J. Mourinho - the world's highest paid coach © EuroFootball.com

Jose Mourinho, known as the world's best coach, is unrivaled also in terms of earnings. Leading Madrid's "Real" team, the Portuguese earns 15.3 million euros per season.

In second place is Paris Saint-Germain's coach Carlo Ancelotti (13.5 million euros), third is Marcello Lippi who earns 10 million euros in China.

The highest-earning coaches in the world are:

  1. Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid €15.3m)
  2. Carlo Ancelotti (PSG €13.5m)
  3. Marcello Lippi (Guangzhou Evergrande €10m)
  4. Alex Ferguson (Manchester United €9.4m)
  5. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal €9.3m)
  6. Guus Hiddink (Anzhi €8.3m)
  7. Fabio Capello (Russia €7.8m)
  8. Tito Vilanova (Barcelona €7m)
  9. Jose Antonio Camacho (China €5.9m), Roberto Mancini (Manchester City €5.9m)
  10. Frank Rijkaard (Saudi Arabia €5.3m)
  11. Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich €5.2m)
  12. Andre Villas-Boas (Tottenham €4.5m)
  13. Harry Redknapp (Queens Park Rangers €4m)
  14. Jorge Jesus (Benfica €4m)
  15. David Moyes (Everton €3.6m), Manuel Pellegrini (Malaga €3.6m), Paulo Autuori (Qatar €3.6m)
  16. Abel Braga (Fluminense €3.5m)
  17. Luciano Spalletti (Zenit €3.3m)
  18. Antonio Conte (Juventus €3m), Cesare Prandelli (Italy €3m), Vanderlei Luxemburgo (Gremio €3m), Muricy Ramalho (Santos €3m), Tite (Corinthians €3m)
  19. Ottmar Hitzfeld (Switzerland €2.6m)
  20. Joachim Low (Germany €2.5m), Marcelo Bielsa (Athletic Bilbao €2.5m), Martin O'Neill (Sunderland €2.5m), Roy Hodgson (England €2.5m)