| Alain Côté | |
| Played For: | Quebec Nordiques |
| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 205 |
| Birth Date: | May 3, 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Matane, Quebec, Canada |
| Draft: | 43rd overall |
| Draft Year: | 1977 |
| Draft Team: | Montreal Canadiens |
| Wha Draft: | 47th overall |
| Wha Draft Year: | 1977 |
| Wha Draft Team: | Quebec Nordiques |
| Career Start: | 1977 |
| Career End: | 1989 |
Alain Côté (born May 3, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for the Quebec Nordiques in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA).
Côté was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the third round (43rd overall) of the 1977 NHL amateur draft and by the Quebec Nordiques in the fifth round (47th overall) of the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft.
Côté played his entire career for the Quebec Nordiques from 1977–78 to 1988–89. In total, he played 106 games in the WHA and 696 games in the NHL.
His son Jean-Philippe Côté also played in NHL.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1974–75 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | QMJHL | 57 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | QMJHL | 72 | 35 | 49 | 84 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | QMJHL | 56 | 42 | 45 | 87 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Hampton Gulls | AHL | 36 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Quebec Nordiques | WHA | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79 | Quebec Nordiques | WHA | 79 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1979–80 | Syracuse Firebirds | AHL | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 41 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 51 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1981–82 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 79 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 82 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 1982–83 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 79 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1983–84 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 77 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | ||
| 1984–85 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 80 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | ||
| 1985–86 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 78 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1986–87 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 80 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1987–88 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 76 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 55 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 106 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| NHL totals | 696 | 103 | 190 | 293 | 383 | 67 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 44 | ||||