Stevie Johnson Madden Career 2009-2011 - Peak 71 OVR
Stevie Johnson Madden NFL 2011 rating

Stevie Johnson Madden Career 2009-2011 - Peak 71 OVR

Position
WR
Team
Height
6'2"
Weight
210
College
Kentucky
DOB
Nov 28, 1986
Madden
2008-2010
59OVR
2010 Current
71OVR
Peak 2008
2
Seasons Played

Three straight 1,000-yard Bills seasons behind one infamous drop

Stevie Johnson is remembered for one drop and deserves to be remembered for much more. On a November afternoon in 2010, he let a game-winning touchdown slip through his hands in overtime against Pittsburgh and pointed skyward in anguish afterward. It overshadowed the fact that he was, at that moment, the best receiver Buffalo had.

A seventh-round pick out of Kentucky, 224th overall in 2008, Johnson strung together three straight 1,000-yard seasons for the Bills, the first player in franchise history to do it. He built his game on unorthodox footwork borrowed from basketball and a flair for celebration that drew fines and headlines in equal measure.

The Madden numbers register both the obscurity and the breakout. He was a 59 in the 2010 edition, an afterthought, then jumped to 86 the next year and topped out at 89 in the 2012 and 2013 games. Trades to San Francisco and San Diego and a run of injuries closed out his career after 2016.

Stevie Johnson Madden Career Milestones

  • Peak rating: 71 OVR in Madden NFL 2009 (age 22)
  • Appeared in 2 Madden releases (Madden NFL 2009 through Madden NFL 2011)
  • Played for the Bills across every Madden release in his career
  • Listed as a wide receiver in every Madden release
  • Final Madden appearance: Madden NFL 2011 at 59 OVR

Stevie Johnson Madden Career Ratings

Madden Team Pos OVR Speed ACC AGI STR JMP STA INJ TGH AWR PRC THP TAS TAM TAD PAC TOR 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
2009
2008 NFL season
Bills WR 71 91 90 89 53 - - - - 52 - 35 35 35 35 - - 65 - - - - - 78 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2011
2010 NFL season
Bills WR 59 84 87 87 53 85 85 92 78 50 20 35 15 10 5 5 10 65 45 70 40 66 85 70 73 64 66 66 66 48 35 30 40 25 12 30 12 25 18 25 25 70
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.

Stevie Johnson Madden Ratings by Year

Stevie Johnson Madden NFL 2009 rating: 71 OVR (2008 NFL season, BUF). Stevie Johnson Madden NFL 2011 rating: 59 OVR (2010 NFL season, BUF).