Madden NFL 1997 Defensive Line Ratings (Madden 97)

1996 NFL Season / Madden NFL 97

Madden NFL 1997 shipped in summer 1996 for the 1996 NFL season. Launch ratings are set before the season is played, so they reflect the previous year’s performance - a player’s breakout shows up in the next year’s game.

Madden NFL 97 released in 1996 with John Madden on the cover and was the first in the series to offer a 3D player view on the PlayStation. The database's top-rated names that year read like a Hall of Fame ballot: Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders, Reggie White, and a young Drew Bledsoe in New England.

Green Bay won Super Bowl XXXI, 35-21 over New England, return man Desmond Howard named game MVP after a 99-yard kickoff return. Brett Favre won his second straight regular-season MVP, Barry Sanders led the league with 1,553 rushing yards, Mark Brunell paced the NFL with 4,367 passing yards, and Bruce Smith won Defensive Player of the Year.

Favre's 13-3 Packers ended the franchise's 29-year title drought and were the league's measuring stick all year. Rice and Smith anchored the top of the ratings as they had all decade, while Reggie White's Super Bowl sack flurry validated his place among the highest-rated defenders in the game.

Year Madden NFL 1997 ▼

Position Defensive Line ▼

#	Player	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	AWR	TKL
1	LDT Wayne Martin	99	42	30	50	97	96
2	LDT Henry Thomas	93	37	23	44	91	86
3	RDE Willie McGinest	91	59	44	68	95	85
4	RDE Bruce Smith	89	48	31	55	89	85
5	LDE John Copeland	88	48	25	53	86	82
6	DT Andy Harmon	85	50	30	57	86	85
7	RDT Dan Saleaumua	83	44	17	43	78	71
8	LDE Phil Hansen	81	49	31	57	82	84
9	LDE Tony Tolbert	79	41	36	56	74	72
10	LDE Michael Strahan	79	47	31	53	79	71
11	LDE William Fuller	79	36	23	39	78	70
12	LDE Neil Smith	78	63	35	70	90	78
13	RDT D'Marco Farr	75	46	26	48	73	74
14	LDE Michael Bankston	74	27	21	30	69	70
15	LDE Rob Burnett	74	44	27	50	72	65
16	RDE Leslie O'Neal	73	48	34	65	75	69
17	LDT Tony McCoy	71	35	18	34	71	63
18	LDT Jim Flanigan	70	50	26	53	70	69
19	RDE Tony Bennett	70	63	44	68	74	72
20	RDT Chester McGlockton	70	35	17	40	70	70
21	LDE Reggie White	68	42	22	59	80	64
22	LDT Marc Spindler	68	42	25	50	67	64
23	RDE Anthony Pleasant	68	56	32	64	65	65
24	RDE Tracy Scroggins	68	67	40	73	71	63
25	LDE Mike Fox	66	30	26	39	63	60
26	RDE Pat Swilling	66	59	43	65	61	65
27	RDT Reuben Davis	65	27	17	33	61	54
28	RDT Cortez Kennedy	65	45	22	50	64	59
29	DT Kelvin Pritchett	64	42	22	46	63	63
30	LDT Eric Swann	64	42	28	49	63	66
31	LDT Shawn Lee	64	37	17	39	64	56
32	RDE Chris Doleman	64	42	30	58	68	62
33	RDE Sean Jones	63	44	31	55	59	63
34	LDE Michael Sinclair	62	44	30	50	59	57
35	LDT Don Davey	60	33	25	37	59	52
36	RDE Alonzo Spellman	60	46	24	52	60	59
37	RDE Marco Coleman	60	46	31	51	57	55
38	DT Ray Agnew	59	45	24	50	62	64
39	NT Greg Kragen	59	36	28	39	55	50
40	RDE Charles Haley	59	47	39	68	63	57
41	RDE Joe Johnson	59	35	23	39	54	54
42	LDT Marc Boutte	56	35	20	39	53	45
43	DE Anthony Smith	55	55	34	60	54	52
44	DE Aaron Jones	54	44	27	50	52	47
45	DT Kimo von Oelhoffen	54	17	17	27	51	46
46	LDT Dan Wilkinson	54	58	23	66	51	54
47	RDE Renaldo Turnbull	54	64	45	72	50	48
48	RDE Mike Mamula	54	46	46	72	55	53
49	DE Cedric Jones	53	47	25	53	51	46
50	LDT Robert Harris	53	47	25	53	51	46
51	LDE Bernard Whittington	52	39	30	48	47	44
52	LDE Brentson Buckner	52	37	17	39	55	48
53	RDT Santana Dotson	52	42	29	49	64	43
54	RDT John Randle	52	51	27	53	55	59
55	RDE Chuck Smith	51	58	36	63	47	49
56	RDE Artie Smith	51	32	22	36	46	50
57	DE Jerry Drake	50	43	36	64	47	50
58	DE Coleman Rudolph	50	59	50	66	47	48
59	DT Erik Howard	50	38	27	43	48	47
60	DT Glenn Montgomery	50	44	20	43	46	44
61	LDE Ferric Collons	50	30	21	36	51	48
62	LDT Sam Adams	50	44	20	43	46	44
63	NT Tim Goad	50	37	24	41	45	46
64	RDE Simeon Rice	50	43	36	64	47	50
65	RDE Hugh Douglas	50	42	28	45	54	49
66	RDT Henry Ford	50	48	26	53	52	47
67	RDT Sean Gilbert	50	46	17	52	48	45
68	LDE Roy Barker	49	32	22	36	51	48
69	DT Jerry Ball	48	42	17	43	50	47
70	LDE Joel Smeenge	48	56	41	66	44	46
71	LDE Lance Johnstone	48	58	47	69	43	44
72	LDT Chad Hennings	48	51	30	60	49	52
73	NT Ted Washington	48	35	17	39	52	54
74	RDE Rich Owens	48	37	34	45	45	37
75	RDT Leon Lett	48	29	23	46	48	40
76	RDT Tony Siragusa	48	33	17	36	46	50
77	RDT Tim Bowens	48	35	17	39	53	46
78	LDE Kevin Carter	47	59	35	68	49	50
79	DE Jumpy Geathers	46	38	24	48	41	44
80	LDE Jeff Lageman	46	41	34	50	44	43
81	NT Dan Footman	46	52	28	60	50	48
82	DE Aundray Bruce	45	60	39	69	43	40
83	LDE Sterling Palmer	45	52	37	60	42	45
84	LDT Bryant Young	45	50	26	53	46	41
85	LDE Robert Porcher	44	43	24	47	49	53
86	LDE Chris Mims	44	46	24	53	42	38
87	RDE Alfred Williams	44	50	34	59	35	52
88	RDT Keith Hamilton	44	37	25	46	44	39
89	RDT Carl Simpson	43	47	19	50	43	36
90	RDT Dana Stubblefield	43	50	22	53	50	42
91	DT Keith Traylor	41	53	23	57	40	36
92	LDT Jimmie Jones	41	50	30	57	46	38
93	DE Duane Clemons	40	43	41	53	45	47
94	RDE Martin Harrison	40	44	37	53	36	30
95	DE Antonio Edwards	39	48	30	53	43	41
96	DE Michael Brandon	39	41	37	50	43	37
97	LDE Lester Archambeau	39	30	22	36	33	45
98	LDE Mike Jones	39	41	18	47	31	47
99	RDT Warren Sapp	39	43	23	46	42	37
100	DE Fred Stokes	38	48	23	55	31	44
101	DT Junior Bryant	38	39	27	45	34	30
102	LDE Anthony Cook	38	48	19	53	31	45
103	LDE Darren Mickell	38	48	23	55	31	44
104	LDE Tony Woods	38	42	26	48	39	39
105	LDT John Parrella	38	34	21	37	33	31
106	LDT William Gaines	38	34	21	40	39	36
107	RDT Luther Elliss	38	46	26	53	44	36
108	DE Shawn King	37	51	22	53	35	36
109	DE Brent Williams	37	42	26	48	34	30
110	DE Ronnie Dixon	37	34	19	37	38	37
111	LDE Les Miller	37	39	27	46	41	36
112	LDE Ellis Johnson	37	50	16	53	28	45
113	LDT Gary Walker	37	38	21	40	33	33
114	RDT Moe Gardner	37	45	29	48	42	39
115	DE Shane Dronett	36	30	26	36	36	30
116	DT Tony Casillas	36	39	21	39	39	36
117	LDT Joe Phillips	36	47	23	55	38	41
118	RDE Kevin Henry	36	45	29	50	32	32
119	DE Kavika Pittman	35	44	44	63	35	39
120	DE Gabe Wilkins	35	48	15	55	28	42
121	DE Greg Jefferson	35	41	33	45	31	30
122	LDT Brad Culpepper	35	45	26	46	32	30
123	RDE Chad Bratzke	35	47	37	53	34	33
124	DE Ramondo Stallings	34	50	28	60	24	44
125	DE Dexter Nottage	34	40	22	43	32	34
126	DT Mike Wells	34	43	23	47	37	30
127	LDT Gilbert Brown	34	43	17	46	32	30
128	DE Matt LaBounty	33	40	25	44	35	30
129	DT Chris Maumalanga	33	34	18	36	28	30
130	DT Devin Wyman	33	25	17	29	30	50
131	LDE Albert Fontenot	33	47	26	53	26	40
132	RDT Bernard Wilson	33	18	17	27	38	34
133	RDT Matt Brock	33	41	22	43	37	35
134	DE John Browning	32	44	30	53	32	33
135	DE Raylee Johnson	32	48	32	53	30	34
136	LDE Trace Armstrong	32	49	35	57	30	30
137	RDT Willie Broughton	32	32	20	37	29	30
138	RDT Rhett Hall	32	34	22	46	37	32
139	DE Keith McKenzie	31	53	46	57	26	30
140	DE Kendrick Burton	31	63	32	72	30	30
141	LDE Bill Johnson	31	32	20	36	34	30
142	NT Joel Steed	31	34	17	36	29	32
143	RDE Danny Stubbs	31	39	28	45	33	37
144	DE Alberto White	30	55	42	60	32	33
145	LDT Mike Lodish	30	36	22	37	31	34
146	LDT Daryl Gardener	30	37	20	53	35	30
147	RDE Derrick Alexander	30	39	27	45	31	30
148	RDT John Jurkovic	30	29	17	30	35	31
149	DE Mark Thomas	29	38	25	45	17	40
150	DT Oliver Gibson	29	36	21	37	33	30
151	LDE Dan Williams	29	39	29	48	33	34
152	LDT Jason Fisk	29	36	21	39	27	26
153	LDT Russell Maryland	29	49	24	50	56	32
154	RDT Pio Sagapolutele	29	29	21	36	31	34
155	LDT Travis Hall	28	42	25	46	29	30
156	DE Eric Curry	27	56	36	64	26	30
157	DT Norman Hand	27	44	22	50	25	30
158	RDE Vaughn Booker	27	41	24	48	28	30
159	DE Jevon Langford	26	38	28	43	25	30
160	DE Israel Ifeanyi	26	44	39	60	25	30
161	DE Herman Smith	26	38	34	45	30	33
162	LDE Mike Frederick	26	36	26	43	31	30
163	RDE Gerald Williams	26	63	28	69	27	30
164	DE Jim Jeffcoat	25	42	28	50	30	34
165	DE Harald Hasselbach	25	69	43	76	13	36
166	DT Marcus Jones	25	38	28	40	26	30
167	LDE Fernando Smith	25	39	17	33	26	30
168	RDE Regan Upshaw	25	66	43	68	29	30
169	DE John Thierry	24	68	42	76	29	30
170	DE Bryant Mix	24	39	23	50	27	30
171	LDT Esera Tuaolo	24	60	44	64	26	30
172	DE Shannon Clavelle	23	42	23	45	24	30
173	LDT Mark Wheeler	23	37	21	39	28	32
174	DE Tony Brackens	21	42	36	61	26	30
175	DT Shane Bonham	21	47	26	50	23	30
176	RDE Robert Young	20	38	27	46	8	31

Madden NFL 1997 Player Ratings - 1996 NFL Season

1996 NFL Season / Madden NFL 97

Defensive Line, Madden NFL 1997

LDT WayneMartin

LDT HenryThomas

RDE WillieMcGinest

RDE BruceSmith

LDE JohnCopeland

DT AndyHarmon

RDT DanSaleaumua

LDE PhilHansen

LDE TonyTolbert

LDE MichaelStrahan

LDE WilliamFuller

LDE NeilSmith

RDT D'MarcoFarr

LDE MichaelBankston

LDE RobBurnett

RDE LeslieO'Neal

LDT TonyMcCoy

LDT JimFlanigan

RDE TonyBennett

RDT ChesterMcGlockton

LDE ReggieWhite

LDT MarcSpindler

RDE AnthonyPleasant

RDE TracyScroggins

LDE MikeFox

RDE PatSwilling

RDT ReubenDavis

RDT CortezKennedy

DT KelvinPritchett

LDT EricSwann

LDT ShawnLee

RDE ChrisDoleman

RDE SeanJones

LDE MichaelSinclair

LDT DonDavey

RDE AlonzoSpellman

RDE MarcoColeman

DT RayAgnew

NT GregKragen

RDE CharlesHaley

RDE JoeJohnson

LDT MarcBoutte

DE AnthonySmith

DE AaronJones

DT Kimovon Oelhoffen

LDT DanWilkinson

RDE RenaldoTurnbull

RDE MikeMamula

DE CedricJones

LDT RobertHarris

LDE BernardWhittington

LDE BrentsonBuckner

RDT SantanaDotson

RDT JohnRandle

RDE ChuckSmith

RDE ArtieSmith

DE JerryDrake

DE ColemanRudolph

DT ErikHoward

DT GlennMontgomery

LDE FerricCollons

LDT SamAdams

NT TimGoad

RDE SimeonRice

RDE HughDouglas

RDT HenryFord

RDT SeanGilbert

LDE RoyBarker

DT JerryBall

LDE JoelSmeenge

LDE LanceJohnstone

LDT ChadHennings

NT TedWashington

RDE RichOwens

RDT LeonLett

RDT TonySiragusa

RDT TimBowens

LDT
Wayne
Martin

LDT
Henry
Thomas

RDE
Willie
McGinest

RDE
Bruce
Smith

LDE
John
Copeland

DT
Andy
Harmon

RDT
Dan
Saleaumua

LDE
Phil
Hansen

LDE
Tony
Tolbert

LDE
Michael
Strahan

LDE
William
Fuller

LDE
Neil
Smith

RDT
D'Marco
Farr

LDE
Michael
Bankston

LDE
Rob
Burnett

RDE
Leslie
O'Neal

LDT
Tony
McCoy

LDT
Jim
Flanigan

RDE
Tony
Bennett

RDT
Chester
McGlockton

LDE
Reggie
White

LDT
Marc
Spindler

RDE
Anthony
Pleasant

RDE
Tracy
Scroggins

LDE
Mike
Fox

RDE
Pat
Swilling

RDT
Reuben
Davis

RDT
Cortez
Kennedy

DT
Kelvin
Pritchett

LDT
Eric
Swann

LDT
Shawn
Lee

RDE
Chris
Doleman

RDE
Sean
Jones

LDE
Michael
Sinclair

LDT
Don
Davey

RDE
Alonzo
Spellman

RDE
Marco
Coleman

DT
Ray
Agnew

NT
Greg
Kragen

RDE
Charles
Haley

RDE
Joe
Johnson

LDT
Marc
Boutte

DE
Anthony
Smith

DE
Aaron
Jones

DT
Kimo
von Oelhoffen

LDT
Dan
Wilkinson

RDE
Renaldo
Turnbull

RDE
Mike
Mamula

DE
Cedric
Jones

LDT
Robert
Harris

LDE
Bernard
Whittington

LDE
Brentson
Buckner

RDT
Santana
Dotson

RDT
John
Randle

RDE
Chuck
Smith

RDE
Artie
Smith

DE
Jerry
Drake

DE
Coleman
Rudolph

DT
Erik
Howard

DT
Glenn
Montgomery

LDE
Ferric
Collons

LDT
Sam
Adams

NT
Tim
Goad

RDE
Simeon
Rice

RDE
Hugh
Douglas

RDT
Henry
Ford

RDT
Sean
Gilbert

LDE
Roy
Barker

DT
Jerry
Ball

LDE
Joel
Smeenge

LDE
Lance
Johnstone

LDT
Chad
Hennings

NT
Ted
Washington

RDE
Rich
Owens

RDT
Leon
Lett

RDT
Tony
Siragusa

RDT
Tim
Bowens

LDE
Kevin
Carter

DE
Jumpy
Geathers

LDE
Jeff
Lageman