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Before They Were Next SC: Josh Allen's road to MVP (1:08)
A look back at Bills QB Josh Allen's path to becoming an NFL MVP. (1:08)
Alaina GetzenbergMar 9, 2025, 07:39 PM ET
- Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Bills have rewarded NFL MVP Josh Allen with a record-setting six-year, $330 million contract through the 2030 season that includes $250 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Sunday.
It's the largest guaranteed total given to an NFL player, surpassing the previous mark of Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who received $230 million guaranteed.
Allen, who was previously signed through 2028, will be 34 years old when the final year of this extension begins.
He became the first player in NFL history to record at least 25 touchdown passes and 10 touchdown runs with fewer than 10 interceptions in a season. He finished with 28 touchdown passes, 12 rushing touchdowns and 6 interceptions.
Allen has accounted for 260 touchdowns in his career via passing or rushing, the most in a player's first seven seasons in NFL history and 29 more than the next-closest player in Patrick Mahomes.
Improving turnovers was a focal point for Allen heading into the 2024 season, and he responded with the lowest amount in a season for his career (eight). That went a long way toward the Bills' success as they won their fifth consecutive AFC East title.
Allen became the team's third player to be voted MVP, joining Thurman Thomas (1991) and O.J. Simpson (1973).
Since entering the league in 2018, Allen has 65 rushing touchdowns -- 10 more than the next closest quarterback (Jalen Hurts).
The extension tops a slew of recent new deals for Buffalo players: defensive end Greg Rousseau reached a four-year, $80 million contract; linebacker Terrel Bernard got a four-year, $50 million contract; and receiver Khalil Shakir agreed to a four-year, $53 million extension.
After an offseason of transition, Allen was one of two team captains in 2024 -- along with Bernard.
The 2018 seventh overall pick out of Wyoming became the first player in 21 seasons to win MVP without being selected first-team All-Pro. Since MVP was first handed out in 1957, the only other players to win the award despite not being a first-team All-Pro were Broncos quarterback John Elway (1987, when Joe Montana was first-team All-Pro) and Titans quarterback Steve McNair (2003, Manning).
