Most wins by an NHL head coach

Scotty Bowman has the most regular-season wins of any NHL head coach, 1,244 over 31 seasons, ahead of Joel Quenneville (1,012) and Paul Maurice (957).

NHL head coachs by regular-season wins, every club summed
#	Coach	Clubs	Seasons	W-L	Pct	Playoffs	Titles
1	Scotty Bowman	St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings	31	1,244-573-324	.685	223-130	9
2	Joel Quenneville	St. Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, Chicago Blackhawks, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks	26	1,012-605-233	.626	127-110	3
3	Paul Maurice	Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets, Florida Panthers	31	957-805-251	.543	86-74	2
4	Lindy Ruff	Buffalo Sabres, Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils	29	950-741-247	.562	78-67
5	Barry Trotz	Nashville Predators, Washington Capitals, New York Islanders	24	914-670-228	.577	83-79	1
6	Ken Hitchcock	Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers	24	849-534-215	.614	86-82	1
7	Peter Laviolette	New York Islanders, Carolina Hurricanes, Philadelphia Flyers, Nashville Predators, Washington Capitals, New York Rangers	24	846-562-186	.601	88-82	1
8	Al Arbour	St. Louis Blues, New York Islanders	38	782-577-248	.575	123-86	4
9	John Tortorella	New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Canucks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Philadelphia Flyers, Vegas Golden Knights	25	777-648-203	.545	70-72	1
10	Darryl Sutter	Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks, Calgary Flames, Los Angeles Kings	29	737-530-212	.582	94-88	2
11	Alain Vigneault	Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers	19	722-489-152	.596	78-77
12	Mike Babcock	Anaheim Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers	18	700-418-184	.626	90-74	1
13	Dick Irvin	Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens	28	691-527-230	.567	100-88	4
14	Pat Quinn	Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers	22	684-528-188	.564	94-89
15	Mike Keenan	Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames	20	672-531-183	.559	96-77	1
16	Claude Julien	Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Boston Bruins	19	667-445-162	.600	68-56	1
17	Todd McLellan	San Jose Sharks, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings	18	665-461-148	.591	42-46
18	Peter DeBoer	Florida Panthers, New Jersey Devils, San Jose Sharks, Vegas Golden Knights, Dallas Stars, New York Islanders	18	663-450-152	.596	97-82
19	Ron Wilson	Anaheim Ducks, Washington Capitals, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs	19	648-561-192	.536	47-48
20	Dave Tippett	Dallas Stars, Arizona Coyotes, Edmonton Oilers	18	648-475-162	.577	34-48
21	Jacques Martin	St. Louis Blues, Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens	31	639-507-204	.558	50-61
22	Jon Cooper	Tampa Bay Lightning	14	622-332-89	.652	91-71	2
23	Bryan Murray	Washington Capitals, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks, Ottawa Senators	17	620-465-154	.571	52-60
24	Jacques Lemaire	Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Minnesota Wild	20	617-458-187	.574	61-56	1
25	Bruce Boudreau	Washington Capitals, Anaheim Ducks, Minnesota Wild, Vancouver Canucks	15	617-342-128	.643	43-47
26	Marc Crawford	Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings, Dallas Stars, Ottawa Senators	17	556-431-182	.563	43-40	1
27	Billy Reay	Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks	16	542-385-175	.585	57-60
28	Mike Sullivan	Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers	15	513-351-136	.594	47-42	2
29	Pat Burns	Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, New Jersey Devils	14	501-353-165	.587	78-71	1
30	Toe Blake	Montreal Canadiens	13	500-255-159	.662	82-37	8
31	Terry Murray	Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings	15	499-383-130	.566	50-51
32	Glen Sather	Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers	17	497-307-128	.618	89-37	4
33	Randy Carlyle	Anaheim Ducks, Toronto Maple Leafs	14	475-334-115	.587	49-41	1
34	Bruce Cassidy	Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins, Vegas Golden Knights	12	470-254-105	.649	62-57	1
35	Bob Hartley	Colorado Avalanche, Winnipeg Jets, Calgary Flames	14	463-361-120	.562	54-41	1
36	Roger Neilson	Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, Philadelphia Flyers, Ottawa Senators	16	460-378-162	.549	51-55
37	Brian Sutter	St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks	13	451-417-160	.520	28-40
38	Jared Bednar	Colorado Avalanche	10	445-262-75	.629	60-40	1
39	Jack Adams	Detroit Red Wings	20	413-390-161	.514	52-52	3
40	Jacques Demers	Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning	14	409-468-130	.466	55-43	1
41	John Hynes	New Jersey Devils, Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild	11	409-333-87	.551	11-25
42	Michel Therrien	Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins	17	406-303-105	.573	38-33
43	Punch Imlach	Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres	22	402-337-150	.544	44-48	4
44	Fred Shero	Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers	10	390-225-119	.634	63-47	2
45	Emile Francis	New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues	17	388-273-117	.587	39-50
46	Art Ross	Boston Bruins	21	387-290-95	.572	32-33	2
47	Bob Berry	Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues	11	384-355-121	.520	11-22
48	Sid Abel	Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, New Jersey Devils	17	382-427-155	.472	32-44
49	Rod Brind'Amour	Carolina Hurricanes	9	378-182-57	.675	63-45	1
50	Gerard Gallant	Columbus Blue Jackets, Florida Panthers, Vegas Golden Knights, New York Rangers	12	369-262-74	.585	31-29

Regular season, every club summed; the third figure is ties and overtime losses (the NHL's records). Clubs carry their names today (the Quebec Nordiques are the Avalanche).