We’re nearly halfway through the 2026 season, and Josh Allen’s name sits at the top of every MVP board (again). The Bills are 5-1 out of their bye, and DraftKings has him at +170, ahead of Brock Purdy and Joe Burrow.
He’s one of the faces of the NFL and, from where we sit, his card prices look astronomically high.
His Silver Prizm in a PSA 10 just recently sold for $15K. That’s one of the most common parallels you can pull and it’s selling for five figures.
Despite his impressive career thus far in Buffalo, Allen doesn’t have much hardware to back it up. The MVP is nice, but the Bills always seem to be the bridesmaid, but never the bride in the AFC when it comes to the playoffs.
Seven straight playoff trips. Two AFC Championship Games, both lost in Kansas City. Zero Super Bowl appearances.
This could be the one thing keeping his card values down and might make for a terrific buying opportunity should he ever hoist the Lombardi for Buffalo.
We want to know if Allen’s market still has room to grow. Or is the hobby already pricing in a career he just hasn’t had yet?
Let’s rip in.
All-In on All-en
QB / Buffalo Bills / Draft Info: Round 1, Pick 7 (2018)
Nobody wanted Josh Allen out of high school.
He grew up on his family’s 3,000-acre cotton farm near Firebaugh, California, and was only about 6-foot-3 and 180 pounds as a high school quarterback. Not a single Division I program offered him a scholarship.
So he went the long way. He spent a season at a junior college, grew to 6-foot-5 and sent a mass email to coaches across the FBS. Two schools offered. He picked Wyoming, and after three seasons in Laramie, Buffalo traded up to take him seventh overall, despite real questions about whether a raw, inaccurate passer could ever complete enough throws.
The label stuck early. He completed 58.8% of his passes in 2019, last in the league. His legs kept him afloat, with 17 rushing touchdowns in his first two seasons. Then came 2020: 4,544 yards and 37 touchdown passes, both still Bills records, and a trip to the AFC Championship Game.
He’s been at the top of the position ever since. Allen won MVP in 2024, the Bills’ first since Thurman Thomas in 1991, with 40 total touchdowns and a career-low six interceptions. He’s a four-time Pro Bowler, and he holds the record for career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (87 and counting).
What sells is the size, the arm and a running back’s nose for the end zone. The knock used to be turnovers, and he’s trimmed those since 2024. The knock now is January.
This season, he’s thrown for 1,504 yards, 9 touchdowns and 4 interceptions and run for 8 more scores in six games. He’s 30, signed through 2030 on a six-year, $330 million extension with a then-record $250 million guaranteed, and he’s never played anywhere but Buffalo.
Bottom line: Allen is a 30-year-old quarterback, signed through 2030, who can beat you through the air or on the ground, and he’s still looking for his first trip to the Super Bowl.
