Bills quarterback Allen agrees record £255m contract extension

Josh Allen was selected ahead of 2023 winner Lamar Jackson for the NFLs Most Valuable Player for 2024 season

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has agreed a new contract extension until 2030 worth up to a reported record $330m, external (£255m) that will make him one of the highest-paid players in NFL history.

Allen, the NFLs Most Valuable Player for the 2024 season, will receive a guaranteed $250m (£193m), according to reports.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes signed a $450m (£349m) 10-year deal with the club in 2020.

But the reported £193m Allen will receive is the largest guaranteed figure paid to any NFL player in the history of the sport, eclipsing the $231m (£179m) guaranteed to Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.

Allens new deal comes after an impressive season in which he led the Bills to AFC Championship game, where they lost to the Chiefs.

Last season, Allen totalled 41 touchdowns - 28 passing, 12 rushing, one receiving - as the Bills scored 30-plus points in 12 games in 2024, tied for the second-most games with 30-plus points by a team in a season in NFL history.

Allen, 28, will receive an average of $55m (£42m) per season under his new contract.

Only the Cowboys Prescott, who earns an average $60m (£47m) a season, is paid more.