Mike Macdonald has the highest combined career winning percentage among active NFL head coaches entering the 2026 season at 73.0%. Liam Coen ranks second at 72.2%, followed by Nick Sirianni at 68.4% and Jim Harbaugh at 66.2%.
These are combined NFL head-coaching percentages through the completed 2025 season, meaning regular-season and postseason games are both included. That distinction matters: Macdonald’s 3-0 playoff record moves his career mark above Coen’s even though Coen had the higher regular-season percentage.
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Method and Scope
This objective leaderboard includes the 32 coaches holding NFL head-coaching jobs for the 2026 season. Each numerical percentage covers that coach’s entire NFL head-coaching career through the end of the 2025 postseason, even if some or all of the record was earned with another franchise.
The calculation uses combined regular-season and postseason results. A tie counts as half a win and half a loss when determining winning percentage. Coaches with the same percentage share a rank, which creates a tie at No. 10 and moves the following coach to No. 12.
Mike LaFleur, Jesse Minter, Joe Brady, Todd Monken, Klint Kubiak and Jeff Hafley are listed as N/A because none had coached an NFL game as a head coach through 2025. They are still included because each holds one of the league’s 32 head-coaching jobs entering 2026.
Tier 1: 70.0% and Above
Mike Macdonald leads active NFL head coaches at 73.0%, followed by Liam Coen at 72.2%.
Mike Macdonald: 73.0%
Mike Macdonald enters 2026 atop the leaderboard after going 27-10 across regular-season and playoff games with the Seattle Seahawks. His 24-10 regular-season record was already strong, but a 3-0 postseason capped by a Super Bowl LX victory lifted his combined rate from 70.6% to 73.0%.
Liam Coen: 72.2%
Liam Coen went 13-4 during his first regular season with the Jacksonville Jaguars before a playoff loss made his combined record 13-5. The 72.2% rate remains second among active coaches, but his 18-game sample is less than half the size of Macdonald’s.
Tier 2: 65.0% to 69.9%
Nick Sirianni ranks third at 68.4%, with Jim Harbaugh fourth at 66.2%.
Nick Sirianni: 68.4%
Nick Sirianni has a 65-30 combined record through five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He has reached the postseason every year, and his 6-4 playoff record includes the franchise’s Super Bowl LIX championship. That sustained postseason access gives his 68.4% far more weight than a short opening burst.
Jim Harbaugh: 66.2%
Jim Harbaugh’s 71-36-1 combined record spans 108 NFL games with the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Chargers. He owns the longest sample among the top four coaches, making his position less vulnerable to one good or bad season than the rates above him.
Tier 3: 61.0% to 64.9%
Tier 3 includes seven active coaches with combined career winning percentages from 61.0% to 64.9%.
Andy Reid: 63.8%
Andy Reid’s 63.8% comes across 482 combined games, an entirely different test from the small samples near the top. His 307-174-1 overall record includes 45 playoff games and three Super Bowl championships. No active coach is close to matching that blend of winning rate and career volume.
Ben Johnson: 63.2%
Ben Johnson opened his Chicago Bears tenure with a 12-7 combined record, including a 1-1 playoff run. That first season places him just ahead of Matt LaFleur, but the gap is only one-tenth of a percentage point and Johnson has more than 100 fewer games in his sample.
Matt LaFleur: 63.1%
Matt LaFleur owns a 79-46-1 combined record with the Green Bay Packers. Maintaining a rate above 63% through 126 games gives him one of the strongest mixtures of longevity and regular playoff contention among coaches outside the top four.
Sean Payton: 62.2%
Sean Payton ranks eighth at 62.2% as he enters his fourth season with the Denver Broncos. His career record travels across his New Orleans Saints and Denver tenures, so this figure reflects nearly two decades of NFL head coaching rather than only his current stop.
Sean McVay: 61.8%
Sean McVay sits at 61.8% after nine seasons with the Los Angeles Rams. The combined calculation credits his extensive postseason work, including a Super Bowl championship and another run to the NFC title game following the 2025 season.
Kevin O’Connell: 61.4%
Kevin O’Connell is tied for 10th after four seasons with the Minnesota Vikings. His rate reflects consistent regular-season competitiveness, but his combined percentage also absorbs his postseason results rather than treating playoff qualification as the end of the evaluation.
DeMeco Ryans: 61.4%
DeMeco Ryans shares the No. 10 rank with O’Connell. Ryans reached the playoffs in each of his first three seasons with the Houston Texans, giving his 61.4% a meaningful postseason component despite a shorter head-coaching career.
Tier 4: 55.0% to 60.9%
Tier 4 includes John Harbaugh, Mike McCarthy, Mike Vrabel, Kyle Shanahan and Dan Campbell.
John Harbaugh: 60.9%
John Harbaugh brings a 60.9% career rate to the New York Giants in 2026 after 18 seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. His position is based on his full NFL head-coaching record, not a fresh start at 0-0 with his new team.
Mike McCarthy: 60.0%
Mike McCarthy enters his first season with the Pittsburgh Steelers at exactly 60.0%. That mark was built during long runs with the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, including a Super Bowl championship and repeated postseason appearances.
Mike Vrabel: 58.4%
Mike Vrabel’s 58.4% includes his Tennessee Titans tenure and his first season back with the New England Patriots. He remains comfortably above the career break-even point, although the cumulative number does not separate the different roster situations he inherited.
Kyle Shanahan: 55.8%
Kyle Shanahan has a 55.8% combined rate through nine seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. Deep playoff runs raise his overall percentage, but early rebuilding seasons remain part of the career total. That is exactly what a full-career leaderboard is designed to retain.
Dan Campbell: 55.0%
Dan Campbell closes Tier 4 at 55.0%. His career percentage includes his earlier interim stint with the Miami Dolphins as well as the rebuilding losses and later success of his Detroit Lions tenure, making it broader than a simple measure of Detroit’s recent peak.
Tier 5: 45.0% to 54.9%
Tier 5 features Dan Quinn at 51.2%, Shane Steichen at 49.0% and Zac Taylor at 46.7%.
Dan Quinn: 51.2%
Dan Quinn is the only coach in Tier 5 above .500, carrying a 51.2% career rate into his third season with the Washington Commanders. His combined record includes both Washington and his Atlanta Falcons tenure, along with the playoff games from each stop.
Shane Steichen: 49.0%
Shane Steichen enters his fourth Indianapolis Colts season at 49.0%. With a relatively young head-coaching record, his percentage can still move much faster than those of veterans who have already accumulated hundreds of games.
Zac Taylor: 46.7%
Zac Taylor’s 46.7% includes the difficult opening years of his Cincinnati Bengals rebuild and the postseason run that followed. His place illustrates a limitation of career win rate: every stage receives equal weight, whether a team is rebuilding or contending.
Tier 6: 35.0% to 44.9%
Tier 6 includes six active coaches with combined career winning percentages from 35.0% to 44.9%.
Todd Bowles: 44.6%
Todd Bowles leads Tier 6 at 44.6%. His career number combines his New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers records, and it includes the postseason games he coached after succeeding Bruce Arians in Tampa Bay.
Kevin Stefanski: 44.2%
Kevin Stefanski begins his Atlanta Falcons tenure with a 44.2% career rate earned as head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Changing teams does not reset the statistic, which is why he has a percentage while six first-time NFL head coaches remain N/A.
Brian Schottenheimer: 44.1%
Brian Schottenheimer sits one-tenth of a percentage point behind Stefanski after his first season as Dallas Cowboys head coach. A tie in Dallas’ 2025 record counts as half a win and half a loss in the calculation.
Dave Canales: 37.1%
Dave Canales has a 13-22 combined record through two seasons with the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers reached the postseason in 2025, but the added playoff loss leaves his combined percentage at 37.1% rather than the 38.2% shown by his regular-season record alone.
Robert Saleh: 35.7%
Robert Saleh returns to a head-coaching role with the Tennessee Titans carrying a 35.7% career mark from his New York Jets tenure. His 2026 Titans results will begin changing that percentage once the regular season starts.
Kellen Moore: 35.3%
Kellen Moore closes Tier 6 at 35.3% after his first season as New Orleans Saints head coach. One additional season can produce a large swing at this stage because his sample remains far smaller than those of the veteran coaches above him.
Tier 7: Below 35.0% or N/A
Aaron Glenn has a 17.6% combined rate, while six coaches enter 2026 without an NFL head-coaching record.
Aaron Glenn: 17.6%
Aaron Glenn went 3-14 in his first season with the New York Jets. With only 17 games in his head-coaching sample, even a modest improvement in 2026 would move his percentage substantially.
Mike LaFleur: N/A
Mike LaFleur takes over the Arizona Cardinals in 2026. His years as an NFL offensive coordinator do not count toward a head-coaching record, so his percentage remains N/A until he coaches his first regular-season game.
Jesse Minter: N/A
Jesse Minter succeeds John Harbaugh with the Baltimore Ravens. Although Minter has extensive defensive-coordinator experience, 2026 will be his first season as an NFL head coach.
Joe Brady: N/A
Joe Brady was promoted from offensive coordinator to Buffalo Bills head coach. His work under Sean McDermott is part of his coaching background, but it does not create wins or losses on his own NFL head-coaching record.
Todd Monken: N/A
Todd Monken becomes the Cleveland Browns head coach after coordinating Baltimore’s offense. His previous college head-coaching experience is outside this NFL-only dataset, leaving him at N/A here.
Klint Kubiak: N/A
Klint Kubiak takes over the Las Vegas Raiders after winning Super Bowl LX as Seattle’s offensive coordinator. That championship contributes to his coaching background but not to an NFL head-coaching percentage.
Jeff Hafley: N/A
Jeff Hafley joins the Miami Dolphins after serving as the Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator. His record as Boston College’s head coach is not included because this page measures NFL head-coaching games only.
What the Leaderboard Reveals
The postseason changes the leader
Coen’s 76.5% regular-season rate is higher than Macdonald’s 70.6%, but the order reverses when playoff games are included. Macdonald went 3-0 in the postseason, while Coen went 0-1. The combined leaderboard therefore rewards both reaching January and winning after arrival.
Andy Reid is the sample-size outlier
Reid has maintained a 63.8% rate across 482 combined games. Macdonald and Coen have coached 55 combined games between them. The younger coaches deserve their places because the calculation is objective, but Reid’s ability to remain above 60% across nearly three decades is the strongest longevity result on the page.
Active status and career record answer different questions
The list identifies the coaches active in 2026, then ranks their full NFL head-coaching histories. John Harbaugh, Mike McCarthy, Kevin Stefanski and Robert Saleh all changed teams during the 2026 cycle, but their previous results still count. The six N/A coaches have no prior NFL head-coaching games to carry forward.
The middle of the leaderboard is tightly packed
Only 10 percentage points separate Sirianni in third at 68.4% from Vrabel in 14th at 58.4%. Within that range are short samples, 100-game careers and coaching records spanning multiple decades. The percentages establish the order, but the amount and type of opportunity explain how stable each placement is.
Complete Active NFL Head Coaches Table
| Rank | Coach | Winning Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Macdonald | 73.0% |
| 2 | Liam Coen | 72.2% |
| 3 | Nick Sirianni | 68.4% |
| 4 | Jim Harbaugh | 66.2% |
| 5 | Andy Reid | 63.8% |
| 6 | Ben Johnson | 63.2% |
| 7 | Matt LaFleur | 63.1% |
| 8 | Sean Payton | 62.2% |
| 9 | Sean McVay | 61.8% |
| 10 | Kevin O’Connell | 61.4% |
| 10 | DeMeco Ryans | 61.4% |
| 12 | John Harbaugh | 60.9% |
| 13 | Mike McCarthy | 60.0% |
| 14 | Mike Vrabel | 58.4% |
| 15 | Kyle Shanahan | 55.8% |
| 16 | Dan Campbell | 55.0% |
| 17 | Dan Quinn | 51.2% |
| 18 | Shane Steichen | 49.0% |
| 19 | Zac Taylor | 46.7% |
| 20 | Todd Bowles | 44.6% |
| 21 | Kevin Stefanski | 44.2% |
| 22 | Brian Schottenheimer | 44.1% |
| 23 | Dave Canales | 37.1% |
| 24 | Robert Saleh | 35.7% |
| 25 | Kellen Moore | 35.3% |
| 26 | Aaron Glenn | 17.6% |
| N/A | Mike LaFleur | N/A |
| N/A | Jesse Minter | N/A |
| N/A | Joe Brady | N/A |
| N/A | Todd Monken | N/A |
| N/A | Klint Kubiak | N/A |
| N/A | Jeff Hafley | N/A |
FAQ
Does this winning-percentage list include playoff games?
Yes. The percentages combine each coach’s regular-season and postseason NFL head-coaching results through the end of the 2025 playoffs.
Why are six active coaches listed as N/A?
Mike LaFleur, Jesse Minter, Joe Brady, Todd Monken, Klint Kubiak and Jeff Hafley had not coached an NFL game as a head coach through 2025. Their percentages will become available after they begin their 2026 regular seasons.
Why do coaches keep records earned with former teams?
This is a career leaderboard. A coach’s wins, losses and ties follow him when he changes teams, just as a player’s career statistics follow him to a new franchise.
Why are 11 coaches highlighted within the top 10 ranks?
Kevin O’Connell and DeMeco Ryans are tied at 61.4%, so both receive rank 10. Competition ranking preserves the tie and skips rank 11, placing John Harbaugh next at rank 12.
The percentages include regular-season and postseason NFL head-coaching games through the completed 2025 season. College records and games worked as an NFL assistant are excluded. Ties count as half a win and half a loss. Current jobs reflect the 2026 coaching lineup.
Last Reviewed: August 15, 2026.
Conclusion
Mike Macdonald leads all active NFL head coaches with a 73.0% combined career winning percentage entering 2026. His perfect 3-0 postseason is the separator over Liam Coen, while Andy Reid’s 63.8% across 482 games remains the leaderboard’s strongest longevity achievement.
The percentages provide a clean objective order, but sample size and playoff opportunity determine how much each number tells us. The list will be especially volatile in 2026, when six new coaches establish their first NFL head-coaching records and several second-year coaches add substantially to small samples.
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