As voted for by 52 League and National managers, and printed in 'FourFourTwo' May 2000, issue 69 in association with the Daily Telegraph.
Here is the top 20 in reverse order.
20 John King
19 Joe Mercer
18 Graham Taylor
17 Arsene Wenger
16 Herbert Chapman
15 Sven Goran Eriksson
14 Rinus Michels
13 Terry Venables
12 Jim Smith
11 Bobby Robson
10 Marcello Lippi
9 Don Revie
8 Bill Nicholson
7 Jock Stein
6 Bob Paisley
5 Sir Alf Ramsey
4 Sir Matt Busby
3 Brian Clough
2 Bill Shankly
1 Sir Alex Ferguson
Keep smiling, Sir.
In the same month 'Toatl football' May 2000 (no.60) edition printed it's own nominated list of top fifty managers.
In brackets - to save you whipping up and down your screen - I've incuded the position in the first list.
50.(18) Graham Taylor
49. Tony Barton,
48 (12) Jim Smith
47 Tommy Docherty
46 Dave Sexton
45 (13) Terry Venables
44 Stan Seymour
43 Dario Gardi
42 Keith Burkinshaw
41 John Lyall
40 Gianluca Vialli
39 Howard Wilkinson
38 Ron Saunders
37 Ron Greenwood
36 Fred Everiss
35 Harry Potts
34 Bob Jackson
33 Ted Drake
32 Tom Whittaker
31 Jock Wallace
30 Arthur Rowe
29 Ron Atkinson
28 Joe Fagan
27 Jim McLean
26 Ernest Mangnall
25 (9) Don Revie
24 Billy Bingham
23 (17) Arsene Wenger
22 Harry Catterick
21 Jack Charlton
20 Bertie Mee
19 Bill Struth
18 Willie Maley
17 (19) Joe Mercer
16 Howard Kendall
15 Stan Cullis
14 George Graham
13 Walter Smith
12 Kenny Dalglish
11 (11) Bobby Robson
10 Tom Watson
9 (8) Bill Nicholson
8 (3)Brian Clough
7 (16) Herbert Chapman
6 (5) Alf Ramsey
5 (2) Bill Shankly
4 (1) Alex Ferguson
3 (7) Jock Stein
2 (4) Matt Busby
1 (6) Bob Paisley