Rich Gannon Madden Career 1992-2005 - Peak 97 OVR

Rich Gannon Madden Career 1992-2005 - Peak 97 OVR

Position

Team

Raiders

Height

6'3"

Weight

210

College

Delaware

DOB

Dec 20, 1965

Madden

1991-2004

89OVR

2004 Current

97OVR

Peak 2003

Seasons Played

Rich Gannon was born December 20, 1965, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and played quarterback at Delaware. New England drafted him in the fourth round, 98th overall, in 1987 and traded him to Minnesota, where he made 35 starts across six seasons. Madden NFL 92 put him at a calculated 52 for the 1991 season.

He spent 1993 in Washington, missed 1994 after shoulder surgery, and played in Kansas City from 1995 through 1998, a stretch that included a stored 34 in Madden NFL 97 for the 1996 season. He signed with Oakland in February 1999 and started every game for four straight years, earning Pro Bowl selections after the 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons. Madden NFL 2001 listed a stored 90 for 2000, the first of his two first-team All-Pro years.

In 2002 he led the NFL with 418 completions and 4,689 passing yards and was named AP MVP. Oakland lost Super Bowl XXXVII to Tampa Bay 48-21 on January 26, 2003, with Gannon throwing five interceptions, three of them returned for touchdowns. Madden NFL 04 gave him a stored 97 for the 2003 season, which a shoulder injury ended after seven games. A fractured C7 vertebra suffered against Tampa Bay on September 26, 2004 ended his playing career, and he announced his retirement in August 2005 with 28,743 passing yards and 180 touchdowns.

Rich Gannon Madden Career Milestones

Peak rating: 97 OVR in Madden NFL 2004 (age 37)
Appeared in 11 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1992 through Madden NFL 2005)
Entered at 52 OVR in Madden NFL 1992, climbed 45 points to his peak
Biggest single-year rise: 32 points into Madden NFL 1998
Played for 3 franchises: Vikings, Chiefs, Raiders
Listed as a quarterback in every Madden release
Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2005 at 89 OVR

Scale (starred^* rows) Only the starred 1-15-era seasons convert; modern rows stay 0-99.

Madden	Pos	OVR	Speed	ACC	AGI	STR	JMP	STA	INJ	TGH	AWR	THP	TAC	TAS	TAM	TAD	CAR	BTK	CTH	RBK	PBK	TAK	KPW	KAC	KRN
1992 ^* 1991 NFL season	QB	52*	40	-	59	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	46	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993 ^* 1992 NFL season	QB	62*	33	-	59	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	66	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996 ^* 1995 NFL season	QB	66*	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	79	53	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997 1996 NFL season	QB	34	39	55	36	-	93	64	-	-	53	76	51	-	-	-	62	23	12	-	-	9	-	-	-
1998 ^* 1997 NFL season	QB	66*	66	-	66	-	-	-	-	-	-	59	66	-	-	-	-	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999 1998 NFL season	QB	77*	64	57	64	55	-	-	4	-	71	80	75	-	-	-	57	44	9	-	-	9	-	-	-
2000 1999 NFL season	QB	80*	55	56	62	56	-	-	76	-	78	82	78	-	-	-	73	30	9	-	-	19	-	-	-
2002 2001 NFL season	QB	92	72	70	72	61	55	92	87	73	92	82	-	94	94	94	50	-	31	31	14	24	17	22	-
2003 2002 NFL season	QB	91	68	76	68	61	55	95	84	88	-	84	-	-	-	-	56	-	35	36	19	25	21	26	-
2004 2003 NFL season	QB	97	69	70	67	56	55	96	94	88	96	86	-	98	98	98	60	-	35	36	19	25	21	26	0
2005 2004 NFL season	QB	89	64	65	65	54	55	92	78	88	95	82	-	92	92	92	60	-	35	36	19	25	21	26	-

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 Quarterbacks who played alongside Rich Gannon

Tom Brady

Madden NFL 2003-2023 - Buccaneers

Drew Brees

Madden NFL 2002-2021 - Saints

Peyton Manning

Madden NFL 1999-2016 - Broncos

Drew Bledsoe

Madden NFL 1995-2007 - Cowboys

Brett Favre

Madden NFL 1994-2011 - Vikings

Daunte Culpepper

Madden NFL 2000-2010 - Lions

Eli Manning

Madden NFL 2005-2020 - Giants

Carson Palmer

Madden NFL 2004-2018 - Cardinals

#1	Shane Lechler P Texas A&M	99
#2	Nnamdi Asomugha CB California	99
#3	Randy Moss WR Marshall	99
#4	Charles Woodson CB Michigan	98
#5	Khalil Mack OLB Buffalo	98
#6	Antonio Brown WR Central Michigan	98
#7	Rich Gannon QB Delaware	97
#8	Darrell Russell DT USC	97

Rich Gannon Madden Ratings by Year

Rich Gannon Madden NFL 1992 rating: 52 OVR (1991 NFL season, MIN). Rich Gannon Madden NFL 1993 rating: 62 OVR (1992 NFL season, MIN). Rich Gannon Madden NFL 1996 rating: 66 OVR (1995 NFL season, KC). Rich Gannon Madden NFL 1997 rating: 34 OVR (1996 NFL season, KC). Rich Gannon Madden NFL 1998 rating: 66 OVR (1997 NFL season, KC). Rich Gannon Madden NFL 1999 rating: 77 OVR (1998 NFL season, KC). Rich Gannon Madden NFL 2000 rating: 80 OVR (1999 NFL season, OAK). Rich Gannon Madden NFL 2002 rating: 92 OVR (2001 NFL season, OAK). Rich Gannon Madden NFL 2003 rating: 91 OVR (2002 NFL season, OAK). Rich Gannon Madden NFL 2004 rating: 97 OVR (2003 NFL season, OAK). Rich Gannon Madden NFL 2005 rating: 89 OVR (2004 NFL season, OAK).