Todd Sauerbrun Madden Career 1996-2008 - Peak 98 OVR
Todd Sauerbrun Madden NFL 2008 rating

Todd Sauerbrun Madden Career 1996-2008 - Peak 98 OVR

Position
P
Team
Bears
Height
5'10"
Weight
215
College
West Virginia
DOB
Jan 4, 1973
Madden
1995-2007
86OVR
2007 Current
98OVR
Peak 2003
9
Seasons Played

One of the biggest legs the position has seen

Todd Sauerbrun had one of the biggest legs the position has seen, a unanimous All-American the Bears spent a second-round pick on, an almost unheard-of investment in a punter. He justified the leg, booming punts and becoming a dominant field-position weapon in Carolina.

Madden had him at a 98 across the 2004 and 2005 editions, though that rides on the inflated specialist scale rather than parity with a 98 position player. In context it marks an elite leg, the reward for three straight Pro Bowl seasons. His career also carried a sober note, a 2006 banned-substance suspension, part of a broader controversy of the era.

Todd Sauerbrun Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 98 OVR in Madden NFL 2004 (age 30)
  • Appeared in 9 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1996 through Madden NFL 2008)
  • Entered at 79 OVR in Madden NFL 1996, climbed 19 points to his peak
  • Biggest single-year rise: 41 points into Madden NFL 1998
  • Played for 3 franchises: Bears, Panthers, Broncos
  • Listed as a special-teams player in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2008 at 86 OVR

Todd Sauerbrun 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 SPC CIT SRR MRR DRR RLS RBK PBK IBL TAK POW PUR MCV ZCV PRS KPW KAC KRN
1996 *
1995 NFL season
 Bears P 79* - - - - - - - - 99 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 53 59 -
1997
1996 NFL season
 Bears P 38 66 55 57 - 72 37 - - 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 64 65 -
1998 *
1997 NFL season
 Bears P 79* 53 - 66 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33 - - - - - 79 79 -
1999
1998 NFL season
 Bears P 61* 44 14 44 39 - - 0 - 78 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 89 81 -
2003
2002 NFL season
 Panthers P 91 30 24 26 33 26 68 75 37 - - 23 - - - 27 - - - - - 33 - - - - - - 23 24 - 26 - - - - - 91 90 -
2004
2003 NFL season
 Panthers P 98 30 24 26 33 26 88 75 37 88 - 23 22 22 22 27 - - - - - 33 - - - - - - 23 24 - 26 - - - - - 93 92 0
2005
2004 NFL season
 Panthers P 98 46 45 43 33 26 88 75 37 88 - 23 - - - 27 - - - - - 33 - - - - - - 23 24 - 26 - - - - - 93 92 -
2006
2005 NFL season
 Broncos P 96 51 60 43 33 26 91 75 - 85 - 55 45 45 45 27 - - - - - 33 - - - - - - 23 24 - 26 - - - - - 92 92 0
2008
2007 NFL season
 Broncos P 86 54 60 43 33 26 91 75 - 69 31 55 45 45 45 27 10 10 10 10 10 33 10 10 10 10 10 10 23 24 23 26 10 18 21 29 10 92 87 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 Todd Sauerbrun

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

Todd Sauerbrun Madden Ratings by Year

Todd Sauerbrun Madden NFL 1996 rating: 79 OVR (1995 NFL season, CHI). Todd Sauerbrun Madden NFL 1997 rating: 38 OVR (1996 NFL season, CHI). Todd Sauerbrun Madden NFL 1998 rating: 79 OVR (1997 NFL season, CHI). Todd Sauerbrun Madden NFL 1999 rating: 61 OVR (1998 NFL season, CHI). Todd Sauerbrun Madden NFL 2003 rating: 91 OVR (2002 NFL season, CAR). Todd Sauerbrun Madden NFL 2004 rating: 98 OVR (2003 NFL season, CAR). Todd Sauerbrun Madden NFL 2005 rating: 98 OVR (2004 NFL season, CAR). Todd Sauerbrun Madden NFL 2006 rating: 96 OVR (2005 NFL season, DEN). Todd Sauerbrun Madden NFL 2008 rating: 86 OVR (2007 NFL season, DEN).