* [[UEFA Club Football Awards#Coach(es) of the Year|UEFA Club Coach of the Year]]: 2002<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uefa-awards.html |title=UEFA Awards – Coach of the Year |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|date=21 January 2016 |access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref>
* [[IFFHS World's Best Club Coach]]: 2002<ref name="Former Results"/>
* [[IFFHS World's Best National Coach]]: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013<ref name="Former Results">{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/former-results/|title=Former Results|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref>
* [[World Soccer (magazine)#Men's World Manager of the Year|World Manager of the Year]]: 2012<ref name="WS2012">{{Cite journal |title=Lionel Messi wins World Soccer Player of the Year award! |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/lionel-messi-wins-world-soccer-player-of-the-year-award|date=14 December 2012 |journal=World Soccer }}</ref>
* [[FIFA World Coach of the Year]]: [[2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2012]]
*[[ESPN]] 11th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013<ref>[https://www.espn.co.uk/football/news/story/_/id/1511147 Greatest Managers, No. 11: Del Bosque]</ref>
* [[World Soccer (magazine)#Greatest Managers of All Time|World Soccer 13th Greatest Manager of All Time]]: 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=The Greatest Manager of all time|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-manager-of-all-time-341473|publisher=World Soccer|author=Jamie Rainbow|date=4 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Greatest XI">{{cite web|title=The Greatest XI: how the panel voted|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-xi-how-the-panel-voted|publisher=World Soccer|author=Jamie Rainbow|date=2 July 2013}}</ref>
*[[France Football]] 33rd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019<ref name="Top6FF">{{cite web |url=https://www.francefootball.fr/magazine/?prov=W-HP-LBMU|title=Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire|publisher=France Football |date=19 March 2019 |access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="FOXSports">{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com.mx/news/400382-los--mejores-entrenadores-de-la-historia|title=Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia|work=[[FOX Sports]] |date=19 March 2019 |access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="ABCes">{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.es/deportes/futbol/abci-50-mejores-entrenadores-historia-futbol-201903191710_noticia.html|title=Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia del fútbol|publisher=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |date=19 March 2019 |access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref>