{"id":685694,"date":"2026-05-21T18:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/685694\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:40:13","slug":"this-is-josh-allens-place-in-nfl-history-as-he-turns-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/685694\/","title":{"rendered":"This is Josh Allen\u2019s place in NFL history as he turns 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buffalo Bills<\/a> quarterback Josh Allen<\/a> turned 30 on Thursday, May 21.<\/p>\n

While the big, durable signal-caller remains firmly in his prime, Allen can no longer claim the \u201cpromising young quarterback\u201d tag.<\/p>\n

MORE: Skip Bayless ranks his top 12 NFL quarterbacks of all-time<\/a><\/p>\n

During an eight-year career in Buffalo, Allen owns five AFC East championships and seven playoff appearances. He already broke the NFL<\/a> record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 79.<\/p>\n

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Still, his resume is missing one key accomplishment. Allen has yet to win an AFC championship or a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at Allen\u2019s standing against the NFL greats on his 30th birthday (sources StatMuse<\/a> and Spotrac<\/a>). Allen ranks sixth, just out of the top five, in passing yards before age 30, so that category doesn\u2019t make the cut.<\/p>\n

Regular-season wins before age 30TD passes before age 30Rushing yards by a QB before age 30<\/p>\n

Randall Cunningham, 3,986<\/p>\n

Total TDs before age 30Career earnings before age 30So this is 30 for Allen<\/p>\n

Life is good for Allen as he celebrates his birthday. He is approaching his first Father\u2019s Day after welcoming a baby daughter in April with his Oscar-nominated wife Hailee Steinfeld.<\/p>\n

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On the field, Allen is recovered from a minor offseason foot surgery. Meanwhile, he is undergoing a change in leadership. Former offensive coordinator Joe Brady took over after the Bills fired Sean McDermott.<\/p>\n

Buffalo added a new weapon for Allen in veteran receiver DJ Moore<\/a> and revamped the defense with several moves, including the signing of EDGE Bradley Chubb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Bills open mandatory minicamp on June 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen turned 30 on Thursday, May 21. While the big, durable signal-caller remains firmly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,85190,130656,1261,112857,21977,35756,629,6580,628,61179,593,6584,8109,85],"class_list":["post-685694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-bradley-chubb","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-cam-newton","tag-deshaun-watson","tag-dj-moore","tag-joe-burrow","tag-josh-allen","tag-lamar-jackson","tag-michael-vick","tag-nfl","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-peyton-manning","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}