Coach DNA
Playing style
direct
Style consistency
More consistent than 78% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Milton Keynes Dons
Apr 2025 – Oct 2026 · 66 matches
1.68 points per game in League Two / League One (56 matches).
Milton Keynes Dons with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.26 (141 matches, 7 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +125 above the league average under him, +34 under the others.
Most used
- C. MacGillivray4,833' · Elo 1,821
- A. Gilbey4,242' · Elo 1,825
- M. Ekpiteta4,171' · Elo 1,822
- L. Kelly4,023' · Elo 1,826
- L. Offord3,945' · Elo 1,911
- J. Sanders3,783' · Elo 1,871
- C. Paterson3,428' · Elo 1,811
- G. Jones3,067' · Elo 1,785
- A. Collins2,514' · Elo 1,836
- J. Mellish2,514' · Elo 1,760
Derby
Oct 2022 – Feb 2025 · 132 matches
1.60 points per game in League One / Championship (113 matches).
Derby with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.24 (210 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +73 above the league average under him, −44 under the others.
Most used
- E. Cashin9,799' · Elo 1,874
- N. Mendez-Laing8,767' · Elo 1,715
- J. Wildsmith7,706' · Elo 1,886
- C. Forsyth7,604' · Elo 1,558
- C. Nelson7,160' · Elo 1,746
- C. Hourihane6,300' · Elo 1,713
- J. Collins5,986' · Elo 1,635
- M. Bird5,964' · Elo 1,922
- K. Smith5,676' · Elo 1,484
- L. Sibley4,834' · Elo 1,777
Rotherham
Dec 2016 – Sept 2022 · 289 matches
1.34 points per game in Championship / League One (258 matches).
Rotherham with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.89 (153 matches, 7 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −47 below the league average under him, −93 under the others.
Most used
- R. Wood16,598' · Elo 1,490
- M. Smith16,409' · Elo 1,597
- M. Ihiekwe15,915' · Elo 1,735
- J. Mattock13,835' · Elo 1,332
- B. Wiles12,865' · Elo 1,839
- D. Barlaser10,049' · Elo 1,843
- W. Vaulks9,633' · Elo 1,650
- S. Ajayi8,750' · Elo 2,067
- W. Harding8,297' · Elo 1,957
- C. Ogbene7,624' · Elo 1,937
Players under Paul Warne
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- M. Ihiekwe+682
in 178 matches · Rotherham
- R. Wood+661
in 203 matches · Rotherham
- B. Wiles+595
in 199 matches · Milton Keynes Dons
- M. Smith+461
in 205 matches · Rotherham
- V. Johansson+432
in 63 matches · Rotherham
Fell most
- R. O'Donnell−122
in 25 matches · Rotherham
- R. Wintle−83
in 10 matches · Milton Keynes Dons
- N. Phillips−75
in 20 matches · Derby
- B. Osborn−68
in 22 matches · Derby
- F. Jozefzoon−67
in 25 matches · Rotherham
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
Nemeses
+141R. Delaney1645
in 6 matches · Newport County
+134S. Charles2282
in 4 matches · Sheffield Wednesday
+125C. Dunkley1662
in 11 matches · Chesterfield
+124E. Harrison1677
in 7 matches · Bristol Rovers
+105C. Hughes2081
in 3 matches · Hull City
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −68
R. Wellens1803
in 6 matches · Leyton Orient
- −66
A. Neil2093
in 6 matches · Sunderland
- −59
I. Evatt1782
in 6 matches · Bolton
- −45
Stephen Evans1666
in 5 matches · Stevenage
- −38
L. Johnson1733
in 5 matches · Fleetwood Town
Nemesis coaches
- +84
L. Richardson1778
in 3 matches · Reading
- +67
in 4 matches · Manchester City U21
- +56
Daniel Farke2336
in 6 matches · Leeds
- +39
S. Cotterill1606
in 3 matches · Shrewsbury
- +37
Thomas Frank2307
in 3 matches · Brentford
Playing style
How Paul Warne's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 3 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
+0.49style consistency across 3 clubs
More consistent than 78% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Rotherham229 matches
Derby128 matches
Milton Keynes Dons63 matches