Keith Sims Madden Career 1992-2000 - Peak 99 OVR
Keith Sims Madden NFL 2000 rating

Keith Sims Madden Career 1992-2000 - Peak 99 OVR

Position
LG
Team
Dolphins
Height
6'3"
Weight
318
College
Iowa St.
DOB
Jun 17, 1967
Madden
1991-1999
80OVR
1999 Current
99OVR
Peak 1991
8
Seasons Played

Keith Sims: three Pro Bowls at guard for Miami, 1993-1995

Keith Alexander Sims was born on June 17, 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland, grew up in the Millington section of Long Hill Township, New Jersey, and played at Watchung Hills Regional High School before going to Iowa State. Miami drafted him in the second round, 39th overall, in 1990. He started 13 of his 14 rookie games at left guard and made the PFWA All-Rookie Team; Madden NFL 92 carried a calculated 99 for the 1991 season.

Sims and left tackle Richmond Webb anchored the Dolphins line through the middle of the decade. He started all 16 games in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995, went to the Pro Bowl after each of the last three of those seasons and was a second-team All-Pro in 1994; Madden NFL 95 carried a calculated 96 for that year. Injuries cut his 1997 season to eight games, and Madden NFL 98 carried a calculated 66 for it.

He moved to Washington and started every game he played at left guard in 1999 and 2000, twelve and thirteen respectively; Madden NFL 2001 listed him at 81 for 2000. Sims finished with 142 games and 133 starts. He entered the Iowa State Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Dolphins Walk of Fame in 2013.

Keith Sims Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 99 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1992
  • Appeared in 8 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1992 through Madden NFL 2000)
  • Biggest single-year rise: 14 points into Madden NFL 2000
  • Played for 2 franchises: Dolphins, Commanders
  • Listed as a offensive lineman in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2000 at 80 OVR

Keith Sims 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 BTK RBK PBK
1992 *
1991 NFL season
 Dolphins LG 99* 66 - - - - - - - 0 99 99
1993 *
1992 NFL season
 Dolphins LG 92* 66 - - - - - - - 0 86 99
1994 *
1993 NFL season
 Dolphins LG 86* 7 - - - - - - - 0 99 73
1995 *
1994 NFL season
 Dolphins LG 96* 43 - - - - - - 95 95 98 58
1996 *
1995 NFL season
 Dolphins LG 76* 46 - 40 73 - - - - - 79 73
1997
1996 NFL season
 Dolphins LG 77 40 17 44 - 39 60 - 81 - 83 78
1998 *
1997 NFL season
 Dolphins G 66* 59 - 53 - - - - - - 40 79
2000
1999 NFL season
 Commanders LG 80* 42 42 42 87 - - 64 69 - 69 73
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.

Era Offensive Linemen who played alongside Keith Sims

Walter Jones Madden ratings
Walter Jones
Madden NFL 1999-2010 - Seahawks
99
 Larry Allen Madden ratings
Larry Allen
Madden NFL 1995-2008 - 49ers
99
 Jonathan Ogden Madden ratings
Jonathan Ogden
Madden NFL 1997-2008 - Ravens
99
 Olin Kreutz Madden ratings
Olin Kreutz
Madden NFL 1999-2012
98
 Alan Faneca Madden ratings
Alan Faneca
Madden NFL 1999-2011 - Cardinals
98
 Kevin Mawae Madden ratings
Kevin Mawae
Madden NFL 1995-2010 - Titans
98
 Orlando Pace Madden ratings
Orlando Pace
Madden NFL 1998-2010 - Bears
98
 Will Shields Madden ratings
Will Shields
Madden NFL 1995-2007 - Chiefs
98

Keith Sims Madden Ratings by Year

Keith Sims Madden NFL 1992 rating: 99 OVR (1991 NFL season, MIA). Keith Sims Madden NFL 1993 rating: 92 OVR (1992 NFL season, MIA). Keith Sims Madden NFL 1994 rating: 86 OVR (1993 NFL season, MIA). Keith Sims Madden NFL 1995 rating: 96 OVR (1994 NFL season, MIA). Keith Sims Madden NFL 1996 rating: 76 OVR (1995 NFL season, MIA). Keith Sims Madden NFL 1997 rating: 77 OVR (1996 NFL season, MIA). Keith Sims Madden NFL 1998 rating: 66 OVR (1997 NFL season, MIA). Keith Sims Madden NFL 2000 rating: 80 OVR (1999 NFL season, WSH).