What is Josh Allen’s IQ?
A reported Wonderlic 37 from the 2018 combine is the only test score on record, and it is a hiring test, not an IQ test.
No Josh Allen IQ score has been published, and no sourced figure circulates for the Buffalo Bills quarterback. The only test score on record is a reported Wonderlic of 37 out of 50 from the 2018 NFL combine, a leak the league never released. With his degree and 2024 MVP award, it supports an estimated IQ of about 120–135, as of November 2026.
Josh Allen’s estimated IQ
- A reported Wonderlic score of 37 out of 50 at the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine, the best of the top quarterback prospects that year: Bleacher Report (March 29, 2018) names former scout John Middlekauff as the source, and Wikipedia’s measurables table lists the same 37.
- A degree in social science from the University of Wyoming in 2017, after a season at Reedley College in 2014, according to Wikipedia’s biography.
- Selection seventh overall by the Buffalo Bills in the 2018 NFL draft, after Buffalo traded up from 12th to make the pick (Wikipedia).
- NFL Most Valuable Player for 2024, awarded on February 6, 2025, with 27 of 50 first-place votes, plus four Pro Bowl and two second-team All-Pro selections (Wikipedia).
The Wonderlic is a short timed hiring test, not an IQ test, and the league did not release the score: it reached the public through a former scout’s podcast. This site converts it with the rule of thumb used for Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, about two IQ points for each raw point (a 33 near 125), which puts 37 near 133, so 135 is a ceiling, not a middle. Football success barely constrains IQ, which is why the band is wide.
- Born
- May 21, 1996, Firebaugh, California
- Position and team
- Quarterback, Buffalo Bills, No. 17 (as of November 2026)
- College
- Reedley College (2014); University of Wyoming (2015–2017), degree in social science
- Draft
- 2018 NFL draft, first round, seventh overall
- Honors
- NFL Most Valuable Player (2024); four Pro Bowls; two second-team All-Pro selections
- Tests on record
- Wonderlic 37 of 50, reported from the 2018 combine (not released by the league); no IQ test
- Circulating figure
- None found; only the reported Wonderlic score
What an IQ of 120–135 actually means
Set the claim aside for a moment. If someone genuinely scored in this range, here is what that would represent.
| Score range | Classification | Share of people | What it indicates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 – 114 | Average | ~68% | The range most people fall into. |
| 115 – 129 | Above average | ~13.6% | Roughly one person in seven. |
| 130 – 144 | Gifted | ~2% | The threshold most high-IQ societies use. |
| Above 144 | Highly gifted | ~0.1% | Figures above this range are extrapolated from the curve rather than measured. |
Percentages are approximate and describe a normal distribution. The same number means different things on tests with different standard deviations.
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Find out in 30 minutes →Who Josh Allen is
Who is Josh Allen? Joshua Patrick Allen was born on May 21, 1996, in Firebaugh, California, and plays quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, according to Wikipedia; this page covers the Bills quarterback, not other players of the same name. He graduated from Firebaugh High School in 2014, played at Reedley College in 2014 and for the University of Wyoming from 2015 to 2017, and graduated with a degree in social science in 2017.
What has Josh Allen achieved? The Bills drafted him seventh overall in 2018, trading up from 12th with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was named NFL Most Valuable Player for 2024 and has four Pro Bowl selections (2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025) and two second-team All-Pro selections (2020 and 2024). As of November 2026 the Bills’ roster lists him as quarterback No. 17 in his ninth NFL season.
Is Josh Allen a genius? “Football IQ” is a reputation, not a score, and “genius” is a label. The documented record is a university degree, a reported Wonderlic of 37 and a decade of professional results. See other athletes we have checked, or compare your own result on the same scale with the IQ Metrics test.
By Elora Mercer, Celebrity Research WriterFigures checked by Leon Falkner, Data & Research AnalystReviewed by Aarav Vardhan, Editor-in-Chief · Last reviewed November 2026
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Josh Allen: the documented record
The estimate above rests on this record. Every entry here is a matter of public fact, which is more than can be said for the number itself.
- 1996Born May 21 in Firebaugh, California.
- 2014Graduates from Firebaugh High School and plays at Reedley College.
- 2017Graduates from the University of Wyoming with a degree in social science.
- 2018His reported Wonderlic score of 37 is revealed on a podcast in March; the Bills draft him seventh overall.
- 2020Leads the Bills to their first division title since 1995 and is named to the first of four Pro Bowls.
- 2022The NFL stops using the Wonderlic at the scouting combine; a memo is reported on January 5.
- 2025Receives the NFL Most Valuable Player award on February 6, for the 2024 season.
Why no figure circulates
Following a claim back to its first appearance is the part almost nobody does — and it is what most people are actually asking.
Josh Allen IQ test searches lead to the Wonderlic, not to an IQ result. The number is a reported 37 out of 50 from the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine. Bleacher Report wrote on March 29, 2018 that former scout John Middlekauff of The Athletic revealed the scores on a podcast, with Allen’s 37 the best of the top quarterbacks. The league did not publish them; NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk noted in January 2022 that combine scores had routinely been passed to reporters by a team executive.
What is Josh Allen’s IQ score if the Wonderlic is not an IQ test? Turning a 37 into an IQ is arithmetic on a rule of thumb: the Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers profiles on this site use about two IQ points per raw point, with a 33 near 125, which puts 37 near 133 (see how a Wonderlic score converts to an IQ estimate).
A 120 is about the 91st percentile and a 135 about the 99th; the percentile calculator shows the conversion. That band sits above Tom Brady (110–125, reported 33) and Aaron Rodgers (115–130, reported 35), and far above Patrick Mahomes (93–108, reported 24).
Did Josh Allen take an IQ test? No result from a full-scale IQ test has been published for him. The NFL stopped using the Wonderlic at its combine in 2022: Sports Illustrated reported a memo obtained by the Associated Press on January 5, 2022, and Pro Football Talk added that teams may still use the test in their own meetings with players. For how scores differ by position, see what a good Wonderlic score is by job and NFL position.
How we read a number →Birth date and place, Reedley College and Wyoming, social science degree 2017, 2018 draft (seventh overall, trade up from 12th), the 37 in the measurables table, 2024 MVP with 27 of 50 first-place votes, Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections.
Josh Allen (Wyoming) 37, Josh Rosen (UCLA) 29, Sam Darnold (USC) 28, Baker Mayfield (Oklahoma) 25, Lamar Jackson (Louisville) 13, reported by John Middlekauff of The Athletic on the Herd with Colin Cowherd podcast.
Carries the same list, attributed to former NFL scout John Middlekauff’s podcast; no IQ conversion is given.
SI: a memo obtained by the Associated Press says the NFL will stop using the test at the combine. Pro Football Talk: a league spokesman says teams may still use it in their own meetings; combine scores had previously been given to reporters by team executives.
Lists him as quarterback No. 17, age 30, college Wyoming, nine years of experience, with 2026 season statistics; no IQ or Wonderlic information.
Confirms the identifier Q27966578 is the American football player born in 1996, not another player of the same name.
Photograph by All-Pro Reels, Buffalo, September 26, 2021, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 (the Flickr page shows a Creative Commons licence).
Bands and reported Wonderlic scores used for comparison: Tom Brady 110–125 (33), Aaron Rodgers 115–130 (35), Patrick Mahomes 93–108 (24).
No IQ test result appears in Wikipedia, the Bills’ roster page or the Wonderlic reports; the 37 is a reported hiring-test score, not an IQ.
The sources behind our estimate
The figures that circulate for Josh Allen, what we were able to confirm, and where the two diverge.
What circulates is the Wonderlic 37 that Bleacher Report and Sportsnaut reported on March 29, 2018, after a former scout gave the leaked quarterback scores on a podcast. The Wonderlic is a hiring test, not an IQ test, and no page that converts it to a Josh Allen IQ figure was found.
Bleacher Report (Tim Daniels) wrote that John Middlekauff of The Athletic gave the scores on the Herd with Colin Cowherd podcast: Allen 37, Josh Rosen 29, Sam Darnold 28, Baker Mayfield 25 and Lamar Jackson 13. Sportsnaut (Vincent Frank) carried the same list. Neither page converts a score to an IQ.
The 37 is a raw Wonderlic score out of 50, not an IQ. Run through this site’s rule of thumb it gives about 133, so the 120–135 range puts that conversion at the top, with a wide margin below it for the weakness of the method.
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Josh Allen — frequently asked
What is Josh Allen’s IQ?
No IQ test result has been published for Josh Allen, the Buffalo Bills quarterback. The only test score on record is a reported Wonderlic of 37 out of 50 from the 2018 NFL combine. This site’s estimated range, inferred from that score and his record, is 120–135 on a scale with mean 100 and SD 15.
What is Josh Allen’s IQ score?
A Josh Allen IQ score is not documented. The reported Wonderlic 37 is a hiring-test score, not an IQ, and no source converts it to an IQ figure for him. Run through this site’s rule of thumb of about two IQ points per raw point, it points to a ceiling near 133, so the estimate is 120–135.
Did Josh Allen take an IQ test?
No result from a full-scale IQ test has been published for Josh Allen. The test on record is the Wonderlic, a 50-question hiring test given at the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine, where he reportedly scored 37. Bleacher Report reported it on March 29, 2018, citing a former scout; the league did not release it.
What was Josh Allen’s Wonderlic score?
Josh Allen reportedly scored 37 out of 50 on the Wonderlic at the 2018 combine, the best of the top quarterbacks: Josh Rosen 29, Sam Darnold 28, Baker Mayfield 25 and Lamar Jackson 13, per Bleacher Report on March 29, 2018. Former scout John Middlekauff gave the leaked scores on a podcast.
Did the NFL stop using the Wonderlic test?
Yes, at the combine. Sports Illustrated reported on January 5, 2022 that a memo obtained by the Associated Press said the NFL would stop using the Wonderlic test at its scouting combine. Pro Football Talk added that individual teams can still use it in their own meetings with players.
How does Josh Allen’s estimated IQ compare with Aaron Rodgers’s?
This site rates Josh Allen at 120–135 and Aaron Rodgers at 115–130, both from reported Wonderlic scores (37 and 35). The ranges overlap, and two raw points on a short test are a small gap, so no ranking is supported. Neither number is a measured IQ.
Is Josh Allen a genius?
“Genius” is a label, not a score, and no test result supports or refutes it. The documented record is a 2017 degree from the University of Wyoming, a reported Wonderlic of 37, the seventh pick in the 2018 draft and the 2024 NFL Most Valuable Player award, which are athletic and academic facts, not an IQ.
How does my IQ compare with Josh Allen?
You can find out in about fifteen minutes. The IQ Metrics assessment is 30 questions, scored on the same 100-mean scale used throughout this page, so your result and the estimate above are at least expressed in the same units — one measured, one inferred. Once you have a number, the leaderboard shows where it would sit, and how we score and norm it explains the benchmarking.
Where does this estimate come from?
From the documented record rather than a test — the method is named above and set out in full under how we read a number. Compare it against the other athletes profiles, starting with Magnus Carlsen.
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