Career NFL head-coaching wins, ranked by regular-season victories only, as of October 14, 2026 (through the end of the 2025 season, playoffs included in a separate column). Don Shula holds the record, and four of the top 15 are still active.
Pictured: Don Shula, who led the 1972 Miami Dolphins to the NFL’s only undefeated championship season, #1 with 328 regular-season wins.
| Rank | Coach | Regular-season wins | Losses | Ties | Playoff wins | Total wins | Titles as head coach | Years active | Status | Most wins with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Shula | 328 | 156 | 6 | 19 | 347 | 2 | 1963–1995 | Retired | Dolphins |
| 2 | George Halas | 318 | 148 | 31 | 6 | 324 | 6 | 1920–1967 | Retired | Bears |
| 3 | Bill Belichick | 302 | 165 | 0 | 31 | 333 | 6 | 1991–2023 | Out of the NFL | Patriots |
| 4 | Andy Reid | 279 | 157 | 1 | 28 | 307 | 3 | 1999–present | Active | Chiefs |
| 5 | Tom Landry | 250 | 162 | 6 | 20 | 270 | 2 | 1960–1988 | Retired | Cowboys |
| 6 | Curly Lambeau | 226 | 132 | 22 | 3 | 229 | 6 | 1921–1953 | Retired | Packers |
| 7 | Paul Brown | 213 | 104 | 9 | 9 | 222 | 7 | 1946–1975 | Retired | Browns |
| 8 | Marty Schottenheimer | 200 | 126 | 1 | 5 | 205 | 0 | 1984–2006 | Retired | Chiefs |
| 9 | Chuck Noll | 193 | 148 | 1 | 16 | 209 | 4 | 1969–1991 | Retired | Steelers |
| 9 | Mike Tomlin | 193 | 114 | 2 | 8 | 201 | 1 | 2007–2025 | Out of the NFL | Steelers |
| 11 | Dan Reeves | 190 | 165 | 2 | 11 | 201 | 0 | 1981–2003 | Retired | Broncos |
| 12 | Chuck Knox | 186 | 147 | 1 | 7 | 193 | 0 | 1973–1994 | Retired | Seahawks |
| 13 | Sean Payton | 184 | 108 | 0 | 10 | 194 | 1 | 2006–present | Active | Saints |
| 14 | John Harbaugh | 180 | 113 | 0 | 13 | 193 | 1 | 2008–present | Active | Ravens |
| 15 | Mike McCarthy | 174 | 112 | 2 | 11 | 185 | 1 | 2006–present | Active | Packers |
| 16 | Pete Carroll | 173 | 134 | 1 | 11 | 184 | 1 | 1994–2025 | Out of the NFL | Seahawks |
| 16 | Jeff Fisher | 173 | 165 | 1 | 5 | 178 | 0 | 1994–2016 | Retired | Titans |
| 18 | Bill Parcells | 172 | 130 | 1 | 11 | 183 | 2 | 1983–2006 | Retired | Giants |
| 19 | Mike Shanahan | 170 | 138 | 0 | 8 | 178 | 2 | 1988–2013 | Retired | Broncos |
| 19 | Tom Coughlin | 170 | 150 | 0 | 12 | 182 | 2 | 1995–2015 | Retired | Giants |
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As of October 14, 2026, through the end of the 2025 season including the 2025 playoffs; 2026 games are not counted. Ranked by regular-season wins only; Total wins is regular season plus playoffs, and the Losses and Ties columns are regular season. Coaches tied on wins share a rank (Noll and Tomlin at 193, Carroll and Fisher at 173, Shanahan and Coughlin at 170). Active coaches (Reid, Payton, Harbaugh and McCarthy) will add to their totals; “Out of the NFL” covers Belichick (now a college coach), Tomlin (stepped down in January 2026) and Carroll (fired by the Raiders after 2025). Paul Brown’s total includes his four All-America Football Conference seasons, which the NFL added to its official records in April 2025, and his seven titles are four AAFC plus three NFL. Titles are league championships won as head coach, including pre-Super Bowl NFL titles for Halas and Lambeau; sources disagree on Halas’s tie count (31 or 32).[1][13][14][15][16][17] “Most wins with” is the franchise where the coach won the most games.
Shula won 328 regular-season games and 347 with the playoffs, going 71–23–4 with the Baltimore Colts (1963–69) and 257–133–2 with the Miami Dolphins (1970–95).[1] He won Super Bowls VII and VIII and took teams to six Super Bowls in all, and his 1972 Dolphins remain the only undefeated champions in NFL history.[3]
Halas won all 318 of his games with the Bears (the franchise began as the Decatur Staleys), across four coaching stints between 1920 and 1967, and added six playoff wins for 324 in total.[1][4] He held the career record until Shula passed him in 1993, and the Hall of Fame credits him with six NFL titles, though sources disagree on which seasons count.[4]
Belichick went 36–44 with the Browns (1991–95) and 266–121 with the Patriots (2000–23), and his 31–13 playoff record holds the NFL record for postseason wins.[1][2] He won six Super Bowls, and his 165th regular-season loss tied him with Dan Reeves and Jeff Fisher for the most ever.[5] His NFL totals are final unless he returns to the sideline; North Carolina hired him as its college head coach in December 2024.[5]
Reid is the winningest active coach, with 279 regular-season wins (130–93–1 with the Eagles, 149–64 with the Chiefs through 2025) and a 28–17 playoff record.[1][6] His 307 total wins include Super Bowl titles in the 2019, 2022 and 2023 seasons, and he recorded his 300th career win on January 18, 2025.[2][6] The count will keep rising as long as he coaches.
Landry was the Dallas Cowboys’ only coach for their first 29 seasons (1960–88), going 250–162–6 in the regular season and 270–178–6 with the playoffs.[1][7] His 20 playoff wins are third-most all time, and the Cowboys won Super Bowls VI and XII under him.[2][7]
Lambeau won 226 regular-season games in 33 seasons, 209 of them with the Green Bay Packers (1921–49) plus stints with the Cardinals and Redskins.[1][8] Britannica credits him with six NFL championships (1929–31, 1936, 1939, 1944) and a 229–134–22 career record including the playoffs.[8]
Brown ranks seventh only since April 2025, when the NFL added the 1946–49 All-America Football Conference to its official records; before that he had 166 regular-season wins.[9] He went 158–48–8 with the Browns (1946–62) and 55–56–1 with the Bengals (1968–75), and he won seven league titles, four in the AAFC and three in the NFL.[1][2][9]
Schottenheimer went 200–126–1 with the Browns, Chiefs, Redskins and Chargers, with 101 of the wins in Kansas City.[1] He never won a league title, and his 5–13 playoff record is the worst of any coach with 200 wins.[2][10]
Noll won all 193 of his games with the Steelers (1969–91) and went 16–8 in the playoffs, for 209 total wins.[1][2][11] He won four Super Bowls (the 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979 seasons) and took over a franchise that had never won a playoff game.[2][11]
Tomlin tied Noll’s total by going 193–114–2 over 19 seasons with the Steelers (2007–25) without a losing year, and won Super Bowl XLIII.[1][2][12] He stepped down on January 13, 2026, so his number is fixed unless he coaches again.[12]