Wilder has been out of work since leaving Sheffield United in March and revealed he had a number of offers to return to management before accepting the Boro job.
His first task at the Riverside will be to help the club climb the Championship table, with Middlesbrough currently 14th as the halfway point of the campaign approaches.
We took a look at the stats to see how Wilder's managerial record stacks up against the 13 managers in charge of the clubs currently above Boro in the table, to give an idea of what the former Blades boss is up against for the remainder of the season.
We took a look at the stats to see how Wilder's managerial record stacks up against the 13 managers in charge of the clubs currently above Boro in the table, to give an idea of what the former Blades boss is up against for the remainder of the season.