilic Bob Bradley at Swansea Dick Advocaat at Sunderland Phil Brown Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chelsea Gary Megson at Bolton Chris Coleman Jacques Santini at Tottenham Velimir Zajec at Portsmouth Sean Dyche Frank de Boer at Crystal Palace Alan Pardew at West Brom Roy Evans Frank Clark at Nottingham Forest Gerry Francis at Tottenham Brian Horton Brian Little at Leicester John Lyall at Ipswich Paul Jewell Egil Olsen at Wimbledon Iain Dowie at Charlton Dave Jones Ray Harford at Blackburn Roy Hodgson at Blackburn Joe Kinnear Ron Atkinson at Aston Villa Brian Little at Aston Villa Julen Lopetegui Nathan Jones at Southampton Erik ten Hag at Manchester United Steve McClaren Walter Smith at Everton Terry Venables at Leeds Jose Mourinho Sam Allardyce at Bolton Mark Hughes at Southampton Mauricio Pochettino Malky Mackay at Cardiff Roy Hodgson at Crystal Palace Ange Postecoglou Steve Cooper at Nottingham Forest Russell Martin at Southampton Harry Redknapp Peter Reid at Leeds Mark Hughes at Manchester City 3 – ten different managers Steve Bruce Paul Ince at Blackburn Paul Lambert at Aston Villa Javi Gracia at Watford Alan Curbishley Kevin Keegan at Newcastle Chris Hutchings at Bradford Peter Taylor at Leicester Avram Grant Sammy Lee at Bolton Chris Hutchings at Wigan Billy Davies at Derby Pep Guardiola Aitor Karanka at Middlesbrough Slaven Bilic at West Brom Julen Lopetegui at West Ham Eddie Howe Steve McClaren at Newcastle Ralph Hasenhuttl at Southampton Cristian Stellini at Tottenham Mark Hughes Glenn Roeder at Newcastle Alan Irvine at West Brom Harry Redknapp at QPR David Moyes Nigel Pearson at Watford Bruno Lage at Wolves Frank Lampard at Everton Stuart Pearce Graeme Souness at Newcastle Mick McCarthy at Sunderland Chris Coleman at Fulham Claudio Ranieri Garry Monk at Swansea Jose Mourinho at Chelsea Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United Dean Smith Rafael Benitez at Everton Claudio Ranieri at Watford Sean Dyche at Burnley 4 – six different managers Rafael Benitez Alain Perrin at Portsmouth Tony Adams at Portsmouth Nigel Adkins at Southampton Mauricio Pellegrino at Southampton Antonio Conte Roberto Di Matteo at Chelsea Alan Pardew at Crystal Palace Tony Pulis at West Brom Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds Ralph Hasenhuttl Claudio Ranieri at Fulham Quique Sanchez Flores at Watford Chris Wilder at Sheffield United Dean Smith at Aston Villa Roy Hodgson Mick McCarthy at Wolves Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea Claude Puel at Leicester Brendan Rodgers at Leicester Tony Pulis Sam Allardyce at Newcastle Paul Hart at Portsmouth Mike Phelan at Hull Craig Shakespeare at Leicester Brendan Rodgers Andre Villas-Boas at Tottenham Rene Meulensteen at Fulham Manuel Pellegrini at West Ham Frank Lampard at Chelsea 5 – one manager Roberto Martinez Avram Grant at West Ham Steve Bruce at Sunderland Roberto Mancini at Manchester City David Moyes at Manchester United Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool 6 – two managers Alex Ferguson Howard Wilkinson at Leeds Joe Royle at Everton David Pleat at Sheffield Wednesday Attilio Lombardo at Crystal Palace Steve Wigley at Southampton Martin O’Neill at Sunderland Jurgen Klopp Francesco Guidolin at Swansea Slaven Bilic at West Ham Slavisa Jokanovic at Fulham Jose Mourinho at Manchester United Marco Silva at Everton Scott Parker at Bournemouth 7 – one manager Arsene Wenger Ruud Gullit at Chelsea Peter Reid at Sunderland Jim Smitha at Derby Gordon Strachan at Southampton Kevin Keegan at Newcastle Phil Brown at Hull Ronald Koeman at Everton 8 – one manager Sam Allardyce Kevin Keegan at Manchester City Alan Pardew at West Ham Martin Jol at Tottenham Lawrie Sanchez at Fulham Martin Jol at Fulham Michael Laudrup at Swansea Roberto Martinez at Everton Paul Clement at Swansea Teams who induced manager exits 1 – 20 different clubs In a number which includes MK Dons (Neil Warnock, QPR), Port Vale (Ian Branfoot, Southampton), Bristol City (Graeme Souness, Liverpool) and Ipswich ( Gary O’Neil, Wolves ) 20 different clubs have inflicted one result so damaging that a manager paid with their job soon after. 2 – seven different clubs Cardiff Steve Clarke at West Brom David Wagner at Huddersfield Leeds Xisco Munoz at Watford Daniel Farke at Norwich Portsmouth Dave Bassett at Nottingham Forest Peter Reid at Leeds Sunderland Ruud Gullit at Newcastle Roberto Martinez at Everton Swansea Tim Sherwood at Aston Villa Remi Garde at Aston Villa Watford Danny Wilson at Sheffield Wednesday Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United Wimbledon Ron Atkinson at Aston Villa Brian Little at Aston Villa 3 – seven different clubs Blackburn Peter Reid at Manchester City Glenn Roeder at Newcastle Roy Hodgson at Liverpool Bournemouth Steve McClaren at Newcastle Javi Gracia at Leeds Sean Dyche at Everton Burnley Frank de Boer at Crystal Palace Alan Pardew at West Brom Paul Heckingbottom at Sheffield United Charlton Kevin Keegan at Newcastle Chris Hutchings at Bradford Peter Taylor at Leicester Crystal Palace Gary Megson at West Brom Claude Puel at Leicester Brendan Rodgers at Leicester Hull Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chelsea Gary Megson at Bolton Paul Lambert at Aston Villa Middlesbrough Walter Smith at Everton Terry Venables at Leeds Les Reed at Charlton 4 – five different clubs Bolton Alan Pardew at West Ham Kevin Keegan at Manchester City Roy Keane at Sunderland Sam Allardyce at Blackburn Everton David Moyes at Manchester United Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool Paul Clement at Swansea Jose Mourinho at Tottenham Norwich Mike Walker at Everton Rafael Benitez at Everton Claudio Ranieri at Watford Sean Dyche at Burnley Stoke Sam Allardyce at Newcastle Paul Hart at Portsmouth Alan Irvine at West Brom Harry Redknapp at QPR 5 – three different clubs Fulham Howard Wilkinson at Sunderland Jacques Santini at Tottenham Velimir Zajec at Portsmouth Ian Holloway at Crystal Palace Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa Leicester Garry Monk at Swansea Jose Mourinho at Chelsea Marco Silva at Watford Manuel Pellegrini at West Ham Frank Lampard at Chelsea Wigan Iain Dowie at Charlton Paul Ince at Blackburn Avram Grant at West Ham Steve Bruce at Sunderland Roberto Mancini at Manchester City 6 – two clubs Aston Villa Ian Porterfield at Chelsea Colin Todd at Derby Sir Bobby Robson at Newcastle Brian McDermott at Reading Gus Poyet at Sunderland Graham Potter at Chelsea Tottenham Roy Evans at Liverpool Mark Hughes at Manchester City Steve Bruce at Newcastle Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds Steve Cooper at Nottingham Forest Russell Martin at Southampton 7 – two clubs Arsenal Ruud Gullit at Chelsea Peter Reid at Sunderland Jim Smith at Derby Gordon Strachan at Southampton Kevin Keegan at Newcastle Phil Brown at Hull Ronald Koeman at Everton West Brom Chris Hughton at Newcastle Mick McCarthy at Wolves Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea Paolo Di Canio at Sunderland Chris Hughton at Norwich Mike Phelan at Hull Craig Shakespeare at Leicester 8 – two clubs Manchester United Howard Wilkinson at Leeds Joe Royle at Everton David Pleat at Sheffield Wednesday Attilio Lombardo at Crystal Palace Steve Wigley at Southampton Martin O’Neill at Sunderland Mark Hughes at Southampton Nuno Espirito Santo at Tottenham Newcastle John Deehan at Norwich Gianluca Vialli at Chelsea Martin Jol at Tottenham Lawrie Sanchez at Fulham Mauricio Pellegrino at Southampton Javi Gracia at Watford Ralph Hasenhuttl at Southampton Cristian Stellini at Tottenham 9 – two clubs Manchester City Brian Little at Leicester John Lyall at Ipswich Graeme Souness at Newcastle Mick McCarthy at Sunderland Chris Coleman at Fulham Roberto Di Matteo at West Brom Aitor Karanka at Middlesbrough Slaven Bilic at West Brom Julen Lopetegui at West Ham West Ham Stuart Gray at Southampton Martin Jol at Fulham Michael Laudrup at Swansea Dick Advocaat at Sunderland Bob Bradley at Swansea Nigel Pearson at Watford Bruno Lage at Wolves Frank Lampard at Everton Erik ten Hag at Manchester United 10 – two clubs Chelsea Kenny Dalglish at Newcastle Sam Allardyce at Bolton Sammy Lee at Bolton Chris Hutchings at Wigan Billy Davies at Derby Nigel Adkins at Southampton Alan Pardew at Crystal Palace Tony Pulis at West Brom Roy Hodgson at Crystal Palace Steve Cooper at Leicester Southampton Roy Hodgson at Blackburn Glenn Hoddle at Tottenham Mark Hughes at QPR Malky Mackay at Cardiff Neil Warnock at Crystal Palace Claudio Ranieri at Fulham Quique Sanchez Flores at Watford Chris Wilder at Sheffield United Dean Smith at Aston Villa Antonio Conte at Tottenham 13 – one club Liverpool Frank Clark at Nottingham Forest Gerry Francis at Tottneham Jean Tigana at Fulham Alain Perrin at Portsmouth Tony Adams at Portsmouth Andre Villas-Boas at Tottenham Rene Meulensteen at Fulham, Francesco Guidolin at Swansea Slaven Bilic at West Ham Slavisa Jokanovic at Fulham Jose Mourinho at Manchester United Marco Silva at Everton Scott Parker at Bournemouth Managers who induced consecutive manager exits Brian Horton – Brian Little at Leicester (resigned in November 1994) and John Lyall at Ipswich (resigned in December 1994) Alan Curbishley – Chris Hutchings at Bradford (sacked in November 2000) and Peter Taylor at Leicester (sacked in September 2001) Stuart Pearce – Graeme Souness at Newcastle (sacked in February 2006) and Mick McCarthy at Sunderland (sacked in March 2006) Avram Grant – Chris Hutchings at Wigan (sacked in November 2007) and Billy Davies (mutual consented in November 2007) Roberto Martinez – Avram Grant at West Ham (sacked in May 2011) and Steve Bruce at Sunderland (sacked in November 2011) Roy Hodgson – Mick McCarthy at Wolves (sacked in February 2012) and Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea (sacked in March 2012) Mark Hughes – Alan Irvine at West Brom (sacked in December 2014) and Harry Redknapp at QPR (resigned in February 2015) Claudio Ranieri – Garry Monk at Swansea (sacked in December 2015) and Jose Mourinho at Chelsea (sacked in December 2015) Dean Smith – Rafael Benitez at Everton (sacked in January 2022) and Claudio Ranieri at Watford (sacked in January 2022) Managers who induced two non-consecutive manager exits in same season Alex Ferguson (1996/97) – Howard Wilkinson at Leeds (sacked in September) and Joe Royle (resigned in March) Alex Ferguson (1997/98) – David Pleat at Sheffield Wednesday (sacked in November) and Attilio Lombardo at Crystal Palace (resigned in April) Chris Coleman (2004/05) – Jacques Santini at Tottenham (resigned in November) and Velimir Zajev at Portsmouth (returned to director of football position in April) Sam Allardyce (2013/14) – Martin Jol at Fulham (sacked in December) and Michael Laudrup at Swansea (sacked in February) Brendan Rodgers (2013/14) – Andre Villas-Boas at Tottenham (mutual consented in December) and Rene Meulensteen at Fulham (sacked in February) Sean Dyche (2017/18) – Frank de Boer at Crystal Palace (sacked in September) and Alan Pardew at West Brom (mutual consented in April) Jurgen Klopp (2018/19) – Slavisa Jokanovic at Fulham (sacked in November) and Jose Mourinho at Manchester United (sacked in December) David Moyes (2022/23) – Bruno Lage at Wolves (sacked in October) and Frank Lampard at Everton (sacked in January) Eddie Howe (2022/23) – Ralph Hasenhuttl at Southampton (sacked in November) and Cristian Stellini at Tottenham (sacked in April) Managers who induced three manager exits in same season Avram Grant (Chelsea, 2007/08) – beat Sammy Lee’s Bolton 1-0 in October, Chris Hutchings’ Wigan 2-0 in November and Billy Davies’ Derby 2-0 in November Dean Smith (Norwich, 2021/22) – beat Rafael Benitez’s Everton 2-1 in January, Claudio Ranieri’s Watford 3-0 in January and Sean Dyche’s Burnley 2-0 in April Managers who induced and then suffered manager exit in same season John Deehan (Norwich, 1994/95) – drew 0-0 with Mike Walker’s Everton in November; resigned after 3-0 defeat to Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle in April Jean Tigana (Fulham, 2002/03) – beat Howard Wilkinson’s Sunderland 1-0 in March; sacked after 2-0 defeat to Gerard Houllier’s Liverpool in April Gordon Strachan (Southampton, 2003/04) – beat Glenn Hoddle’s Tottenham 3-1 in September; resigned after 2-0 defeat to Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal in February Sam Allardyce (Bolton, 2006/07) – beat Alan Pardew’s West Ham 4-0 in December; resigned after drawing 2-2 with Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea in April Roberto Di Matteo (West Brom, 2010/11) – beat Chris Hughton’s Newcastle 3-1 in December; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Manchester City in February Steve Clarke (West Brom, 2013/14) – beat Paolo Di Canio’s Sunderland 3-0 in September; sacked after 1-0 defeat to Malky Mackay’s Cardiff in December Malky Mackay (Cardiff, 2013/14) – beat Steve Clarke’s West Brom 1-0 in December; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Mauricio Pochettino’s Southampton in December Roberto Martinez (Everton, 2015/16) – drew 1-1 with Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool in October; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Sam Allardyce’s Sunderland in May Tony Pulis (West Brom, 2017/18) – drew 1-1 with Craig Shakespeare’s Leicester in October; sacked after 4-0 defeat to Antonio Conte’s Chelsea in November Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United, 2021/22) – beat Nuno Espirito Santo’s Tottenham 3-0 November; sacked after 4-1 defeat to Claudio Ranieri’s Watford in November Claudio Ranieri (Watford, 2021/22) – beat Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United 4-1 in November; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Dean Smith’s Norwich in January Julen Lopetegui (West Ham, 2024/25) – beat Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United 2-1 in October; sacked after 4-1 defeat to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in January. Managers who induced multiple manager exits and then suffered their own in the same season Sam Allardyce (Newcastle, 2007/08) – beat Martin Jol’s Tottenham 3-1 in October; beat Lawrie Sanchez’s Fulham 1-0 in December; mutual consented after 0-0 draw with Tony Pulis’ Stoke in January Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds, 2021/22) – beat Xisco Munoz’s Watford 1-0 in October; beat Daniel Farke’s Norwich in November; sacked after 4-0 defeat to Antonio Conte’s Tottenham in February Managers who suffered and then induced manager exits in same season Dean Smith (2021/22) – sacked by Aston Villa after 1-0 defeat to Ralph Hasenhuttl’s Southampton in November; beat Rafael Benitez’s Everton 2-1 in January; beat Claudio Ranieri’s Watford 3-0 in January; beat Sean Dyche’s Burnley 2-0 in April Managers who induced a manager exit and was the next manager to go Sam Allardyce (Newcastle, 2007/08) – beat Lawrie Sanchez’s Fulham 1-0 in December; mutual consented after drawing 0-0 with Tony Pulis’ Stoke in January Phil Brown (Hull, 2009/10) – drew 2-2 with Gary Megson’s Bolton in December; resigned after 2-1 defeat to Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal in March Nigel Adkins (Southampton, 2012/13) – beat Mark Hughes’ QPR 3-1 in November; sacked after drawing 2-2 with Rafael Benitez’s Chelsea in January Martin Jol (Fulham, 2013/14) – beat Ian Holloway’s Crystal Palace 4-1 in October; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Sam Allardyce’s West Ham in December Garry Monk (Cardiff, 2015/16) – beat Tim Sherwood’s Aston Villa 2-1 in October; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester in December Jose Mourinho (Manchester United, 2018/19) – drew 1-1 with Mark Hughes’ Southampton in December; sacked after 3-1 defeat to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool in December Managers who forced same team into consecutive manager changes Dave Jones – Blackburn (forced Ray Harford’s sacking with Stockport in October 1996, then Roy Hodgson’s sacking with Southampton in November 1998) Joe Kinnear – Aston Villa (forced Ron Atkinson’s sacking in November 1994, then Brian Little’s sacking in February 1998, both with Wimbledon) Roy Hodgson – Leicester (forced Claude Puel’s sacking in February 2019, then Brendan Rodgers’ sacking in April 2023, both with Crystal Palace) Managers to get same manager sacked more than once Sam Allardyce – beat Martin Jol’s Tottenham 3-1 with Newcastle and Martin Jol’s Fulham 3-0 with West Ham.

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