Josh Allen
#1 QB,
Bills

ACTUAL 2022
396 FPTS
RANK: 2
2023 SEASON
406 FPTS
RANK: 2
AGE
27 yrs
HEIGHT/WEIGHT
6'5'' / 237 lbs
COLLEGE
Wyoming
SEASON | GP | FPTS | RANK | PAATT | PACMP | PAYD | PATD | PAINT | COMP% | RUATT | RUYD | RUTD |
2023 | 16 | 406 | 2nd | 562 | 352 | 3994 | 30 | 13 | 62.6 | 116 | 640 | 6 |
2022 | 16 | 396 | 2th | 567 | 359 | 4,283 | 35 | 14 | 63.3 | 124 | 762 | 7 |
3yr Ave | 16 | 374 | 1th | 560 | 359 | 4013 | 31 | 11 | 64% | 111 | 565 | 8 |
Guides Buffalo into next round
Allen completed 20 of 26 passes for 272 yards and two touchdowns while adding 46 rushing yards on eight carries in Sunday's 31-7 wild-card round win over the Broncos. He also threw a two-point conversion to Keon Coleman.
The Bills' defense were the true stars of the victory, completing shutting down the visitors after Denver scored a TD on its first possession, but Allen put the game away in the second half, connecting with Ty Johnson on a 24-yard score late in the third quarter and Curtis Samuel on a 55-yard touchdown early in the fourth. After putting together an MVP-caliber regular season, Allen is still firing on all cylinders heading into a divisional-round clash with the Ravens.
Fantasy Points by Week 2022
Weekly Stats 2022
Fantasy Points | Betting | Passing Stats | Rushing Stats | Advanced Passing Stats | Targets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WEEK | STADIUM | GAME | RANK | SPREAD | O/U | ATT | CMP | YD | TD | INT | COMP% | RATING | ATT | YD | TD | AIR | CATCH | 20YD+ | PLAY | WR | RB | TE | |||||
1 @LA | Outdoor 88° | 31.5 | 2nd | -2.0 | 52.5 | 31 | 26 | 297 | 3 | 2 | 83.9 | 112.0 | 10 | 56 | 1 | 7 | 87% | 100% | 14% | 68% | 26% | 7% | |||||
2 TEN | Outdoor 68° | 29.7 | 4th | -9.5 | 47.5 | 38 | 26 | 317 | 4 | 0 | 68.4 | 128.9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 71% | 75% | 50% | 61% | 21% | 16% | |||||
3 @MIA | Outdoor 90° | 26.7 | 3rd | -4.5 | 54.5 | 63 | 42 | 400 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 | 94.7 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 5 | 70% | 50% | 15% | 49% | 32% | 10% | |||||
4 @BAL | Outdoor 58° | 23.5 | 5th | -3.5 | 52.5 | 36 | 19 | 213 | 1 | 1 | 52.8 | 68.4 | 11 | 70 | 1 | 6 | 67% | 33% | 4% | 58% | 17% | 19% | |||||
5 PIT | Outdoor 59° | 35.2 | 1st | -14.0 | 44.5 | 31 | 20 | 424 | 4 | 1 | 64.5 | 134.1 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 11 | 68% | 50% | 31% | 77% | 7% | 16% | |||||
6 @KC | Outdoor 64° | 26.4 | 3rd | -3.0 | 53.5 | 40 | 27 | 329 | 3 | 0 | 67.5 | 117.6 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 68% | 75% | 21% | 65% | 20% | 10% | |||||
8 GB | Outdoor 54° | 17.6 | 14th | -10.5 | 47.5 | 25 | 13 | 218 | 2 | 2 | 52.0 | 75.1 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 10 | 56% | 33% | 21% | 76% | 12% | 12% | |||||
9 @NYJ | Outdoor 69° | 24.8 | 3rd | -10.5 | 47.5 | 34 | 18 | 205 | 0 | 2 | 52.9 | 46.8 | 9 | 86 | 2 | 6 | 62% | 14% | 21% | 56% | 29% | 12% | |||||
10 MIN | Outdoor 38° | 19.6 | 7th | -6.5 | 46.5 | 43 | 29 | 330 | 1 | 2 | 67.4 | 78.6 | 6 | 84 | 0 | 8 | 70% | 43% | 20% | 74% | 7% | 14% | |||||
11 CLE | Dome 24° | 12.6 | 18th | -7.5 | 48.5 | 27 | 18 | 197 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 | 100.4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 70% | 100% | 25% | 48% | 15% | 26% | |||||
12 @DET | Dome 44° | 29.9 | 1st | -9.5 | 54.5 | 42 | 24 | 253 | 2 | 1 | 57.1 | 80.8 | 10 | 78 | 1 | 8 | 71% | 29% | 20% | 71% | 14% | 7% | |||||
13 @NE | Outdoor 35° | 16.9 | 12th | -3.5 | 44.5 | 33 | 22 | 223 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 | 106.0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 82% | 0% | 19% | 67% | 30% | 3% | |||||
14 NYJ | Outdoor 36° | 20.6 | 7th | -10.0 | 44.5 | 27 | 16 | 147 | 1 | 0 | 59.3 | 86.5 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 74% | 0% | 13% | 59% | 15% | 26% | |||||
15 MIA | Outdoor 29° | 35.9 | 1st | -7.0 | 42.5 | 40 | 25 | 304 | 4 | 0 | 62.5 | 119.2 | 10 | 77 | 0 | 9 | 70% | 33% | 25% | 53% | 20% | 23% | |||||
16 @CHI | Outdoor 7° | 23.0 | 6th | -8.0 | 40.5 | 26 | 15 | 172 | 2 | 2 | 57.7 | 71.3 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 58% | 17% | 33% | 46% | 31% | 19% | |||||
18 NE | Outdoor 30° | 21.8 | 3rd | -8.5 | 42.5 | 31 | 19 | 254 | 3 | 1 | 61.3 | 106.1 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 71% | 33% | 29% | 84% | 10% | 7% |
Performance Splits: 2020 to 2022
Fantasy Points | Passing Averages | Rushing Averages | |||||||||||||||
LOCATION | STADIUM | GP | GS | GM | RANK | YD | TD | INT | COMP% | RATING | AIR | CATCH | 20YD+ | YD | TD | ||
Home | Outdoor | 24 | 24 | 23.1 | 2nd | 249 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 63.3 | 96.8 | 69% | 36% | 7 | 38 | 0.4 | ||
Home | Dome | 1 | 1 | 12.6 | 8th | 197 | 1.0 | 0 | 66.7 | 100.4 | 70% | 100% | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | ||
Away | Outdoor | 19 | 19 | 25.7 | 1st | 295 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 66.1 | 98.3 | 71% | 46% | 7 | 45 | 0.5 | ||
Away | Dome | 3 | 3 | 27.4 | 4th | 267 | 2.7 | 1 | 68.3 | 104.7 | 79% | 50% | 8 | 40 | 0.7 | ||
Away | Retractable Dome | 2 | 2 | 28.7 | 2nd | 330 | 3.0 | 1 | 71.9 | 106.0 | 75% | 50% | 6 | 25 | 0.0 |
Career Stats by Season: 2018 to 2022
Fantasy Points | Passing Stats | Rushing Stats | Advanced Passing Stats | Targets | |||||||||||||||||||||||
SEASON | AGE | TEAM | GP | GS | TOTAL | RANK | ATT | CMP | YD | TD | INT | CMP% | RATING | ATT | YD | TD | AIR | CATCH | 20YD+ | PLAY | WR | RB | TE | ||||
2018 | 22 | BUF | 12 | 11 | 208 | 21st | 320 | 169 | 2,074 | 10 | 12 | 52.8 | 67.9 | 89 | 631 | 8 | 6.7 | 58% | 25% | - | 61% | 17% | 18% | ||||
2019 | 23 | BUF | 16 | 16 | 289 | 6th | 461 | 271 | 3,089 | 20 | 9 | 58.8 | 85.3 | 109 | 510 | 9 | 6.5 | 66% | 26% | 17% | 63% | 15% | 16% | ||||
2020 | 24 | BUF | 16 | 16 | 396 | 1st | 572 | 396 | 4,544 | 37 | 10 | 69.2 | 107.2 | 102 | 421 | 8 | 6.8 | 74% | 43% | 27% | 72% | 13% | 11% | ||||
2021 | 25 | BUF | 17 | 17 | 403 | 1st | 646 | 409 | 4,407 | 36 | 15 | 63.3 | 92.2 | 122 | 763 | 6 | 6.5 | 69% | 43% | 25% | 68% | 14% | 13% | ||||
2022 | 26 | BUF | 16 | 16 | 396 | 2nd | 567 | 359 | 4,283 | 35 | 14 | 63.3 | 96.6 | 124 | 762 | 7 | 7.5 | 70% | 39% | 22% | 63% | 20% | 14% |
Will play limited snaps Week 18
Bills head coach Sean McDermott said Monday that Allen will start Sunday's matchup versus New England but will be in the game for a "very, very short-lived amount of time," Ryan O'Halloran of The Buffalo News reports.
The Bills are locked into the No. 2 playoff seed in the AFC, and the team plans to play only some of its starters, per O'Halloran. The motivation for Allen to see the field at all could be simply to extend his 104-game streak of regular-season starts, in which case the MVP candidate may log no more than a few snaps. It goes without saying that Allen isn't going to be a viable play in fantasy given the extremely limited amount of time he'll likely be on the field in the regular-season finale. Mitchell Trubisky figures to see most of the QB snaps for the Bills against the Patriots.
Three total TDs add to MVP case
Allen completed 16 of 27 passes for 182 yards and two touchdowns while rushing five times for 17 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 40-14 win over the Jets.
Allen capitalized on a defensive pass interference penalty in the end zone on Buffalo's opening drive, powering in a one-yard rushing score on the next play. Neither team scored another touchdown until Allen connected with Amari Cooper for a 30-yard touchdown in the third quarter. That touchdown pass brought Allen up to 40 total touchdowns for the fifth consecutive season (27 passing, 12 rushing and one receiving), and he tacked on his 28th passing score with a 14-yarder to Keon Coleman to put the Bills up 33-0 in the final seconds of the third quarter before letting Mitchell Trubisky mop up for the entire fourth quarter. Allen has started 104 consecutive regular-season games for the Bills, so it wouldn't be surprising if he made a brief cameo against the Patriots in Week 18 to extend that streak before the Bills rest him and the rest of the starters in preparation for the playoffs, as Buffalo's locked into the No. 2 seed in the AFC.
Logs full practice Thursday
Allen (right elbow/right shoulder) practiced fully Thursday.
After being listed as a full participant on Wednesday's practice estimate, Allen was able to maintain that level of activity in Thursday's session, paving the way for him to start Sunday's game against the Jets. Though the Chiefs have clinched the AFC's No. 1 playoff seed, the Bills can secure the No. 2 seed (and the option to rest starters in Week 18) with a win this weekend, Maddy Glab of the team's official site reports.
Estimated as full practice participant
Allen (right elbow/right shoulder) was listed as a full participant on Wednesday's practice estimate.
Allen's 'full' listing on Wednesday's practice estimate would seem to pave the way for the QB to be available Sunday against the Jets. That said, the outcome of Wednesday's Ravens/Texans game could affect how the Bills handle their key starters this coming weekend, given that a Baltimore loss would lock Buffalo into the No. 2 AFC playoff seed, per Alec White of the Bills' official site.
Says he'll be fine
Allen said during a postgame interview that his arm, which was bothering him for much of the second half, is fine after he suffered a right elbow contusion in Sunday's win over the Patriots, Alec White of the Bills' official site reports.
Allen said that the way his elbow got hit caused him to lose feeling in his arm and throwing hand. "Just hit the funny bone nerve and went to throw the ball and just had no feeling in the hand," Allen said. "It took a good five to ten minutes, so just making sure, trying to get some blood flow back in there, some activation." Allen never missed a play, and even though it may have looked worse than it really was with the quarterback constantly shaking his hand, he may have avoided something more serious. The bigger question for Allen's managers the rest of the way might be his usage, as the Bills could be locked into the No. 2 spot in the AFC in fairly short order, leaving them with little to play for against weak opponents in the Jets and Patriots.
Battles through hand injury
Allen (hand) completed 16 of 29 passes for 154 yards, one touchdown and one interception in Sunday's 24-21 win over the Patriots. He added six rushes for 30 yards.
Allen lacked his typical explosive playmaking ability as he averaged just 5.3 yards per attempt and failed to account for multiple touchdowns in a game for the first time since Week 10. He particularly struggled to make deep connections with his pass catchers, as his longest completion went for only 17 yards -- most of which came after the catch. More concerning for the Bills was that Allen hit his throwing hand off a defender's helmet on a scramble in the third quarter, causing him to get up favoring the injury. He didn't miss a play, but it will be something worth monitoring during the week heading into a Week 17 matchup against the Jets.
No issue with shoulder
Allen isn't listed on Wednesday's injury report ahead of a home game against the Patriots on Sunday, Alaina Getzenberg of ESPN.com reports.
Allen felt discomfort in his throwing shoulder during the second half of Sunday's 48-42 win over Detroit, but he never left the game and was still attempting passes with Buffalo nursing a lead in the final minutes. He's in the midst of one of the best stretches of fantasy production ever seen from a QB, with at least one rushing touchdown in five consecutive games and multiple TD passes in each of the last three. The Patriots are unlikely to keep pace with the Bills in a shootout the way the Rams and Lions did the past two weeks, but Allen is still the top fantasy option at his position even if he's unlikely to approach his enormous volume from the last two games (71 pass attempts, 21 rushes, 854 total yards, 10 TDs).
Another MVP-caliber performance
Allen completed 23 of 34 passes for 362 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions and rushed 11 times for 68 yards and another two scores in the Bills' 48-42 win over the Lions on Sunday.
One week after a record-setting six-touchdown performance, Allen and his juggernaut of an offense actually one-upped themselves in terms of total points. Allen himself fell short of his unforgettable Week 14 effort against the Rams, but he certainly only strengthened his MVP case with a mistake-free effort that featured a season-high passing yardage total and his third consecutive multi-touchdown-pass tally. Allen's work on the ground was no less impressive, and his one- and four-yard rushing scores in the first quarter were his fourth and fifth over the last pair of contests. Ryan O'Halloran of The Buffalo News reports that Allen fell on his right throwing shoulder late in the contest and was briefly examined, but he confirmed in his postgame conference that he'd been cleared after an evaluation, per