Wins
| Ranking | Name | Teams Managed | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties | Winning Percentage |
| 1 | Kazuto Tsuruoka | Nankai | 2994 | 1773 | 1140 | 81 | .609 |
| 2 | Osamu Mihara | Nishitetsu | 3245 | 1687 | 1450 | 108 | .538 |
| 3 | Sadayoshi Fujimoto | Hanshin | 3200 | 1657 | 1450 | 93 | .533 |
| 4 | Shigeru Mizuhara | Yomiuri | 2778 | 1585 | 1120 | 73 | .586 |
| 5 | Katsuya Nomura | Nankai, Yakult, Hanshin, Rakuten | 3204 | 1565 | 1563 | 76 | .500 |
| 6 | Yukio Nishimoto | Kintetsu, Hankyu | 2665 | 1384 | 1163 | 118 | .543 |
| 7 | Toshiharu Ueda | Hankyu | 2576 | 1323 | 1137 | 116 | .538 |
| 8 | Sadaharu Oh | Yomiuri, Daiei/Softbank | 2509 | 1317 | 1118 | 74 | .540 |
| 9 | Kaoru Betto | Taiyo Whales | 2497 | 1237 | 1156 | 104 | .517 |
| 10 | Tetsuharu Kawakami | Yomiuri | 1868 | 1066 | 741 | 61 | .590 |
| 11 | Shigeo Nagashima | Yomiuri | 1982 | 1034 | 889 | 59 | .538 |
| 12 | Akira Ogi | Kintetsu, Orix | 1856 | 988 | 815 | 53 | .554 |
| 13 | Senichi Hoshino | Chunichi, Hanshin, Rakuten | 1741 | 919 | 789 | 33 | .538 |
| 14 | Takeshi Koba | Hiroshima | 1801 | 873 | 791 | 137 | .525 |
| 15 | Masaaki Mori | Seibu, Yokohama | 1416 | 785 | 563 | 68 | .582 |
| 16 | Futoshi Nakanishi | Nishitetsu | 1639 | 748 | 810 | 81 | .480 |
| 17 | Keiji Ozawa | Nippon Ham | 1547 | 725 | 723 | 99 | .501 |
| 18 | Koji Yamamoto | Hiroshima | 1359 | 649 | 681 | 29 | .488 |
| 19 | Kenjiro Matsuki | Toei | 1255 | 628 | 602 | 25 | .511 |
| 20 | Rikuo Nemoto | Hiroshima | 1351 | 598 | 687 | 66 | .465 |
| 21 | Katsumi Shiraishi | Hiroshima | 1361 | 583 | 736 | 42 | .442 |
| 22 | Masataka Nashida | Kintetsu, Nippon Ham | 1119 | 573 | 529 | 17 | .520 |
| 23 | Tatsunori Hara | Yomiuri | 1002 | 554 | 427 | 21 | .563 |
| 24 | Hiromitsu Ochiai | Chunichi | 1006 | 554 | 332 | 20 | .561 |
| 25 | Shinji Hamasaki | Hankyu | 1203 | 535 | 639 | 29 | .456 |
| 26 | Shuichi Ishimoto | Hiroshima | 1115 | 528 | 553 | 34 | .488 |
| 27 | Motoshi Fujita | Yomiuri | 910 | 516 | 361 | 33 | .588 |
| 28 | Tatsuro Hirooka | Seibu | 966 | 498 | 406 | 62 | .551 |
| 29 | Tsutomu Wakamatsu | Yakult | 975 | 496 | 461 | 18 | .518 |
| 30 | Bobby Valentine | Lotte | 967 | 494 | 450 | 23 | .523 |