Chris Gardocki Madden Career 1994-2007 - Peak 99 OVR
Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 2007 rating

Chris Gardocki Madden Career 1994-2007 - Peak 99 OVR

Position
P
Team
Colts
Height
6'1"
Weight
192
College
Clemson
DOB
Feb 7, 1970
Madden
1993-2006
89OVR
2006 Current
99OVR
Peak 1997
12
Seasons Played

1,177 career punts, none blocked, and a Super Bowl XL ring

Chris Gardocki was born on February 7, 1970 in Stone Mountain, Georgia, played at Clemson and left after his junior year for the 1991 NFL draft, where Chicago took him in the third round with the 78th pick. He handled the Bears' kickoffs as well as their punting. Madden NFL 94 put him at a calculated 42 for the 1993 season.

He joined Indianapolis in 1995. In 1996 he averaged a career-best 45.7 yards per punt, made the Pro Bowl and was named first-team All-Pro, and Madden NFL 97 listed him at 38 for that season. He signed with Cleveland in 1999 and led the NFL in punting yards in both 1999 and 2000, taking second-team All-Pro honors for 2000, the season Madden NFL 2001 listed at 86.

Pittsburgh signed him in 2004, and he punted for the Steelers team that won Super Bowl XL after the 2005 season, a year Madden NFL 06 put at 92. None of his punts was ever blocked: he kicked 1,177 of them across sixteen seasons without one getting through, an NFL record. He last played in 2006, finishing with 244 games and 50,336 punting yards.

Chris Gardocki Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 99 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1998
  • Appeared in 12 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1994 through Madden NFL 2007)
  • Entered at 42 OVR in Madden NFL 1994, climbed 57 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 61 points into Madden NFL 1998
  • Played for 4 franchises: Bears, Colts, Browns, Steelers
  • Listed as a special-teams player in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2007 at 89 OVR

Chris Gardocki 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 TGH AWR PRC THP TAS TAM TAD CAR TRK BCV SFA SPM JKM CTH RBK PBK IBL TAK PUR MCV ZCV KPW KAC KRN
1994 *
1993 NFL season
 Bears P 42* 26 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - 59 20 -
1995 *
1994 NFL season
 Bears P 82* 29 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 98 66 -
1996 *
1995 NFL season
 Colts P 89* - - - - - - - - 99 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 53 79 -
1997
1996 NFL season
 Colts P 38 65 66 61 - 88 37 - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 85 67 -
1998 *
1997 NFL season
 Colts P 99* 59 - 66 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 92 - - - 99 99 -
1999
1998 NFL season
 Colts P 64* 44 14 44 39 - - 0 - 85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 85 85 -
2000
1999 NFL season
 Browns P 63* 38 39 46 39 - - 78 - 80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 90 90 -
2003
2002 NFL season
 Browns P 87 35 29 37 34 28 69 84 38 - - 23 - - - 28 - - - - - 21 27 18 - 15 - - - 89 89 -
2004
2003 NFL season
 Browns P 92 35 29 37 34 28 89 84 38 85 - 23 22 22 22 28 - - - - - 21 27 18 - 15 - - - 90 91 0
2005
2004 NFL season
 Steelers P 92 49 48 50 34 28 89 84 38 92 - 23 - - - 28 - - - - - 21 27 18 - 15 - - - 90 90 -
2006
2005 NFL season
 Steelers P 92 54 58 50 34 28 89 84 - 92 - 42 45 45 45 28 - - - - - 21 27 18 - 15 - - - 90 90 0
2007
2006 NFL season
 Steelers P 89 54 58 50 34 28 89 84 38 92 25 42 45 45 45 28 15 10 10 20 10 21 27 18 27 15 23 23 31 88 90 0
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 Special Teams who played alongside Chris Gardocki

Adam Vinatieri Madden ratings
Adam Vinatieri
Madden NFL 1997-2020 - Colts
99
 Shane Lechler Madden ratings
Shane Lechler
Madden NFL 2001-2019 - Texans
99
 David Akers Madden ratings
David Akers
Madden NFL 2001-2014 - Lions
99
 Mike Vanderjagt Madden ratings
Mike Vanderjagt
Madden NFL 2000-2007 - Cowboys
99
 Brian Moorman Madden ratings
Brian Moorman
Madden NFL 2003-2015 - Bills
98
 Matt Stover Madden ratings
Matt Stover
Madden NFL 1992-2010 - Colts
98
 Todd Sauerbrun Madden ratings
Todd Sauerbrun
Madden NFL 1996-2009
98
 Sebastian Janikowski Madden ratings
Sebastian Janikowski
Madden NFL 2001-2019 - Seahawks
97

Chris Gardocki Madden Ratings by Year

Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 1994 rating: 42 OVR (1993 NFL season, CHI). Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 1995 rating: 82 OVR (1994 NFL season, CHI). Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 1996 rating: 89 OVR (1995 NFL season, IND). Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 1997 rating: 38 OVR (1996 NFL season, IND). Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 1998 rating: 99 OVR (1997 NFL season, IND). Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 1999 rating: 64 OVR (1998 NFL season, IND). Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 2000 rating: 63 OVR (1999 NFL season, CLE). Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 2003 rating: 87 OVR (2002 NFL season, CLE). Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 2004 rating: 92 OVR (2003 NFL season, CLE). Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 2005 rating: 92 OVR (2004 NFL season, PIT). Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 2006 rating: 92 OVR (2005 NFL season, PIT). Chris Gardocki Madden NFL 2007 rating: 89 OVR (2006 NFL season, PIT).