Huddersfield Town are looking to build towards a brighter future under the stewardship of Carlos Corberan.

Corberan was a risky appointment back in the summer, replacing Danny Cowley at the John Smith’s Stadium and stepping away from Leeds United, where he had served under the coaching umbrella of Marcelo Bielsa.

It’s not been easy for Corberan at Huddersfield, but a 1-0 win over Queens Park Rangers at the weekend has eased tension for the Terriers.

Interestingly, Corberan has now moved onto a Points Per Game average of 1.08 (as per transfermarkt).

That has led to us diving into the Huddersfield archives and looking for who the club’s most successful coach is in terms of PPG.

Naturally, people like David Wagner would spring to mind given he oversaw promotion to the Premier League, but just how high does he actually feature in this list?

Check out the top 10 Huddersfield managers according to PPG (transfermarkt) below…

Please note that these rankings are based on Points Per Game rather than the opinion of the writer 

Robins took charge of 68 Huddersfield fixtures and posted a PPG of 1.22.

That looked very unlikely after a couple of heavy defeats to kick-start his spell as Town’s manager back in 2013, but in the end Robins was able to get Huddersfield on a fairly even flow.

They managed to survive a couple of seasons in the Championship under the watchful eye of Robins, who eventually departed in August 2014, as the Terriers went in a different direction.

Robins is back in the Championship now and fighting relegation with Coventry City, having guided the Sky Blues back to this level last season.

Firstly, it must be pointed out that if you took Huddersfield’s managers for what they’ve achieved rather than PPG, Wagner would rocket up this list.

However, looking at the numbers, he averaged 1.23 points per game from 154 fixtures in-charge of the club.

That all sort of fades into insignificance when you remember that Wagner oversaw Huddersfield’s greatest achievement in the modern-era, winning at Wembley to secure promotion to the Premier League in 2016/17.

After that he helped the club survive in the Premier League, before his memorable spell with Huddersfield came to an end as the Terriers began slipping into relegation trouble in the top-flight in 2018/19.

Interestingly, Cowley enters this list ahead of Wagner.

That’s down to the fact he oversaw less fixtures on the whole, taking charge of 40 and delivering 1.25 points per game in 2019/20.

Cowley never quite got Huddersfield going, though, having linked up with the club from Lincoln City. Nevertheless, he did keep the Terriers in the Championship last season when at times it didn’t look like that was likely.

Since leaving Huddersfield, and seeing Corberan take his job, Cowley hasn’t got back into management, but has been vocal with his views on the EFL as he has a stint in punditry.

Over a 193 day period in 2008, Stan Ternent took charge of Huddersfield.

Such was the short-term nature of this appointment at Huddersfield, Ternent only took charge of 18 fixtures in his time at the club’s manager.

However, he posted 1.28 points per game, which sees him go onto this list at No.7.

That included a win at Luton Town on the final day of 2007/08, with Huddersfield then beginning the following season with just four wins from 15 fixtures in League One and exiting the League Cup against Sheffield United.

Ternent’s final game was a 3-2 win against Crewe in November 2008.

Prior to Ternent’s spell with Huddersfield, Andy Ritchie was the man in-charge of the Terriers.

Ritchie oversaw 48 fixtures as Huddersfield boss, posting 1.35 points per game in that time between April 2007 and April 2008.

Despite losing his first fixture in-charge, Ritchie oversaw a three-game unbeaten run to end 2006/07. Three wins in four followed at the start of the following campaign, but Ritchie didn’t see out the season as Town sat 14th in the table and well adrift of the play-off picture in League One.

His final fixture in-charge was a 4-1 defeat to Oldham Athletic, which left Huddersfield mid-table.

Grayson arrived at Huddersfield still reasonably raw from leaving Leeds United under something of a dark cloud.

At Elland Road, Grayson had done well, leading Leeds back into the Championship from League One.

His remit at Huddersfield was the same, with Grayson sealing promotion into the Championship with the Terriers.

In total, Grayson oversaw 49 fixtures as Huddersfield boss, returning 1.39 points per game for the club in that period that lasted shortly under 12 months.

The sacking of Grayson came with Huddersfield on a 12 game run without a victory.

He was, though, quickly back into management with Preston North End, where he enjoyed League One success again.

Peter Jackson’s second spell at the helm with Huddersfield saw him oversee 135 fixtures as manager and return 1.46 points per game. That record sees him come into this list at No.4.

Jackson put on a promotion season in 2003/04, helping Huddersfield begin their climb out of the fourth tier of English football.

Play-off football would be achieved back in League One within a couple of years, but Jackson was soon out of the door when Huddersfield began declining and failing to build on his good work in years previous.

Nevertheless, overall success left Jackson with a solid PPG record.

Lillis only took charge of five Huddersfield fixtures on the back of Simon Grayson leaving the John Smith’s Stadium.

He inherited a side that were really struggling for wins, but his record doesn’t really represent that at all.

1.60 points per game across five fixtures isn’t to be scoffed at, although Lillis didn’t really every do enough to warrant the Huddersfield job on a full time basis, despite such an association with the Yorkshire side.

Now 61, Lillis is assistant manager at Scunthorpe United and hasn’t had a caretaker spell with Huddersfield since back in 2015.

Second on this list is Lee Clark, who had an impressive stint in-charge of Huddersfield Town.

As per transfermarkt, Clark returned 1.75 points per game in 175 fixtures as he pursued promotion with the Terriers and had them always in the thick of the play-off race in League One.

It was a record-breaking spell with Huddersfield, with Clark kicking off his spell in management with the Terriers.

Birmingham City and Blackpool were Clark’s destinations on the back of Huddersfield, before a spell in Scotland with Kilmarnock and a return to England to manage Bury.

Still, Clark hasn’t managed to put a four-year spell somewhere like he did at Huddersfield.

We now move back to a short-term stint to wrap up this list looking back on Huddersfield Town managers.

Murphy had a couple of spells in-charge at the John Smith’s Stadium, posting 2.20 points per game on the board between April and May in 2008.

That five fixture burst was followed by another spell in-charge later in the calendar year, when Murphy oversaw another six fixtures and posted two points per game.

In that run was a 2-1 win over Leeds United at Elland Road, a 1-0 win at Brighton and Hove Albion, as well as wins over Walsall and Southend United.