The following article is a list of all Queens Park Rangers Football Club managers. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of QPR since they turned professional in 1898. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge. As of the start of Mark Warburton's appointment during the beginning of the 2019–20 season, QPR have had 56 full-time managers, with the unusually high figure of 21 management changes in the last 10 years.

Information correct as of 1 April 2024. Competitive matches counted only. Permanent managers are only on this list.

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Name	Nat	From	To	Time in Charge	G	W	D	L	Win %[A]	Honours and/or notes	Ref(s)
James Cowan	Scotland	1 August 1906	31 March 1913	6 years, 242 days	296	128	85	83	43.2	Southern Football League champions 1907/08, FA Charity Shield runners–up 1908, 1912	[1]
James Howie	Scotland	1 August 1913	1 April 1920	6 years, 244 days	236	85	48	103	36.0	–	[2]
Ned Liddle	England	1 April 1920	31 March 1924	3 years, 365 days	177	71	42	64	40.1	–	[3]
Bob Hewison	England	1 August 1925	1 May 1930	4 years, 273 days	219	80	53	86	36.5	–	[4]
Archie Mitchell	England	1 November 1931	1 May 1933	1 year, 181 days	79	32	18	29	40.5	–	[5]
Mick O'Brien	Ireland	1 May 1933	1 April 1935	1 year, 335 days	84	40	16	28	47.6	–	[6]
Billy Birrell	Scotland	1 April 1935	1 May 1939	4 years, 30 days	184	85	42	57	46.2	–	[7]
Ted Vizard	Wales	1 May 1939	1 April 1944	4 years, 336 days	186	95	29	62	51.1	–	[8]
Dave Mangnall	England	1 April 1944	31 May 1952	8 years, 60 days	280	112	74	94	40.0	Football League Third Division South champions 1947/48	[9]
Jack Taylor	England	1 June 1952	1 May 1959	7 years, 0 days	341	118	89	134	34.6	–	[10]
Alec Stock	England	1 August 1959	1 August 1968	9 years, 0 days	439	206	104	129	46.9	Football League Third Division champions 1966/67 Football League Cup winners 1966/67	[11]
Bill Dodgin, Jr.	England	1 August 1968	1 November 1968	92 days	16	2	5	9	12.5	–	[12]
Tommy Docherty	Scotland	1 November 1968	30 November 1968	29 days	4	1	0	3	25.0	–	[13]
Les Allen	England	1 December 1968	6 January 1971	2 years, 36 days	99	31	23	45	31.3	–	[14]
Gordon Jago	England	6 January 1971	27 September 1974	3 years, 264 days	161	71	55	35	44.1	Football League Division Two runners-up 1972/73	[15]
Dave Sexton	England	16 October 1974	9 July 1977	2 years, 266 days	130	57	32	41	43.8	Football League Division One runners-up 1975/76	[16]
Frank Sibley	England	10 July 1977	29 July 1978	1 year, 19 days	45	9	17	19	20.0	–	[17]
Alec Stock	England	30 July 1978	1 August 1978	2 days	0	0	0	0	—	–	[11]
Steve Burtenshaw	England	10 August 1978	10 May 1979	273 days	41	6	13	22	14.6	–	[18]
Tommy Docherty	Scotland	11 May 1979	1 October 1980	1 year, 143 days	51	20	16	15	39.2	–	[13]
Terry Venables	England	1 October 1980	24 May 1984	3 years, 236 days	179	89	36	54	49.7	FA Cup runners-up 1981/82 Football League Division Two champions 1982/83	[19]
Gordon Jago	England	28 May 1984	5 June 1984	8 days	0	0	0	0	—	–	[15]
Alan Mullery	England	20 June 1984	5 December 1984	168 days	26	11	8	7	42.3	–	[20]
Frank Sibley	England	5 December 1984	1 June 1985	178 days	28	8	6	14	28.6	–	[17]
Jim Smith	England	11 June 1985	4 December 1988	3 years, 176 days	167	67	38	62	40.1	Football League Cup runners-up 1985/86	[21]
Trevor Francis	England	14 December 1988	27 November 1989	348 days	93	31	30	32	33.3	–	[22]
Don Howe	England	28 November 1989	21 May 1991	1 year, 174 days	75	27	21	27	36.0	–	[23]
Gerry Francis	England	1 June 1991	11 November 1994	3 years, 194 days	158	59	47	52	37.3	–	[24]
Ray Wilkins	England	15 November 1994	4 September 1996	1 year, 294 days	80	31	13	36	38.8	–	[25]
Stewart Houston	Scotland	16 September 1996	10 November 1997	1 year, 55 days	63	25	15	23	39.7	–	[26]
Ray Harford	England	5 December 1997	28 September 1998	297 days	41	5	18	18	12.2	[27]
Gerry Francis	England	16 October 1998	25 February 2001	2 years, 132 days	125	36	42	47	28.8	–	[24]
Ian Holloway	England	26 February 2001	2 February 2006	4 years, 341 days	252	100	71	81	39.7	Football League Division Two runners-up 2003/04	[28]
Gary Waddock	Ireland	6 February 2006	19 September 2006	225 days	23	4	8	11	17.4	–	[29][30]
John Gregory	England	20 September 2006	1 October 2007	1 year, 11 days	48	13	12	23	27.1	–	[31]
Mick Harford	England	1 October 2007	29 October 2007	28 days	5	2	2	1	40.2	–	[32]
Luigi De Canio	Italy	29 October 2007	12 May 2008	196 days	35	12	11	12	34.3	First manager from outside UK & Ireland	[33]
Iain Dowie	Northern Ireland	14 May 2008	24 October 2008	163 days	15	8	3	4	53.3	Highest win percentage of any QPR manager.	[34]
Paulo Sousa	Portugal	19 November 2008	9 April 2009	141 days	26	7	12	7	26.9	–	[35]
Jim Magilton	Northern Ireland	3 June 2009	16 December 2009	227 days	24	9	8	7	37.5	–	[36]
Paul Hart	England	17 December 2009	15 January 2010	29 days	5	1	2	2	20.0	–	[37]
Mick Harford	England	15 January 2010	2 March 2010	46 days	7	1	0	6	14.3	–	[32]
Neil Warnock	England	2 March 2010	8 January 2012	1 year, 312 days	84	33	27	24	39.2	Football League Championship champions	[38]
Mark Hughes	Wales	10 January 2012	23 November 2012	318 days	32	8	6	18	25.0	–	[39][40]
Harry Redknapp	England	24 November 2012	3 February 2015	2 years, 71 days	103	36	26	41	35.0	Championship Play Off winners 2013/14	[41][42]
Chris Ramsey	England	12 February 2015	4 November 2015	206 days	30	8	6	16	26.7	–	[43]
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Netherlands	4 December 2015	5 November 2016	337 days	38	11	15	12	28.9	–	[44]
Ian Holloway	England	11 November 2016	10 May 2018	1 year, 180 days	80	26	14	40	32.5	–
Steve McClaren	England	18 May 2018	1 April 2019	318 days	46	16	9	21	34.8	–	[45]
Mark Warburton	England	8 May 2019	1 June 2022	3 years, 24 days	150	56	35	59	37.3	–	[46]
Michael Beale	England	1 June 2022	28 November 2022	180 days	22	9	5	8	40.9	–	[47]
Neil Critchley	England	11 December 2022	19 February 2023	1 year, 135 days	12	1	5	6	8.33	Lowest win percentage of any permanent QPR manager.	–	[48]
Gareth Ainsworth	England	21 February 2023	28 October 2023	1 year, 63 days	28	5	4	19	17.9	–	[49]
Martí Cifuentes	Spain	30 November 2023	Present	146 days	27	10	8	9	37.0	–

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• A ^ The winning percentage listed is rounded to one decimal place.