Throughout the club's storied history, Hearts have had dozens of different full-time managers – but which ones have won the most matches while in the Tynecastle hotseat?
Only those managers who had 10 or more matches in charge have been considered, and numbers nine and ten on the list share identical records.
Scroll through our picture gallery to see the 10 Hearts managers with the best win percentages in the history of the famous Edinburgh football club.
9. Joe Jordan
Period as Hearts manager: 1990-1993. Win ratio: 48.23%. 68 wins from 141 games. A prolific striker for AC Milan, Manchester United and the Scotland national team, Joe Jordan moved into coaching and management after hanging up his boots. Jordan guided Hearts to second place in the Premier Division, and to two Scottish Cup semi-finals. Photo: Third Party
10. Alex MacDonald
Period as Hearts manager: 1981-1990. Win ratio: 47.79. 54 wins from 113 games. A former St Johnstone. Rangers and Hearts player, Alex MacDonald became player/manager at Tynecastle in 1981. He steered the Jambos to within seven minutes of winning the Scottish Premier League title in 1985-86. One week later. his team lost the Scottish Cup Final 3-0 to Aberdeen. He became joint manager alongside Sandy Jardine in 1986 - but the arrangement didn't last long. MacDonald was sacked by chairman Wallace Mercer in the summer of 1990. Photo: Third Party
11. Sandy Jardine (joint 9th position)
Period as Hearts manager: 1986-1988. Win ratio: 47.79%. 54 wins from 113 games. Sandy Jardine, who grew up in Edinburgh in close proximity to Tynecastle Park, signed for Rangers in 1964 and made 451 appearances for the Glasgow giants. Jardine signed for Hearts, the club he had supported as a child, in 1982. In 1986, after a glittering playing career, he was promoted to joint-manager alongside Alex MacDonald, having already spent a few seasons as Hearts' assistant manager. Jardine died in April 2014, aged 65 Photo: Third Party