Zach Thomas Madden Career 1997-2010 - Peak 97 OVR
Zach Thomas Madden NFL 2010 rating

Zach Thomas Madden Career 1997-2010 - Peak 97 OVR

Position
MLB
Team
Chiefs
Height
5'11"
Weight
228
College
Texas Tech
DOB
Sep 1, 1973
Madden
1996-2009
80OVR
2009 Current
97OVR
Peak 2001
13
Seasons Played

Zach Thomas 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 BTK TRK BCV SFA SPM JKM CTH SPC CIT SRR MRR DRR RLS RBK PBK IBL TAK POW PUR MCV ZCV PRS KPW KAC KRN
1997
1996 NFL season
 Dolphins MLB 40 65 64 68 - 94 64 - - 58 - - - - - 26 14 - - - - - 30 - - - - - - - - - 64 - - - - - - - -
1998 *
1997 NFL season
 Dolphins MLB 86* 86 - 73 - - - - - 86 - - - - - - - - - - - - 99 - - - - - - - - - 46 - - - - - - - -
1999
1998 NFL season
 Dolphins MLB 80* 67 65 69 76 - - 9 - 78 - - - - - 19 19 - - - - - 14 - - - - - - - - - 83 - - - - - - - -
2000
1999 NFL season
 Dolphins MLB 92* 59 69 71 71 - - 80 - 90 - - - - - 29 34 - - - - - 34 - - - - - - - - - 94 - - - - - - - -
2001
2000 NFL season
 Dolphins MLB 94 78 76 76 70 65 95 91 - 92 - - - - - - 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 91 87 - - - - - - -
2002
2001 NFL season
 Dolphins MLB 97 78 84 81 80 65 95 81 98 95 - 30 26 26 26 35 - - - - - - 51 - - - - - - 15 13 - 96 - - - - - 11 20 -
2003
2002 NFL season
 Dolphins MLB 94 70 83 73 82 65 94 70 98 - - 34 - - - 35 - - - - - - 50 - - - - - - 21 18 - 93 - - - - - 16 24 -
2004
2003 NFL season
 Dolphins MLB 95 75 82 79 80 65 94 70 98 93 - 34 30 30 30 35 - - - - - - 48 - - - - - - 21 18 - 95 - - - - - 16 24 0
2006
2005 NFL season
 Dolphins MLB 96 73 80 74 77 65 96 75 - 98 - 34 30 30 30 35 - - - - - - 45 - - - - - - 47 18 - 97 - - - - - 16 24 0
2007
2006 NFL season
 Dolphins MLB 96 75 80 74 78 65 96 75 98 98 97 34 30 30 30 35 - 40 30 50 25 40 45 - - - - - - 47 18 85 96 - 99 60 75 - 16 24 0
2008
2007 NFL season
 Dolphins MLB 97 76 80 74 78 65 96 75 - 98 98 34 30 30 30 35 - 10 30 50 25 40 50 35 30 18 18 18 30 47 18 85 98 87 98 60 75 61 16 24 0
2009
2008 NFL season
 Cowboys RILB 94 76 78 72 79 65 98 70 98 97 97 34 30 30 30 40 - 10 30 50 25 40 55 35 30 18 18 18 30 47 18 85 97 87 95 50 70 61 16 24 10
2010
2009 NFL season
Did not play
 Chiefs MLB 80 68 75 72 75 65 87 41 85 - - - - - - 40 - - - - - - 31 - - - - - - 47 - - 93 - - - - - - - 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.

Zach Thomas Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 97 OVR in Madden NFL 2002 (age 28)
  • Appeared in 13 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1997 through Madden NFL 2010)
  • Played for 3 franchises: Dolphins, Cowboys, Chiefs
  • Listed as a d_lb in every Madden release

Era d_lbs who played alongside Zach Thomas

D.J. Williams Madden ratings
D.J. Williams
Madden NFL 2006-2010 - Broncos
95
 A.J. Hawk Madden ratings
A.J. Hawk
Madden NFL 2009 - Packers
94
 E.J. Henderson Madden ratings
E.J. Henderson
Madden NFL 2009 - Vikings
92
 Angelo Crowell Madden ratings
Angelo Crowell
Madden NFL 2009
90
 Mark Fields Madden ratings
Mark Fields
Madden NFL 2004-2006
90
 Anthony Simmons Madden ratings
Anthony Simmons
Madden NFL 2006
89
 Jamir Miller Madden ratings
Jamir Miller
Madden NFL 2003 - Browns
89
 Ted Johnson Madden ratings
Ted Johnson
Madden NFL 2006
88

Zach Thomas Madden Ratings by Year

Zach Thomas Madden NFL 1997 rating: 40 OVR (1996 NFL season, MIA). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 1998 rating: 86 OVR (1997 NFL season, MIA). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 1999 rating: 80 OVR (1998 NFL season, MIA). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 2000 rating: 92 OVR (1999 NFL season, MIA). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 2001 rating: 94 OVR (2000 NFL season, MIA). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 2002 rating: 97 OVR (2001 NFL season, MIA). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 2003 rating: 94 OVR (2002 NFL season, MIA). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 2004 rating: 95 OVR (2003 NFL season, MIA). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 2006 rating: 96 OVR (2005 NFL season, MIA). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 2007 rating: 96 OVR (2006 NFL season, MIA). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 2008 rating: 97 OVR (2007 NFL season, MIA). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 2009 rating: 94 OVR (2008 NFL season, DAL). Zach Thomas Madden NFL 2010 rating: 80 OVR (2009 NFL season, KC).