Ken O'Brien Madden Career 1992-1994 - Peak 66 OVR
Ken O'Brien Madden NFL 1994 rating

Ken O'Brien Madden Career 1992-1994 - Peak 66 OVR

Position
QB
Team
Height
6'4"
Weight
210
College
UC Davis
DOB
Nov 27, 1960
Madden
1991-1993
13OVR
1993 Current
66OVR
Peak 1992
3
Seasons Played

Ken O'Brien: Jets' 1983 first-rounder, two Pro Bowls

Ken O'Brien was born November 27, 1960 in Rockville Centre, New York, and played college football at Sacramento State and UC Davis, where he was a Division II All-American in 1982. The New York Jets took him 24th overall in the 1983 draft, three picks before Miami selected Dan Marino.

In 1985 he led the NFL with a 96.2 passer rating and the lowest interception rate, made the Pro Bowl and helped the Jets to an 11-5 record. He threw for 479 yards and four touchdowns in a 51-45 overtime win over Marino's Dolphins on September 21, 1986. On November 2, 1986 he went 26 of 32 for 431 yards against Seattle, the first quarterback to post a perfect 158.3 rating in a 400-yard game.

Madden NFL 92 listed him at a calculated 59 for the 1991 season, when he started all 16 games and returned to the Pro Bowl; Madden NFL 93 gave him a calculated 66 for 1992, when he made three starts. He signed with Philadelphia for 1993 and started four games behind Randall Cunningham and Bubby Brister, and Madden NFL 94 listed a calculated 42 for that final season. He went 50-59-1 as a starter with 25,094 passing yards, 128 touchdowns and 98 interceptions, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997.

Ken O'Brien Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 66 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1993
  • Appeared in 3 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1992 through Madden NFL 1994)
  • Entered at 59 OVR in Madden NFL 1992, climbed 7 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 7 points into Madden NFL 1993
  • Played for 2 franchises: Jets, Eagles
  • Listed as a quarterback in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 1994 at 13 OVR

Ken O'Brien Madden Career Ratings

Scale (starred* rows) Only the starred 1-15-era seasons convert; modern rows stay 0-99.
Madden Team Pos OVR Speed AGI AWR THP TAC BTK TAK KPW KAC
1992 *
1991 NFL season
Jets QB 59* 26 46 - 59 59 7 - - -
1993 *
1992 NFL season
Jets QB 66* 26 46 - 73 59 7 - - -
1994 *
1993 NFL season
Eagles QB 13* 26 - 0 - - - 0 59 20
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.

Ken O'Brien Madden Ratings by Year

Ken O'Brien Madden NFL 1992 rating: 59 OVR (1991 NFL season, NYJ). Ken O'Brien Madden NFL 1993 rating: 66 OVR (1992 NFL season, NYJ). Ken O'Brien Madden NFL 1994 rating: 13 OVR (1993 NFL season, PHI).