Josh Allen has landed where Buffalo Bills fans wanted him: at the top of the quarterback heap in the NFL’s annual Top 100 Players list.
The league had already whittled the list down to five names after reaching No. 95 last week. The remaining group included Allen, Matthew Stafford, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Miles Garrett and Bijan Robinson.
On Monday, Smith-Njigba was revealed. This morning, Stafford checked in at No.
That left Allen as the lone quarterback still standing.
Allen’s 2025 season gave him a strong case. He threw for 3,668 yards and 25 touchdowns, and his 102.2 passer rating ranked fifth in the NFL behind Lamar Jackson (103.8), Jared Goff (105.5), Matthew Stafford (109.2) and Drake Maye (113.5).
There was also another layer to this result. Many believed Maye should have taken the NFL’s MVP award, but Stafford got the nod instead.
Now Allen has edged both of them out for the league’s final 2025 honor. And because this list is voted on by players rather than talking heads, the ranking says something clear about how Allen is viewed around the league.
It also adds another twist to Allen’s recent history on these lists. Before the 2024 season, an ESPN survey of more than 100 players pegged him as the most overrated quarterback.
Allen answered by winning the NFL MVP that year. Last season, he was No. 3 on the Top 100 list.
For Bills fans, the result is simple enough: the league’s best quarterback plays in Buffalo.
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