Ranking the 10 managers with the most league points in the 21st century

#6 Jurgen Klopp - 1055 (569 games)

Jurgen Klopp has a decorated managerial resume.

Jurgen Klopp is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the game at the moment.

The 54-year-old is renowned for his high-pressing 'heavy metal' football (Gegenpressing). In this system, Klopp's team strives to win back possession by pressing deep in opposition territory rather than fall back into formation. Klopp's system requires tireless players, especially on the flanks, something he has been blessed with at all his clubs.

The German started his managerial career at Mainz in 2001. After a successful seven-season stint, he landed at Borussia Dortmund, where BvB won consecutive league titles and a first league-double in their history.

Klopp took things up a notch on arriving at Liverpool in 2015. He led the club to consecutive Champions League finals (won one) and the Reds' first league title in three decades last year.

The German has won more games against teams managed by the legendary Pep Guardiola (more on him later) than any other manager in history.

Klopp's men are the only unbeaten team in the English top flight this season as they look to win their second league title in three years.

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#5 Pep Guardiola - 1093 (453 games)

Pep Guardiola is one of the game's greatest managers.

Pep Guardiola has been in senior management for little over a decade. But he has already carved out a niche for himself as one of the game's finest and most successful managers. The 50-year-old is renowned for his 'tiki taka' playing style.

The former Barcelona player is one of the few men on this list who has had success on both sides of the touchline. A key player in Johan Cryuff's Dream Team at Barcelona in the early 90s, Guardiola has a glittering managerial resume festooned with titles in three different top-five leagues.

Guardiola's Barcelona team of the late 2000s and early 2010s is widely regarded as one of the finest club teams of all time. The all-conquering Blaugrana became the first Spanish team in 2008-09 to win the continental treble en route to an unprecedented sextuple that year.

A hugely successful four-year stay at Camp Nou yielded three league and two Champions League titles among a plethora of domestic and continental honors. Guardiola followed that up with another successful stint, this time at Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, winning three more league titles among others.

Five years into his current reign as Manchester City manager, Guardiola has won three league titles during this period. Under the Spaniard, City have broken many Premier League records, like most points, most wins in a season, etc. Recently, Guardiola became the City manager with the most wins in the club's history.

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#4 Alex Ferguson - 1132 (513 games)

Sir Alex Ferguson is a managerial legend.

Sir Alex Ferguson is amongst the legendary managers in the game's history. During a decorated managerial stint, the Scot delivered a record 13 Premier League titles at Manchester United, eight of them since the turn of the century. No other manager has won more than three.

The Scot arrived at United in the mid-80s, and made the Old Trafford club a force to be reckoned with in England and Europe. Under Ferguson, United beat Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final to become the first English team to win the continental treble.

Such was his impact at the club that United haven't won a league title since Ferguson oversaw their 13th and latest Premier League triumph in 2013.