Henry Thomas Madden Career 1992-2000 - Peak 93 OVR
Henry Thomas Madden NFL 2000 rating

Henry Thomas Madden Career 1992-2000 - Peak 93 OVR

Position
DT
Team
Vikings
Height
6'2"
Weight
277
College
LSU
DOB
Jan 12, 1965
Madden
1991-1999
85OVR
1999 Current
93OVR
Peak 1996
8
Seasons Played

'Hardware Hank,' the interior rusher with 93.5 sacks

They called him Hardware Hank, and Henry Thomas spent 14 seasons proving an interior lineman could wreck a game plan from the inside. A third-round pick out of LSU in 1987, he lined up alongside Keith Millard, Chris Doleman, and a young John Randle on Minnesota's fearsome defensive fronts, collapsing pockets and finishing with 93.5 career sacks, a remarkable haul for a defensive tackle. He made two Pro Bowls during his eight years with the Vikings.

Madden captured his standing with a 93 in the 1996 edition, then an 86 in the 2000 game as he wound down a career he closed out with Detroit and New England. He won a lot of one-on-one battles that never showed up on a stat sheet, and the quarterbacks he chased knew exactly where the pressure was coming from.

Henry Thomas Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 93 OVR in Madden NFL 1997
  • Appeared in 8 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1992 through Madden NFL 2000)
  • Entered at 59 OVR in Madden NFL 1992, climbed 34 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 24 points into Madden NFL 1995
  • Played for 3 franchises: Vikings, Lions, Patriots
  • Listed as a defensive lineman in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2000 at 85 OVR

Henry Thomas 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 PUR
1992 *
1991 NFL season
 Vikings RDT 59* 59 - 59 - - - - - - - - 33 -
1993 *
1992 NFL season
 Vikings LDT 72* 66 - 59 - - - - - - - - 79 -
1994 *
1993 NFL season
 Vikings LDT 66* 66 - 59 - - - - - - - - 66 -
1995 *
1994 NFL season
 Vikings LDT 90* 50 - 66 - - - - 98 - - - 74 82
1996 *
1995 NFL season
 Lions LDT 79* 53 - 53 - - - - 73 - - 13 59 86
1997
1996 NFL season
 Lions LDT 93 37 23 44 - 39 59 - 91 7 19 20 86 -
1999
1998 NFL season
 Patriots RDT 91* 49 67 62 87 - - 9 95 7 14 9 87 -
2000
1999 NFL season
 Patriots RDT 85* 55 57 64 85 - - 75 85 24 26 19 85 -
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 Defensive Linemen who played alongside Henry Thomas

Michael Strahan Madden ratings
Michael Strahan
Madden NFL 1995-2009
99
 Warren Sapp Madden ratings
Warren Sapp
Madden NFL 1996-2008 - Raiders
99
 Wayne Martin Madden ratings
Wayne Martin
Madden NFL 1992-2000 - Saints
99
 Jamal Williams Madden ratings
Jamal Williams
Madden NFL 1999-2011 - Broncos
98
 Jason Taylor Madden ratings
Jason Taylor
Madden NFL 1999-2009
98
 La'Roi Glover Madden ratings
La'Roi Glover
Madden NFL 1998-2009 - Rams
97
 Simeon Rice Madden ratings
Simeon Rice
Madden NFL 1997-2009
97
 Hugh Douglas Madden ratings
Hugh Douglas
Madden NFL 1996-2006
97

Henry Thomas Madden Ratings by Year

Henry Thomas Madden NFL 1992 rating: 59 OVR (1991 NFL season, MIN). Henry Thomas Madden NFL 1993 rating: 72 OVR (1992 NFL season, MIN). Henry Thomas Madden NFL 1994 rating: 66 OVR (1993 NFL season, MIN). Henry Thomas Madden NFL 1995 rating: 90 OVR (1994 NFL season, MIN). Henry Thomas Madden NFL 1996 rating: 79 OVR (1995 NFL season, DET). Henry Thomas Madden NFL 1997 rating: 93 OVR (1996 NFL season, DET). Henry Thomas Madden NFL 1999 rating: 91 OVR (1998 NFL season, NE). Henry Thomas Madden NFL 2000 rating: 85 OVR (1999 NFL season, NE).