Deion Sanders Madden Career 1992-2005 - Peak 99 OVR
Deion Sanders Madden NFL 2005 rating

Deion Sanders Madden Career 1992-2005 - Peak 99 OVR

Position
DB
Team
Height
6'1"
Weight
195
College
Florida St.
DOB
Aug 9, 1967
Madden
1991-2004
60OVR
2004 Current
99OVR
Peak 1997
8
Seasons Played

Falcons' fifth pick in 1989, Hall of Fame class of 2011

Deion Sanders was born on August 9, 1967, in Fort Myers, Florida, played cornerback at Florida State and was drafted fifth overall by Atlanta in 1989. He returned a punt for a touchdown in his first NFL game. He also played major league baseball, and his appearance in the 1992 World Series with the Braves made him the only athlete to play in both a World Series and a Super Bowl. Madden NFL 93 put him at a calculated 95 for 1992.

He signed with San Francisco in 1994, was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year and won Super Bowl XXIX. He joined Dallas that offseason and won Super Bowl XXX. Madden NFL 97 rated him 59 for 1996, when he also lined up at receiver. His last full season came in Washington in 2000, for which Madden NFL 2001 rated him 94.

Sanders sat out three seasons and returned with Baltimore in 2004, a season for which Madden NFL 05 rated him 60, and played one more year before retiring in January 2006. He finished with 53 interceptions for 1,331 yards, nine returned for touchdowns, six punt-return scores, eight Pro Bowls and six first-team All-Pro selections. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011 and was hired as head coach at Colorado in December 2022.

Deion Sanders Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 99 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1998
  • Appeared in 8 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1992 through Madden NFL 2005)
  • Entered at 72 OVR in Madden NFL 1992, climbed 27 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 40 points into Madden NFL 1998
  • Played for 3 franchises: Falcons, Cowboys, Saints
  • Listed as a defensive back in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2005 at 60 OVR

Deion Sanders Madden Career Ratings

Scale (starred* rows) Only the starred 1-15-era seasons convert; modern rows stay 0-99.
Madden Team Pos OVR Speed ACC AGI STR JMP STA INJ AWR CAR BTK CTH TAK
1992 *
1991 NFL season
Falcons RCB 72* 66 - 79 - - - - 40 33 40 79 40
1993 *
1992 NFL season
Falcons RCB 95* 92 - 73 - - - - 73 33 53 99 53
1994 *
1993 NFL season
Falcons RCB 85* 92 - 86 - - - - 40 66 20 79 59
1997
1996 NFL season
Cowboys RCB/WR 59 92 96 98 - 64 74 - 90 30 32 44 47
1998 *
1997 NFL season
Cowboys RCB 99* 99 - 92 - - - - - - - 53 99
1999
1998 NFL season
Cowboys RCB 97* 96 93 95 59 - - 19 99 64 69 69 55
2000
1999 NFL season
Cowboys RCB 99* 99 97 99 59 - - 75 99 59 24 69 64
2005
2004 NFL season
Saints DB 60 84 82 74 - 75 - - 64 - - 47 49
How to read these: Each row is the player’s rating in that year’s Madden, listed by the NFL season it covers (Madden NFL 2001 = the 2000 season). Madden sets its ratings before the season is played, so they reflect the previous season’s performance - a player’s breakout year tends to show up as a jump in the following year’s game.
About the starred rows*: Several early Madden releases rated players on a 1-15 scale, as printed in the game manuals, rather than the modern 0-99. We store those ratings converted to 0-99 (each manual point is about 6.6) so you can compare players across eras at a glance - use the 0-99 / 1-15 toggle above the table to see the original numbers on those seasons. EA didn’t publish an overall rating in those games, so the OVR* values for those years are our own calculation, the average of the player’s two best ratings.
Note: Some Madden releases tracked fewer attributes than others. Cells shown as - were not published by EA that year.

Deion Sanders Madden Ratings by Year

Deion Sanders Madden NFL 1992 rating: 72 OVR (1991 NFL season, ATL). Deion Sanders Madden NFL 1993 rating: 95 OVR (1992 NFL season, ATL). Deion Sanders Madden NFL 1994 rating: 85 OVR (1993 NFL season, ATL). Deion Sanders Madden NFL 1997 rating: 59 OVR (1996 NFL season, DAL). Deion Sanders Madden NFL 1998 rating: 99 OVR (1997 NFL season, DAL). Deion Sanders Madden NFL 1999 rating: 97 OVR (1998 NFL season, DAL). Deion Sanders Madden NFL 2000 rating: 99 OVR (1999 NFL season, DAL). Deion Sanders Madden NFL 2005 rating: 60 OVR (2004 NFL season, NO).