Expectation Index: Top 20 coaches in the Big 5 leagues - entire career

Here you find an overview of the Top 20 coaches by Expectation Index. These are the overperformer of the last years in the European Big 5 leagues who are able to create more points with their teams based on the ecomomic opportunities of their clubs.

You are interested to know which coaches are performing above expectations? Then you've come to the right place! We've taken a look at the top 20 coaches in the Big 5 leagues and their Expectation Index over their entire career. The requirement to be on the list is 100+ games as a coach. In the first picture you can see the best 8 coaches.

In first place on our list is German coach Frank Schmidt with a score of 8.2/10. Schmidt has been head-coach of 1. FC Heidenheim since 2007 and led them from the German Oberliga to the Bundesliga and the Conference League. In the 2023/24 season, the Expectation Index was 10/10.

In second place on our list is García Pimienta. He was promoted to Primera División in his second season with UD Las Palmas and managed to stay in the league the following year. He joined Sevilla FC in the summer of 2024.

With a score of 7.6/10, Jagoba Arrasate, head coach of RCD Mallorca, is in third place. He was promoted to the Primera División with CA Osasuna in the 2018/19 season and played in the top Spanish league for five years. He moved to RCD Mallorca for the 2024/25 season and has a very positive Expectation Index of 9.5/10 in the current season.

Here you find the places 9 to 20.

The Expectation Index is calculated on the basis of the current position in the table as the difference to the expected position in the table. The expected table position is derived from the respective team market value.