Madden NFL 1997 Player Ratings - 1996 NFL Season

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 Linebackers ▼

#	Player	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	AWR	TKL
1	LB Michael Brooks	98	61	44	64	98	92
2	LB Greg Lloyd	97	60	51	74	95	99
3	MLB Pepper Johnson	97	58	46	60	96	97
4	MLB Bryan Cox	95	44	39	68	96	97
5	LILB Chris Spielman	93	49	37	60	99	99
6	MLB Jessie Tuggle	93	64	44	64	93	100
7	LOLB Bryce Paup	92	50	50	73	97	98
8	MLB Rod Stephens	92	61	44	64	88	87
9	MLB Hardy Nickerson	91	60	47	78	96	99
10	LILB Sam Mills	90	65	43	62	98	95
11	MLB Jeff Herrod	90	53	37	63	99	92
12	LB Bryan Schwartz	88	48	37	65	84	82
13	MLB Eric Hill	86	58	37	62	91	93
14	MLB Kurt Gouveia	85	59	42	62	89	93
15	MLB Ken Norton Jr.	80	70	47	76	83	87
16	MLB Allen Aldridge	79	72	44	76	79	82
17	MLB Steve Tovar	78	63	45	69	79	81
18	MLB Greg Biekert	72	50	43	65	76	77
19	MLB Marvin Jones	71	70	43	76	71	66
20	LOLB Derrick Thomas	70	59	43	75	86	62
21	ROLB Lamar Lathon	70	74	45	81	71	69
22	LILB Levon Kirkland	66	54	37	57	71	69
23	MLB Tracy Simien	65	61	38	64	70	66
24	ROLB Anthony Davis	65	72	48	68	66	60
25	LB Steve Conley	62	58	51	70	59	53
26	LB Alan Campos	61	56	45	72	63	57
27	MLB Jeff Brady	61	62	44	65	57	50
28	LB Godfrey Myles	60	68	44	72	59	59
29	MLB Robert Jones	60	60	45	64	58	60
30	MLB George Koonce	56	59	41	62	56	59
31	RILB Mike Caldwell	56	67	49	72	56	60
32	LB Clay Matthews	55	60	42	64	50	50
33	LB Terry Irving	54	57	46	58	56	52
34	LB Brian Jones	54	54	37	57	50	44
35	LB Eric Unverzagt	54	60	40	65	51	43
36	LOLB Kevin Greene	52	60	42	76	49	52
37	MLB Fred Strickland	50	56	39	60	50	40
38	MLB Ted Johnson	48	50	43	55	53	46
39	LB Marlo Perry	47	39	38	63	49	50
40	LB Scott Galyon	47	43	34	60	51	47
41	MLB Winfred Tubbs	47	54	41	60	47	48
42	LOLB Mike Croel	46	76	51	83	42	42
43	MLB Barry Minter	45	69	47	74	44	46
44	MLB Dean Wells	45	67	48	74	48	43
45	LB Ron Cox	44	70	48	70	39	43
46	LB Randy Kirk	42	56	37	57	45	23
47	LB Terry Killens	41	61	57	70	41	39
48	MLB Zach Thomas	40	65	64	68	58	64
49	RILB Jerry Olsavsky	38	61	52	64	35	30
50	ROLB Sam Rogers	38	67	46	73	38	39
51	LB Glen Young	35	52	45	57	30	31
52	LB Elijah Alexander	34	68	48	76	36	40
53	LB Trev Alberts	34	68	48	76	36	40
54	LB Scott Fields	33	53	39	58	33	30
55	LB Doug Colman	33	62	43	68	28	30
56	LB Rick Hamilton	33	39	40	56	23	43
57	RILB Carlton Bailey	33	52	43	57	31	35
58	ROLB Chad Brown	33	54	42	58	44	32
59	LB Reggie Clark	32	59	44	65	35	30
60	LB Greg Manusky	32	63	45	66	31	33
61	MLB Barron Wortham	32	69	39	69	33	34
62	LB Patrick Sapp	30	56	37	58	29	30
63	LB Troy Dumas	29	65	46	69	31	30
64	LB Kyle Clifton	29	55	48	62	26	30
65	LB Matt Vanderbeek	29	37	37	41	27	30
66	LILB Ray Lewis	29	63	46	68	24	30
67	LB Tom Beer	28	50	44	50	25	30
68	LB Al Smith	28	61	41	64	25	30
69	LB Tracy Rogers	28	51	42	53	25	30
70	LB Sylvester Wright	28	53	40	57	29	33
71	LB Kevin Mitchell	28	56	37	59	23	30
72	LB Ronald McKinnon	26	58	39	62	30	30
73	LB Michael Lowery	26	63	47	66	22	30
74	LB Craig Powell	25	50	49	57	20	30
75	LB Andre Royal	25	53	51	57	20	30
76	LB Glenn Cadrez	25	56	38	61	22	30
77	LB Jason Kyle	25	55	44	60	24	30
78	LB James Logan	25	56	58	60	22	30
79	LB Wesley Leasy	24	63	48	68	23	30
80	LB Damien Covington	24	61	40	60	27	30
81	LB Sean Harris	24	55	43	60	29	30
82	LB Jim Schwantz	24	63	49	68	25	30
83	LB Britt Hager	24	63	47	68	27	30
84	LB Bernardo Harris	24	53	40	57	28	30
85	LB Ernest Dixon	24	57	51	57	23	30
86	LB Rob Holmberg	24	53	46	57	20	30
87	LOLB David White	24	53	44	57	26	30
88	ROLB Jerrol Williams	24	56	48	60	25	30
89	LB Tony Peterson	23	77	54	70	27	30
90	LB Darnell Stephens	23	68	37	68	26	30
91	LOLB Mike Morton	23	64	52	72	21	30
92	MLB Corey Widmer	23	40	37	44	23	30
93	LB Duane Bickett	22	56	44	65	20	30
94	LB Myron Baker	22	56	44	65	20	30
95	LB Andre Collins	22	45	43	50	24	30
96	LB Richard Brown	22	59	46	65	20	30
97	LB Whit Marshall	22	53	46	57	25	30
98	LB Marc Woodard	22	71	45	73	25	30
99	LB Eric Ravotti	22	52	40	58	21	30
100	LB Dwayne Gordon	22	54	40	57	30	30
101	LB Lamont Hollinquest	21	54	40	57	21	30
102	LB Marty Moore	21	58	37	61	15	27
103	LB Joe Kelly	21	60	47	65	37	30
104	LB Cedric Figaro	21	52	32	57	14	30
105	RILB Mark Maddox	21	61	46	64	24	30
106	LB Lorenzo Styles	20	62	45	65	23	30
107	LB Eddie Sutter	20	36	40	49	35	40
108	LB Dexter Daniels	20	36	40	39	21	30
109	LB Gerald Dixon	20	52	39	57	16	30
110	LB Anthony Harris	20	54	37	57	20	30
111	LB Keith Burns	19	54	43	57	19	30
112	LB James Folston	19	73	53	72	19	30
113	LB Darrick Brownlow	19	58	37	59	19	30
114	LB Marcus Buckley	18	55	44	60	20	30
115	LB Thomas Homco	18	63	39	64	23	30
116	LB Percell Gaskins	18	53	39	67	33	30
117	MLB James Willis	17	63	45	66	40	37
118	LB Lemanski Hall	16	66	47	68	16	30
119	LB Larry Izzo	16	57	52	72	22	30
120	LB Dave Garnett	16	54	40	57	20	30
121	LB David Brandon	15	54	39	57	17	30
122	LB Craig Sauer	15	54	39	57	17	30
123	LB Scott Kowalkowski	15	52	47	55	19	30
124	LB Daved Benefield	15	58	53	65	20	30
125	LOLB Jason Gildon	14	52	46	58	16	30
126	LB Tom Tumulty	13	58	41	60	15	30
127	MLB Tom McManus	13	53	37	57	16	30
128	LB Demetrious DuBose	12	62	43	65	16	30

Madden NFL 1997 Player Ratings - 1996 NFL Season

1996 NFL Season / Madden NFL 97

Linebackers, Madden NFL 1997

LB MichaelBrooks

LB GregLloyd

MLB PepperJohnson

MLB BryanCox

LILB ChrisSpielman

MLB JessieTuggle

LOLB BrycePaup

MLB RodStephens

MLB HardyNickerson

LILB SamMills

MLB JeffHerrod

LB BryanSchwartz

MLB EricHill

MLB KurtGouveia

MLB KenNorton Jr.

MLB AllenAldridge

MLB SteveTovar

MLB GregBiekert

MLB MarvinJones

LOLB DerrickThomas

ROLB LamarLathon

LILB LevonKirkland

MLB TracySimien

ROLB AnthonyDavis

LB SteveConley

LB AlanCampos

MLB JeffBrady

LB GodfreyMyles

MLB RobertJones

MLB GeorgeKoonce

RILB MikeCaldwell

LB ClayMatthews

LB TerryIrving

LB BrianJones

LB EricUnverzagt

LOLB KevinGreene

MLB FredStrickland

MLB TedJohnson

LB MarloPerry

LB ScottGalyon

MLB WinfredTubbs

LOLB MikeCroel

MLB BarryMinter

MLB DeanWells

LB RonCox

LB RandyKirk

LB TerryKillens

MLB ZachThomas

RILB JerryOlsavsky

ROLB SamRogers

LB GlenYoung

LB ElijahAlexander

LB TrevAlberts

LB ScottFields

LB DougColman

LB RickHamilton

RILB CarltonBailey

ROLB ChadBrown

LB ReggieClark

LB GregManusky

MLB BarronWortham

LB PatrickSapp

LB TroyDumas

LB KyleClifton

LB MattVanderbeek

LILB RayLewis

LB TomBeer

LB AlSmith

LB TracyRogers

LB SylvesterWright

LB KevinMitchell

LB RonaldMcKinnon

LB MichaelLowery

LB CraigPowell

LB AndreRoyal

LB GlennCadrez

LB JasonKyle

LB
Michael
Brooks

LB
Greg
Lloyd

MLB
Pepper
Johnson

MLB
Bryan
Cox

LILB
Chris
Spielman

MLB
Jessie
Tuggle

LOLB
Bryce
Paup

MLB
Rod
Stephens

MLB
Hardy
Nickerson

LILB
Sam
Mills

MLB
Jeff
Herrod

LB
Bryan
Schwartz

MLB
Eric
Hill

MLB
Kurt
Gouveia

MLB
Ken
Norton Jr.

MLB
Allen
Aldridge

MLB
Steve
Tovar

MLB
Greg
Biekert

MLB
Marvin
Jones

LOLB
Derrick
Thomas

ROLB
Lamar
Lathon

LILB
Levon
Kirkland

MLB
Tracy
Simien

ROLB
Anthony
Davis

LB
Steve
Conley

LB
Alan
Campos

MLB
Jeff
Brady

LB
Godfrey
Myles

MLB
Robert
Jones

MLB
George
Koonce

RILB
Mike
Caldwell

LB
Clay
Matthews

LB
Terry
Irving

LB
Brian
Jones

LB
Eric
Unverzagt

LOLB
Kevin
Greene

MLB
Fred
Strickland

MLB
Ted
Johnson

LB
Marlo
Perry

LB
Scott
Galyon

MLB
Winfred
Tubbs

LOLB
Mike
Croel

MLB
Barry
Minter

MLB
Dean
Wells

LB
Ron
Cox

LB
Randy
Kirk

LB
Terry
Killens

MLB
Zach
Thomas

RILB
Jerry
Olsavsky

ROLB
Sam
Rogers

LB
Glen
Young

LB
Elijah
Alexander

LB
Trev
Alberts

LB
Scott
Fields

LB
Doug
Colman

LB
Rick
Hamilton

RILB
Carlton
Bailey

ROLB
Chad
Brown

LB
Reggie
Clark

LB
Greg
Manusky

MLB
Barron
Wortham

LB
Patrick
Sapp

LB
Troy
Dumas

LB
Kyle
Clifton

LB
Matt
Vanderbeek

LILB
Ray
Lewis

LB
Tom
Beer

LB
Al
Smith

LB
Tracy
Rogers

LB
Sylvester
Wright

LB
Kevin
Mitchell

LB
Ronald
McKinnon

LB
Michael
Lowery

LB
Craig
Powell

LB
Andre
Royal

LB
Glenn
Cadrez

LB
Jason
Kyle

LB
James
Logan

LB
Wesley
Leasy

LB
Damien
Covington