Ricardo McDonald Madden Career 1994-2001 - Peak 73 OVR
Ricardo McDonald Madden NFL 2001 rating

Ricardo McDonald Madden Career 1994-2001 - Peak 73 OVR

Position
LOLB
Team
Broncos
Height
6'2"
Weight
248
College
Pittsburgh
DOB
Nov 8, 1969
Madden
1993-2000
73OVR
2000 Current
73OVR
Peak 2000
8
Seasons Played

Ricardo McDonald 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 POW PUR
1994 *
1993 NFL season
 Bengals RILB 49* 59 - 40 - - - - 20 - - 13 40 - -
1995 *
1994 NFL season
 Bengals RLB - 58 - 58 - - - - 50 - - - 50 - -
1996 *
1995 NFL season
 Bengals RLB - 59 - 53 - - - - 53 - - 20 59 - 46
1997
1996 NFL season
 Bengals RLB 62 64 48 69 - 37 47 - 58 21 18 24 60 - -
1998 *
1997 NFL season
 Bengals RILB 56* 59 - 53 - - - - 46 - - 66 33 - -
1999
1998 NFL season
 Bears LLB - 74 71 81 74 - - 9 83 19 18 14 80 - -
2000
1999 NFL season
 Bears LLB - 60 58 65 71 - - 80 58 29 29 24 78 - -
2001
2000 NFL season
Did not play
 Broncos LOLB 73 69 59 66 66 58 74 80 51 - 30 - 77 40 -
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.

Ricardo McDonald Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 73 OVR in Madden NFL 2001
  • Appeared in 8 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1994 through Madden NFL 2001)
  • Played for 3 franchises: Bengals, Bears, Broncos
  • Listed as a linebacker in every Madden release

Ricardo McDonald Madden Ratings by Year

Ricardo McDonald Madden NFL 1994 rating: 49 OVR (1993 NFL season, CIN). Ricardo McDonald Madden NFL 1995 rating: rated (1994 NFL season, CIN). Ricardo McDonald Madden NFL 1996 rating: rated (1995 NFL season, CIN). Ricardo McDonald Madden NFL 1997 rating: 62 OVR (1996 NFL season, CIN). Ricardo McDonald Madden NFL 1998 rating: 56 OVR (1997 NFL season, CIN). Ricardo McDonald Madden NFL 1999 rating: rated (1998 NFL season, CHI). Ricardo McDonald Madden NFL 2000 rating: rated (1999 NFL season, CHI). Ricardo McDonald Madden NFL 2001 rating: 73 OVR (2000 NFL season, DEN).