What Marcelo Bielsa is doing with Leeds United right now is incredible when you consider where the club was when he arrived in the summer of 2018.  

Leeds were heading into the summer on the back of a flat season under Thomas Christiansen and Paul Heckingbottom, which had started with promise but then faded remarkably.

Bielsa has delivered promotion and then helped Leeds establish themselves in their first season back in the Premier League.

Where does the Argentinian rank in Leeds’ all-time managers, then?

We’ve opted to look at transfermarkt and focus on Points Per Game to put together a list of Leeds’ most successful (permanent) managers with that in mind.

Click through the following slides to see who ranks No.1.

Note: These rankings are based on Points Per Game (PPG) and not opinion.

In at No.10 is Wilkinson, who averaged 1.52 Points Per Game over his spell as Leeds boss.

With regard to actual success, he should be much higher, having won promotion and the First Division title with Leeds, as well as reaching a League Cup final.

However, his PPG tally puts him in 10th. 

Armfield was the man trusted by Leeds to guide them out of trouble following Brian Clough’s infamous spell as boss.

He guided Leeds to the European Cup final in 1975, where they lost 2-0 to Bayern Munich in controversial fashion.

Between 1974 and 1978, Armfield accrued a Points Per Game average of 1.53. 

Adamson was legend with Burnley before making the move into management at Leeds eventually.

Adamson managed the Whites between 1978 and 1980, picking up a Points Per Game average of 1.53 as he ranks alongside Armfield in this list.

Controversially, Venables ranks ahead of some real household names at Leeds despite a woeful spell in-charge of the club.

El Tell replaced David O’Leary in the summer of 2002, with his spell coinciding with financial turmoil as top players were sold.

In a short period in-charge, Venables picked up 1.55 Points Per Game. 

Again, a short-term appointment in that it was only a season, but Monk ranks in the top 10.

Monk guided Leeds to seventh in the Championship in 2016/17, picking up 1.70 Points Per Game in the process.

He should have delivered play-off football, but fell short of that remit before walking. 

McAllister was title winner during his time at the club as a player, but struggled to have a similar impact in the dugout.

Leeds reached the League One play-off final under his watch, with McAllister picking up 1.70 Points Per Game during his time in-charge.

However, failure to get Leeds going in the right direction in League One led to his exit.

Grayson replaced McAllister at Leeds and won promotion with the club out of League One, as well as guiding them to a memorable FA Cup win over Manchester United.

He only ranks alongside McAllister in terms of Points Per Game, but some of those stats came from within the Championship.

The current Leeds boss has picked up a Points Per Game average of 1.71.

His record in the Championship was exceptional, whilst he’s done well to get Leeds to 39 points already in the Premier League.

Bielsa, if he stays at Leeds and keeps having success, will climb this list again without doubt.

O’Leary ranks ahead of Bielsa on this list despite having the same Points Per Game average.

The Irishman guided Leeds to third in the Premier League in 1999/2000, as well as back-to-back European semi-finals.

He was a real success story without delivering a trophy. 

Unsurprisingly, Leeds’ most successful coach, Don Revie, ranks as No.1.

Over the 1960s and 1970s, Leeds were one of Europe’s elite sides, winning two league titles, an FA Cup, League Cup and European honours.

The only trophy that evaded Revie was the European Cup.

He rightly tops this list.