Madden NFL 1997 Running Backs 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 Running Backs ▼

#	Player	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	AWR	CAR
1	RB Thurman Thomas	99	84	67	84	75	80
2	RB Emmitt Smith	99	97	70	84	89	84
3	RB Barry Sanders	96	97	78	90	85	92
4	FB Kimble Anders	95	68	45	61	86	91
5	RB Marcus Allen	89	67	62	62	76	91
6	RB Ricky Watters	89	87	56	82	84	85
7	RB Chris Warren	89	82	54	69	77	86
8	FB Larry Centers	88	62	51	55	94	89
9	RB Terry Allen	86	78	59	70	74	84
10	RB Marshall Faulk	82	92	65	92	78	77
11	RB Mario Bates	76	87	63	87	70	92
12	RB Edgar Bennett	75	67	50	67	84	95
13	RB Jerome Bettis	73	68	40	62	65	80
14	RB Errict Rhett	68	76	58	80	68	94
15	RB Curtis Martin	66	75	63	69	68	87
16	RB Charlie Garner	60	88	77	96	61	83
17	RB Larry Bowie	59	87	55	69	50	49
18	RB Eric Bieniemy	58	78	62	69	71	93
19	RB Robert Smith	55	85	67	89	63	93
20	RB Terrell Davis	54	75	65	69	66	83
21	RB Rodney Hampton	53	78	49	80	61	85
22	FB Richie Anderson	51	67	47	63	60	84
23	RB Harvey Williams	51	78	63	84	71	84
24	RB Lawrence Phillips	50	80	47	84	45	33
25	FB Zack Crockett	49	67	46	56	46	47
26	RB Brian Satterfield	48	80	55	69	41	35
27	FB William Floyd	47	65	48	61	68	91
28	RB Rashaan Salaam	47	63	50	80	53	70
29	RB Mike Archie	47	70	43	65	46	50
30	RB Stephen Davis	46	66	63	56	47	54
31	FB Derrick Harris	45	70	57	69	59	90
32	RB Earnest Byner	45	78	54	70	73	94
33	RB Bernie Parmalee	45	67	38	63	55	54
34	RB Steve Broussard	45	83	61	70	39	30
35	FB Tony Carter	44	74	46	68	48	41
36	RB Natrone Means	44	66	38	62	58	90
37	RB Derek Brown	44	82	64	80	51	52
38	RB Ricky Whittle	44	82	64	80	51	52
39	RB Craig Heyward	42	68	37	56	64	89
40	RB Jamal Anderson	42	64	37	55	43	47
41	RB Dino Philyaw	42	89	73	73	41	40
42	RB Roger Graham	42	57	39	50	41	41
43	FB Jeff Cothran	40	69	45	66	41	41
44	FB Aaron Craver	40	85	58	70	65	91
45	RB Reggie Cobb	39	75	57	69	39	37
46	RB Scottie Graham	38	71	49	61	55	85
47	RB Napoleon Kaufman	38	93	77	92	55	86
48	RB Joe Aska	37	83	50	84	39	38
49	RB Jerry Ellison	37	68	64	50	43	52
50	FB Carwell Gardner	35	70	48	69	42	51
51	FB Clif Groce	35	66	34	61	43	54
52	FB Sam Gash	35	69	49	62	44	49
53	RB Tim Biakabutuka	35	76	65	90	46	42
54	RB Vince Workman	35	61	37	53	35	30
55	FB Charles Evans	34	81	76	84	40	18
56	FB Howard Griffith	33	65	48	50	38	41
57	RB Tracy Johnson	33	75	40	77	26	96
58	FB Daryl Johnston	32	65	45	63	58	31
59	RB Ki-Jana Carter	32	80	66	89	39	32
60	RB Ronnie Harmon	32	76	65	69	68	91
61	RB Raymont Harris	31	75	53	69	40	49
62	RB Adrian Murrell	31	75	56	69	68	92
63	RB Aaron Hayden	31	81	58	84	53	87
64	FB Stanley Pritchett	30	65	64	62	58	82
65	RB Dexter Carter	30	89	84	88	38	42
66	RB Dexter Carter	30	89	84	88	38	42
67	RB Dexter Carter	30	89	84	88	38	42
68	FB Tim Lester	29	74	47	72	23	92
69	FB Marc Logan	29	68	57	63	36	36
70	RB Dorsey Levens	29	78	48	70	49	50
71	RB Eddie George	29	72	49	62	39	33
72	RB Moe Williams	29	70	89	84	26	44
73	RB Eric Lynch	28	69	47	61	35	35
74	FB Le'Shai Maston	27	61	45	55	37	42
75	RB Todd McNair	27	73	67	70	48	43
76	RB Adam Walker	27	65	57	59	37	44
77	FB Lorenzo Neal	26	57	37	50	33	33
78	RB Marrio Grier	26	63	46	50	39	49
79	RB Derek Loville	26	69	57	62	77	92
80	RB Brian Mitchell	26	78	51	70	39	31
81	RB Leroy Hoard	25	71	49	62	44	66
82	RB Darick Holmes	25	66	49	61	50	80
83	RB Robert Green	25	81	53	56	54	85
84	RB Sherriden May	25	50	31	40	37	44
85	RB Earnest Hunter	24	71	55	50	35	40
86	RB Rodney Thomas	24	88	59	88	50	72
87	RB Donnell Bennett	24	63	47	66	26	85
88	RB Keith Elias	24	79	61	56	40	54
89	FB Cory Schlesinger	23	70	48	65	37	35
90	FB Mack Strong	23	72	53	67	36	43
91	RB Leeland McElroy	23	79	74	96	38	43
92	RB Detron Smith	23	73	59	69	33	35
93	RB Ron Rivers	23	70	48	65	37	35
94	RB Travis Jervey	23	66	47	50	36	43
95	RB Tim Hall	23	89	63	80	38	49
96	FB Ray Zellars	22	75	52	69	34	38
97	FB Charles Way	22	59	42	53	39	54
98	FB Kevin Turner	22	70	50	66	40	56
99	FB Tommy Vardell	22	70	52	69	39	55
100	RB Michael Bates	22	96	73	96	22	50
101	RB Herschel Walker	21	73	54	88	48	44
102	FB Derrick Fenner	20	70	50	65	39	42
103	RB Randy Jordan	20	68	50	50	36	47
104	RB Jerris McPhail	18	72	57	69	64	89
105	RB Terry Kirby	18	72	67	69	64	95
106	RB Amp Lee	17	68	60	50	62	79
107	RB Freddie Bradley	17	40	31	45	21	24
108	RB Jason Bratton	15	56	53	60	35	50
109	RB Dave Meggett	14	83	61	69	47	56
110	FB Tim Tindale	13	76	51	58	34	49
111	FB Mike Alstott	13	72	45	67	32	30
112	RB LeShon Johnson	12	70	67	64	10	50
113	RB Tyrone Wheatley	12	81	53	69	31	41
114	RB Ronald Moore	12	73	47	55	30	38
115	RB Harold Green	11	77	48	73	4	77
116	RB Erric Pegram	10	75	70	67	40	62
117	RB Vaughn Hebron	8	67	63	56	31	44
118	RB Reggie Rivers	8	67	63	56	31	44
119	FB William Henderson	7	56	44	56	32	36
120	RB Dominique Ross	7	65	61	50	28	36
121	RB Karim Abdul-Jabbar	7	69	71	84	35	49
122	RB Terrell Fletcher	7	89	65	84	30	41
123	RB Leonard Russell	7	79	51	85	30	43
124	RB Reggie Brown	7	56	24	59	32	34
125	RB Greg Robinson	7	68	52	66	8	76
126	RB Winslow Oliver	5	65	83	84	36	47
127	RB James Stewart	5	75	57	69	47	94
128	RB Irving Spikes	5	80	55	57	32	50
129	RB Fred McAfee	5	65	55	50	33	45
130	RB Lamar Smith	5	74	50	68	26	33
131	RB Ryan Terry	4	71	61	56	27	37
132	RB Lamont Warren	2	78	59	69	26	36
133	RB Richard Huntley	1	54	27	45	22	17
134	RB Sherman Williams	1	87	68	69	32	38
135	RB Derrick Witherspoon	1	68	61	57	32	54

Madden NFL 1997 Player Ratings - 1996 NFL Season

1996 NFL Season / Madden NFL 97

Running Backs, Madden NFL 1997

RB ThurmanThomas

RB EmmittSmith

RB BarrySanders

FB KimbleAnders

RB MarcusAllen

RB RickyWatters

RB ChrisWarren

FB LarryCenters

RB TerryAllen

RB MarshallFaulk

RB MarioBates

RB EdgarBennett

RB JeromeBettis

RB ErrictRhett

RB CurtisMartin

RB CharlieGarner

RB LarryBowie

RB EricBieniemy

RB RobertSmith

RB TerrellDavis

RB RodneyHampton

FB RichieAnderson

RB HarveyWilliams

RB LawrencePhillips

FB ZackCrockett

RB BrianSatterfield

FB WilliamFloyd

RB RashaanSalaam

RB MikeArchie

RB StephenDavis

FB DerrickHarris

RB EarnestByner

RB BernieParmalee

RB SteveBroussard

FB TonyCarter

RB NatroneMeans

RB DerekBrown

RB RickyWhittle

RB CraigHeyward

RB JamalAnderson

RB DinoPhilyaw

RB RogerGraham

FB JeffCothran

FB AaronCraver

RB ReggieCobb

RB ScottieGraham

RB NapoleonKaufman

RB JoeAska

RB JerryEllison

FB CarwellGardner

FB ClifGroce

FB SamGash

RB TimBiakabutuka

RB VinceWorkman

FB CharlesEvans

FB HowardGriffith

RB TracyJohnson

FB DarylJohnston

RB Ki-JanaCarter

RB RonnieHarmon

RB RaymontHarris

RB AdrianMurrell

RB AaronHayden

FB StanleyPritchett

RB DexterCarter

RB DexterCarter

RB DexterCarter

FB TimLester

FB MarcLogan

RB DorseyLevens

RB EddieGeorge

RB MoeWilliams

RB EricLynch

FB Le'ShaiMaston

RB ToddMcNair

RB AdamWalker

FB LorenzoNeal

RB
Thurman
Thomas

RB
Emmitt
Smith

RB
Barry
Sanders

FB
Kimble
Anders

RB
Marcus
Allen

RB
Ricky
Watters

RB
Chris
Warren

FB
Larry
Centers

RB
Terry
Allen

RB
Marshall
Faulk

RB
Mario
Bates

RB
Edgar
Bennett

RB
Jerome
Bettis

RB
Errict
Rhett

RB
Curtis
Martin

RB
Charlie
Garner

RB
Larry
Bowie

RB
Eric
Bieniemy

RB
Robert
Smith

RB
Terrell
Davis

RB
Rodney
Hampton

FB
Richie
Anderson

RB
Harvey
Williams

RB
Lawrence
Phillips

FB
Zack
Crockett

RB
Brian
Satterfield

FB
William
Floyd

RB
Rashaan
Salaam

RB
Mike
Archie

RB
Stephen
Davis

FB
Derrick
Harris

RB
Earnest
Byner

RB
Bernie
Parmalee

RB
Steve
Broussard

FB
Tony
Carter

RB
Natrone
Means

RB
Derek
Brown

RB
Ricky
Whittle

RB
Craig
Heyward

RB
Jamal
Anderson

RB
Dino
Philyaw

RB
Roger
Graham

FB
Jeff
Cothran

FB
Aaron
Craver

RB
Reggie
Cobb

RB
Scottie
Graham

RB
Napoleon
Kaufman

RB
Joe
Aska

RB
Jerry
Ellison

FB
Carwell
Gardner

FB
Clif
Groce

FB
Sam
Gash

RB
Tim
Biakabutuka

RB
Vince
Workman

FB
Charles
Evans

FB
Howard
Griffith

RB
Tracy
Johnson

FB
Daryl
Johnston

RB
Ki-Jana
Carter

RB
Ronnie
Harmon

RB
Raymont
Harris

RB
Adrian
Murrell

RB
Aaron
Hayden

FB
Stanley
Pritchett

RB
Dexter
Carter

RB
Dexter
Carter

RB
Dexter
Carter

FB
Tim
Lester

FB
Marc
Logan

RB
Dorsey
Levens

RB
Eddie
George

RB
Moe
Williams

RB
Eric
Lynch

FB
Le'Shai
Maston

RB
Todd
McNair

RB
Adam
Walker

FB
Lorenzo
Neal

RB
Marrio
Grier

RB
Derek
Loville

RB
Brian
Mitchell