11 Winningest NFL Coaches of All Time, Ranked

Whenever football bets are made on NFL odds, the objective, most of the time, is for that team to win. 

On the field, some head coaches have consistently managed to win more often than others, with three of them surpassing 300 wins. 

Below, I’ll list the 11 winningest NFL head coaches of all time. 

11 Winningest NFL Coaches of All Time, Ranked

NFL Head Coaches With the Most Wins

1. Don Shula

Shula coached the Baltimore Colts (1963 to 1969) and the Miami Dolphins (1970 to 1995). 

He won two Super Bowls, going back-to-back with Super Bowl 7 and Super Bowl 8. He won an NFL record 328 games during the regular season. 

He’s enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 

2. George Halas

Halas coached the Bears across various stints despite serving in both World War I and World War II. He won an eye-popping eight NFL titles from 1921 to 1963. He was named the Associated Press Coach of the Year twice from 1963 to 1965. 

3. Bill Belichick

As modern head coaches go, none are more recognizable than Belichick.

 He made his mark as the head coach of the New England Patriots from 2000 to 2023, where he won six Super Bowls. 

He also won 302 regular-season games, placing him third in NFL history. As of the 2025 college football season, Belichick is the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels. 

4. Andy Reid

Reid is still an active head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. They’re coming off a Super Bowl 59 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. 

He’s won 273 regular-season games over his career and has won three Super Bowls, including one with the Eagles and two with the Chiefs. 

5. Tom Landry

Landry coached the Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1988. He won two Super Bowls with the team and was named the NFL Coach of the Year in 1966. 

6. Curly Lambeau

After playing for the Green Bay Packers from 1919 to 1929, Lambeau became the head coach in 1920, serving as a player-coach. He continued solely as a head coach until 1949. 

He finished his career with the Chicago Cardinals and Washington. 

He won six NFL championships. 

7. Paul Brown

Brown coached both Ohio NFL teams, the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals. He was with Cleveland from 1946 to 1962 and the Bengals from 1968 to 1975. 

He won three NFL championships, all with the Browns, between 1950-1955. 

8. Marty Schottenheimer

Schottenheimer served as the head coach for multiple teams, but never won a Super Bowl. He won exactly 200 regular-season games over his career and was named the AP Coach of the Year in 2004. 

9. Chuck Noll

Noll had just one head coaching job over his career from 1969 to 1991, and it was with the Pittsburgh Steelers. 

Together, he and the Steelers won four Super Bowl titles, all coming in the 1970s. 

10. Dan Reeves

Reeves was the head coach of the Denver Broncos, New York Giants, and Atlanta Falcons from 1981 to 2003. He never won a Super Bowl as head coach, but was named the AP Coach of the Year twice. 

11. Chuck Knox

Knox won 186 regular-season games over his career and went 7-11 in the playoffs. He was named AP Coach of the Year three times and is in the Seattle Seahawks’ Ring of Honour.