Is Martin worst Rangers boss ever? What do the numbers say?

But he will be remembered by many as the club’s worst manager of all time and the worst manager of Ibrox.

Why ? One is that no permanent Rangers manager has ever managed 123 days. And two more importantly, his win rate of just 29% is by far the lowest in club history.

When Rangers were urged to “fix the roof while the sun is shining,” with champagne dripping from his hair and a medal for the 2020 Scottish Premiership winner hanging around his neck.

Spoiler: The sun is no longer shining, and the roof is still unfixed.

Before moving to Martin, Rangers went through four managers: Gerrard, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Michael Beale, and Philippe Clement.

Under Van Bronckhorst, the Govan side was one penalty shootout away from winning the Europa League, but they did so in the Scottish Cup a few days later. The following season, he led Rangers by nine points going into second place behind Celtic.

Before their tumultuous reigns came to an end, Beale and Clement both had positive beginnings. When he was sacked, Beele’s team were seven points adrift of Celtic. Clement received a 13 for him.

After just seven league games, Martin leaves Glasgow with Rangers nine points behind Celtic and eleven behind Hearts.

Rangers had 13 managers in more than a century before 2012. They have burned through seven in the last ten years.

They agree that the 39-year-old is the worst manager the Rangers have ever had.

Martin’s 29% win percentage is the club’s lowest in its history, despite being the shortest first-team manager at Ibrox over a 123-day period.

Pedro Caixinha’s percentage was 54%, while Paul le Guen’s was 52%. In Barry Ferguson’s interim spell, 40% of the vote was won. Graeme Murty’s overall score was 60% between his two interim stints. Clement (64%) and Beale (72%) are well clear.

Martin, you might recall, each game had a new low.

Rangers’ 1-1 draw with Dundee in his second Premiership game marked Rangers’ first consecutive defeat in their first two league games since 1989.

The Ibrox side had not won any of their first five league games since 1978 because of Hearts’ defeat in September.

A record-equalling European defeat came from a humiliating 6-0 humiliation in Brugge that resulted in a 9-1 aggregate embarrassment.

And Rangers won their 23rd straight away game without a clean sheet thanks to their 2-1 defeat to Sturm Graz on Thursday. That is a new club record.

Even after winning, there were significant red flags. In Champions League qualifying, Martin’s side defeated Panathinaikos and Viktoria Plzen in a record-breaking 73 shots in four games.

The numbers that underpinned it indicated that it was unsustainable. It proved to be true.

Only two Premiership teams have allowed just two goals this term over Rangers. There haven’t been any clean sheets for any team. Compared to St Mirren, they only faced two shots. They have a negative goal difference.

Their nine-goal expected goals (xG) rating places them eighth in the standings that really matter.

Martin frequently claimed that mentality issues and not tactics contributed to his team’s flaws despite that evidence.

In the end, Rangers’ board approved a net spend of about £20 million during the summer. According to some, the club might have spent close to £40 million on incomings.

Rangers could approach their city rivals in an effort to stabilise and resurrect success using a former manager’s advice.

Gerrard, who hasn’t been in work since leaving Al-Ettifaq for Saudi Arabia for 18 months, would be one of them.

The former England and Liverpool captain is the only player to have helped Rangers to a top-flight title in the last 14 years despite the fact that his Ibrox reign was far from ideal.

The former Aston Villa manager and Carlo Ancelotti’s son Davide were reportedly in the running for the Ibrox job in the summer.

However, it appears that Ancelotti’s ship has sailed, with the former Real Madrid coach working at Botafogo, where he has won 10 of his 22 games in his first managerial position.

Fans and bookmakers have also mentioned Sean Dyche, which may have significance given his association with Everton’s former teammate Kevin Thelwell.

The former Burnley manager would undoubtedly make Rangers a more difficult team to defeat despite the fact that there is some snobbery surrounding the football.

Derek McInnes is another renowned Ibrox player, whose past has been well documented. While Aberdeen manager, the former Rangers midfielder turned down the opportunity to become a manager.

Would the 54-year-old, who is currently leading the Premiership table with Hearts, be interested in the 54-year-old?