decreasing order of Bond strength in chemistry
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When compared one to one, the order is
Covalent bond > ionic bond > hydrogen bond.
The reason for covalent bond being the strongest is that a single electron is being attracted by protons of both the bonded atoms. In ionic bond the election is generally accommodated by a single atom, which consumes some energy, making it weaker than covalent bond. Hydrogen bond is a form of van der Waal's attraction, hence it is weakest.
However sometimes strength of hydrogen bond can be comparable to that of a covalent bond. For example in HF2-, the bond strength of hydrogen bond is 38.6 kcal per mole
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