Stephen
Boyd
Madden Career 1996-2002 - Peak 87 OVR
Stephen Boyd Madden Career 1996-2002 - Peak 87 OVR
2001 Current
Peak 2001
Seasons Played
Stephen Boyd Madden Career Milestones
- Peak rating: 87 OVR in Madden NFL 2002 (age 29)
- Appeared in 6 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1996 through Madden NFL 2002)
- Entered at 56 OVR in Madden NFL 1996, climbed 31 points to his peak
- Biggest single-year rise: 29 points into Madden NFL 1998
- Played for the Lions across every Madden release in his career
- Listed as a linebacker in every Madden release
- Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2002 at 87 OVR
Stephen Boyd 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 | THP | TAS | TAM | TAD | CAR | BTK | CTH | RBK | PBK | TAK | PUR | KPW | KAC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1996 * 1995 NFL season
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LB | 56* | 33 | - | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | 46 | 33 | - | - |
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1997 1996 NFL season
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RLB | 24 | 52 | 37 | 55 | - | 77 | 55 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 11 | 23 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
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1998 * 1997 NFL season
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MLB | 53* | 53 | - | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | - | - | 33 | - | - | - |
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1999 1998 NFL season
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MLB | 71* | 58 | 64 | 69 | 74 | - | - | 9 | - | 62 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 19 | 14 | - | - | 53 | - | - | - |
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2000 1999 NFL season
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MLB | 82* | 58 | 60 | 67 | 69 | - | - | 74 | - | 80 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 34 | 29 | - | - | 84 | - | - | - |
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2002 2001 NFL season
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LB | 87 | 75 | 70 | 71 | 80 | 58 | 93 | 86 | 92 | 87 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | - | 49 | 31 | 28 | 92 | - | 11 | 10 |
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 Linebackers who played alongside Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd Madden Ratings by Year
Stephen Boyd Madden NFL 1996 rating: 56 OVR (1995 NFL season, DET). Stephen Boyd Madden NFL 1997 rating: 24 OVR (1996 NFL season, DET). Stephen Boyd Madden NFL 1998 rating: 53 OVR (1997 NFL season, DET). Stephen Boyd Madden NFL 1999 rating: 71 OVR (1998 NFL season, DET). Stephen Boyd Madden NFL 2000 rating: 82 OVR (1999 NFL season, DET). Stephen Boyd Madden NFL 2002 rating: 87 OVR (2001 NFL season, DET).