Earl Holmes Madden Career 1998-2006 - Peak 89 OVR
Earl Holmes Madden NFL 2006 rating

Earl Holmes Madden Career 1998-2006 - Peak 89 OVR

Position
MLB
Team
Lions
Height
6'2"
Weight
242
College
Florida A&M
DOB
Apr 28, 1973
Madden
1997-2005
88OVR
2005 Current
89OVR
Peak 2002
11
Seasons Played

Earl Holmes 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 TAC TAS TAM TAD CAR BTK CTH RBK PBK TAK POW KPW KAC KRN
1998 *
1997 NFL season
 Steelers RILB 53* 53 - 53 - - - - - 46 - - - - - - - 26 - - 53 - - - -
1999
1998 NFL season
 Steelers RILB 87* 74 69 75 76 - - 9 - 85 - - - - - 18 17 19 - - 90 - - - -
2000
1999 NFL season
 Steelers RILB 79* 64 62 69 73 - - 85 - 69 - - - - - 29 34 34 - - 85 - - - -
2001
2000 NFL season
 Steelers RILB 86 74 64 71 73 24 56 23 - 78 - - - - - - 24 - - - 86 66 - - -
2002
2001 NFL season
 Steelers LILB 84 74 75 76 77 56 85 77 84 83 16 - 24 24 24 28 - 45 23 24 89 - 11 20 -
2002
2001 NFL season
 Steelers LILB 84 74 75 76 77 56 85 77 84 83 16 24 - - - 28 24 45 23 24 89 - 11 20 -
2002
2001 NFL season
 Steelers LILB 74 48 50 50 91 26 83 77 91 78 13 25 - - - 32 33 22 78 80 13 - 19 26 -
2003
2002 NFL season
 Browns MLB 89 74 81 77 81 56 77 66 84 - 20 - - - - 31 - 48 29 28 93 - 16 24 -
2004
2003 NFL season
 Lions MLB 89 75 81 77 81 56 77 66 84 83 20 - 28 28 28 31 - 48 29 28 93 - 16 24 0
2005
2004 NFL season
 Lions MLB 86 74 78 74 79 56 77 66 84 87 20 - - - - 31 - 48 53 28 88 - 16 24 -
2006
2005 NFL season
 Lions MLB 88 74 76 75 80 56 77 66 - 89 20 - 28 28 28 31 - 47 53 28 89 - 16 24 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.

Earl Holmes Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 89 OVR in Madden NFL 2003 (age 29)
  • Appeared in 9 Madden releases (Madden NFL 1998 through Madden NFL 2006)
  • Played for 3 franchises: Steelers, Browns, Lions
  • Listed as a linebacker in every Madden release

Earl Holmes Madden Ratings by Year

Earl Holmes Madden NFL 1998 rating: 53 OVR (1997 NFL season, PIT). Earl Holmes Madden NFL 1999 rating: 87 OVR (1998 NFL season, PIT). Earl Holmes Madden NFL 2000 rating: 79 OVR (1999 NFL season, PIT). Earl Holmes Madden NFL 2001 rating: 86 OVR (2000 NFL season, PIT). Earl Holmes Madden NFL 2002 rating: 84 OVR (2001 NFL season, PIT). Earl Holmes Madden NFL 2002 rating: 84 OVR (2001 NFL season, PIT). Earl Holmes Madden NFL 2002 rating: 74 OVR (2001 NFL season, PIT). Earl Holmes Madden NFL 2003 rating: 89 OVR (2002 NFL season, CLE). Earl Holmes Madden NFL 2004 rating: 89 OVR (2003 NFL season, DET). Earl Holmes Madden NFL 2005 rating: 86 OVR (2004 NFL season, DET). Earl Holmes Madden NFL 2006 rating: 88 OVR (2005 NFL season, DET).