John Friesz Madden Career 1992-2000 - Peak 76 OVR
John Friesz Madden NFL 2000 rating

John Friesz Madden Career 1992-2000 - Peak 76 OVR

Position
QB
Team
Height
6'4"
Weight
214
College
Idaho
DOB
May 19, 1967
Madden
1991-1999
72OVR
1999 Current
76OVR
Peak 1997
8
Seasons Played

John Friesz Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 76 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1998
  • Appeared in 8 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1992 through Madden NFL 2000)
  • Entered at 43 OVR in Madden NFL 1992, climbed 33 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 51 points into Madden NFL 1996
  • Played for 4 franchises: Chargers, Commanders, Seahawks, Patriots
  • Listed as a quarterback in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2000 at 72 OVR

John Friesz 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 THP TAC CAR BTK CTH TAK
1992 *
1991 NFL season
Chargers QB 43* 20 - 40 - - - - - 0 46 - 0 - -
1994 *
1993 NFL season
Chargers QB 20* 20 - 20 - - - - - 0 20 - 7 - -
1995 *
1994 NFL season
Commanders QB 11* 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1996 *
1995 NFL season
Seahawks QB 62* 46 - - - - - - - 59 66 - 13 - -
1997
1996 NFL season
Seahawks QB 54 23 44 30 - 75 58 - 62 77 59 80 15 9 16
1998 *
1997 NFL season
Seahawks QB 76* 53 - 46 - - - - - 73 79 - 33 - -
1999
1998 NFL season
Seahawks QB 72* 38 35 41 75 - - 4 50 69 59 55 36 9 9
2000
1999 NFL season
Patriots QB 72* 48 49 55 55 - - 69 69 76 59 45 19 9 19
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.

John Friesz Madden Ratings by Year

John Friesz Madden NFL 1992 rating: 43 OVR (1991 NFL season, SD). John Friesz Madden NFL 1994 rating: 20 OVR (1993 NFL season, SD). John Friesz Madden NFL 1995 rating: 11 OVR (1994 NFL season, WSH). John Friesz Madden NFL 1996 rating: 62 OVR (1995 NFL season, SEA). John Friesz Madden NFL 1997 rating: 54 OVR (1996 NFL season, SEA). John Friesz Madden NFL 1998 rating: 76 OVR (1997 NFL season, SEA). John Friesz Madden NFL 1999 rating: 72 OVR (1998 NFL season, SEA). John Friesz Madden NFL 2000 rating: 72 OVR (1999 NFL season, NE).