Joe
Bowden
Madden Career 1995-2000 - Peak 79 OVR
Joe Bowden Madden Career 1995-2000 - Peak 79 OVR
1999 Current
Peak 1998
Seasons Played
Joe Bowden Madden Career Milestones
- Peak rating: 79 OVR (calculated) in Madden NFL 1999
- Appeared in 6 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1995 through Madden NFL 2000)
- Entered at 66 OVR in Madden NFL 1995, climbed 13 points to his peak
- Biggest single-year rise: 79 points into Madden NFL 1999
- Played for 2 franchises: Texans, Titans
Joe Bowden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1995 * 1994 NFL season
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LB | 66* | 58 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | 74 | - | - | - | 50 | - |
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1996 * 1995 NFL season
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RLB | - | 40 | - | 46 | - | - | - | - | 59 | - | - | 13 | 40 | 53 |
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1997 1996 NFL season
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LLB | 45 | 71 | 46 | 72 | - | 96 | 59 | - | 46 | 15 | 23 | 27 | 45 | - |
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1998 * 1997 NFL season
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LLB | - | 73 | - | 73 | - | - | - | - | 46 | - | - | 66 | 33 | - |
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1999 1998 NFL season
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MLB | 79* | 71 | 67 | 74 | 75 | - | - | 9 | 83 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 67 | - |
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2000 1999 NFL season
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RLB | - | 67 | 62 | 69 | 69 | - | - | 90 | 80 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 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.
Joe Bowden Madden Ratings by Year
Joe Bowden Madden NFL 1995 rating: 66 OVR (1994 NFL season, HOU). Joe Bowden Madden NFL 1996 rating: rated (1995 NFL season, HOU). Joe Bowden Madden NFL 1997 rating: 45 OVR (1996 NFL season, HOU). Joe Bowden Madden NFL 1998 rating: rated (1997 NFL season, TEN). Joe Bowden Madden NFL 1999 rating: 79 OVR (1998 NFL season, TEN). Joe Bowden Madden NFL 2000 rating: rated (1999 NFL season, TEN).