Madden NFL 2001 Linebackers Ratings

2000 NFL Season / Madden NFL 2001

Madden NFL 2001 shipped in summer 2000 for the 2000 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 2001 released August 21, 2000 with Titans running back Eddie George on the cover, the first player to appear on a Madden cover. On the era's lower scale the top overalls sat at 96: Junior Seau, Kurt Warner, Mike Alstott, Ray Lewis, and Warren Sapp.

Baltimore won Super Bowl XXXV, 34-7 over the Giants behind a record-setting defense, Ray Lewis named game MVP. Marshall Faulk won regular-season MVP and Offensive Player of the Year, Ray Lewis won Defensive Player of the Year, and Brian Urlacher and Mike Anderson won the rookie awards. Edgerrin James led the league with 1,709 rushing yards.

Kurt Warner, a 96 off his MVP season, broke a finger and threw 18 interceptions in 11 games. Faulk was the over-delivery, piling up 2,189 yards from scrimmage and 26 touchdowns. Eddie George ran for 1,509 yards on the cover, with the curse waiting for him the next season.

Year Madden NFL 2001 ▼

Position Linebackers ▼

#	Player	Team	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	AWR	STR
1	MLB Ray Lewis		96	80	74	77	92	74
2	MLB Zach Thomas		94	78	76	76	92	70
3	MLB Hardy Nickerson		93	78	67	70	91	76
4	LILB Levon Kirkland		92	73	68	73	89	74
5	LOLB Mo Lewis		92	78	72	75	88	72
6	LB Barry Minter		89	75	65	71	82	73
7	LILB Bryan Cox		89	70	66	70	89	73
8	MLB Ken Norton Jr.		89	72	65	73	87	72
9	MLB Greg Biekert		89	71	62	70	82	72
10	MLB Jessie Tuggle		88	68	63	72	86	69
11	MLB Stephen Boyd		88	75	65	71	84	72
12	MLB Bernardo Harris		87	75	68	71	78	74
13	MLB London Fletcher		87	77	68	71	75	74
14	MLB Randall Godfrey		87	80	69	75	82	73
15	RILB Ted Johnson		87	72	68	74	88	68
16	LOLB Jason Gildon		86	74	65	72	80	67
17	MLB Marvcus Patton		86	73	64	72	78	69
18	MLB Micheal Barrow		86	74	67	73	78	67
19	RILB Marvin Jones		86	73	65	72	83	73
20	RILB Earl Holmes		86	74	64	71	78	73
21	LILB Chris Slade		85	76	65	70	77	67
22	ROLB Sam Rogers		85	74	66	72	78	65
23	MLB Fred Strickland	FA	84	70	60	69	73	73
24	MLB Wali Rainer		84	74	62	68	68	72
25	RILB Sam Cowart		84	76	65	73	70	70
26	ROLB Roman Phifer		84	70	63	69	78	67
27	ROLB Tedy Bruschi		84	78	66	74	72	67
28	LB Brian Simmons		83	75	64	71	70	72
29	LB Bryce Paup		83	67	61	66	75	67
30	MLB Ronald McKinnon		83	72	66	70	70	70
31	LB Lonnie Marts		82	72	66	66	75	64
32	LILB John Holecek		82	74	61	69	77	69
33	MLB Corey Widmer	FA	82	70	60	67	76	69
34	MLB Al Wilson		82	77	64	69	69	71
35	MLB Barron Wortham		82	73	58	67	75	70
36	MLB Jeremiah Trotter		82	73	64	67	71	70
37	MLB George Koonce		82	69	62	68	74	66
38	MLB James Francis	FA	81	64	62	65	73	64
39	MLB Jamie Duncan		81	71	63	68	74	69
40	LB Larry Atkins		80	80	81	82	64	60
41	LB Joe Bowden		80	74	63	70	71	66
42	LB Dwayne Gordon		80	70	61	69	71	71
43	LB Brian Williams		80	70	60	70	66	68
44	LB Donta Jones		80	68	62	71	66	69
45	LB Adrian Ross		79	70	59	69	65	66
46	LB Glenn Cadrez		79	71	61	67	68	71
47	MLB Darrin Smith		79	75	67	63	68	61
48	MLB DeShone Myles		79	68	59	69	67	70
49	MLB Kailee Wong		79	72	62	70	66	65
50	LB Rob Morris		78	75	67	72	60	71
51	MLB Brian Urlacher		78	83	73	74	51	70
52	LB Richard Harvey		77	70	60	65	66	65
53	LB Craig Sauer		77	74	57	66	64	72
54	MLB Charlie Clemons		77	73	60	64	64	71
55	ROLB Joey Porter		77	75	67	71	57	69
56	LB Mitch Palmer		76	64	53	63	65	69
57	LB Alshermond Singleton		76	73	61	67	63	61
58	LB Andy Katzenmoyer		76	79	62	69	63	71
59	LB Travian Smith		76	72	60	69	63	64
60	LB Greg Jones		76	66	58	69	66	64
61	LOLB Vinson Smith	FA	76	65	57	66	60	63
62	MLB Kivuusama Mays	FA	76	70	58	65	63	66
63	MLB Dwight Hollier		76	70	57	66	67	66
64	LB Jay Foreman		75	70	61	69	59	67
65	LB Ike Reese		75	71	61	67	62	65
66	LB Mike Vrabel		75	69	61	70	62	65
67	LOLB Corey Miller	FA	75	64	61	62	62	61
68	MLB Dat Nguyen		75	77	62	70	56	66
69	LB Ty Hallock		74	65	61	67	53	67
70	LB Tarek Saleh		74	62	60	68	54	65
71	LB Mark Maddox		74	66	50	64	68	67
72	LB Scott Kowalkowski		74	65	53	64	66	66
73	LB Hannibal Navies		74	73	62	68	55	66
74	LOLB Marcus Buckley		74	64	56	66	62	62
75	LB Steve Russ		73	66	56	67	56	65
76	LB Clint Kriewaldt		73	67	62	69	55	62
77	LOLB Ricardo McDonald		73	69	59	66	51	66
78	MLB Joe Wesley		73	73	60	66	54	67
79	ROLB James Farrior		73	67	57	68	59	61
80	ROLB Anthony Harris		73	66	56	67	54	65
81	LB Ian Gold		72	72	66	71	49	65
82	LB Jeff Gooch		72	68	54	65	63	65
83	LB Johnny Rutledge		72	72	61	68	52	67
84	LB Sam Sword		72	69	60	69	54	63
85	LOLB Chad Cascadden		72	66	60	67	60	61
86	MLB Jeff Kelly		72	72	60	66	53	68
87	LB Khari Samuel		71	70	61	69	51	64
88	LB Canute Curtis		71	65	55	66	55	61
89	LB Ron George		71	67	54	65	60	64
90	LB Marcus Washington		71	69	59	67	48	66
91	LB Edward Thomas		71	65	54	63	58	61
92	LB Brandon Short		71	78	62	66	48	69
93	LB Kory Minor		71	70	60	66	53	69
94	LB Eric Barton		71	70	56	66	53	65
95	LB John Fiala		71	69	57	65	55	66
96	LOLB Tony Peterson		71	65	56	65	57	68
97	MLB Tom McManus	FA	71	69	59	61	49	68
98	MLB Bryan Schwartz	FA	71	71	55	61	51	68
99	LB Nate Webster		70	73	59	66	47	68
100	LB James Folston		70	65	57	66	57	60
101	LB Michael Hamilton		70	77	56	64	51	62
102	LB Ratcliff Thomas		70	66	54	65	53	63
103	LB James Darling		70	71	60	66	49	69
104	LB Jeff Ulbrich		70	76	64	70	50	70
105	LB Pete Monty		70	68	54	65	54	63
106	LB Maugaula Tuitele		70	71	59	67	54	61
107	LB Kevin Mitchell		70	65	55	63	58	61
108	LB Marcus Bell		70	73	60	68	47	71
109	LB Terry Killens		70	69	57	67	53	59
110	LB Keith Bulluck		70	81	68	72	46	61
111	LOLB Joe Tuipala		70	68	62	69	50	65
112	LB Corey Moore		69	87	77	75	54	59
113	LB Mike Caldwell		69	66	53	67	54	62
114	LB Troy Pelshak		69	73	62	69	52	59
115	LB O.J. Brigance		69	65	58	64	54	60
116	LB Phil Clarke		69	71	60	66	46	68
117	LB Donta Jones		69	69	63	67	48	60
118	LB Phil Glover		69	70	62	65	47	62
119	LB Antonio Wilson		69	70	66	64	48	69
120	LOLB Keith Newman		69	71	60	66	46	69
121	MLB Kurt Gouveia	FA	69	64	64	56	52	62
122	MLB Greg Manusky	FA	69	63	55	63	51	68
123	MLB Orlando Ruff		69	70	58	64	46	67
124	MLB T.J. Slaughter		69	71	62	64	47	70
125	MLB Lester Towns		69	68	63	65	46	70
126	LB Anthony Davis		68	71	63	62	49	64
127	LB Billy Granville		68	65	53	63	50	65
128	LB Orantes Grant		68	71	63	64	47	67
129	LB Corey Terry		68	68	63	62	46	59
130	LB Chester Burnett		68	68	48	63	49	67
131	LB Jim Nelson		68	66	54	61	50	64
132	LB James Logan		68	62	51	63	52	63
133	LB Isaiah Kacyvenski		68	68	62	66	48	70
134	LB Lemanski Hall		68	66	53	61	53	66
135	MLB Marlo Perry	FA	68	68	56	66	47	66
136	ROLB Jeff Kopp		68	65	54	67	51	62
137	LB DaShon Polk		67	68	65	72	49	56
138	LB John Reeves		67	67	62	69	47	62
139	LB Steve Tovar		67	68	57	60	49	64
140	LB Bobby Brooks		67	66	53	63	53	61
141	LB Cornell Brown		67	66	55	64	49	58
142	LB Frank Chamberlin		67	67	64	66	47	69
143	LOLB Spencer Reid		67	64	52	63	52	59
144	ROLB Patrick Sapp		67	68	55	66	47	60
145	ROLB Whit Marshall		67	63	53	63	51	60
146	LB Jason Kyle		66	63	53	62	53	58
147	LB Larry Izzo		66	69	51	63	55	54
148	LB Scott Galyon		66	66	54	68	50	56
149	LB Barrett Green		66	73	62	69	46	57
150	LB K.D. Williams		66	67	53	63	54	58
151	LB Reggie Givens		66	69	56	62	46	62
152	MLB Dhani Jones		66	73	60	65	47	65
153	ROLB Joe Cummings	FA	66	62	54	62	47	61
154	LB Keith Burns		65	64	51	60	52	64
155	LB Lenoy Jones		65	64	53	61	54	59
156	LB Chris Bordano		65	73	51	62	47	61
157	LB Olrick Johnson		65	62	53	62	49	58
158	MLB Richard Jordan		65	67	51	60	50	64
159	LB Twan Russell		64	65	50	63	48	63
160	MLB Dan Brandenburg	FA	64	61	50	63	56	57
161	LB Brad Jackson		63	62	52	62	49	58
162	MLB Tyrell Peters		63	63	50	61	48	64
163	MLB Jeff Brady	FA	62	65	55	57	47	60
164	LOLB James Willis	FA	61	69	55	68	48	57
165	MLB Melvin Bradley		61	64	50	57	46	64
166	MLB Vernon Crawford		59	68	60	65	48	57

Madden NFL 2001 Player Ratings - 2000 NFL Season

2000 NFL Season / Madden NFL 2001

Linebackers, Madden NFL 2001

MLB RayLewis

MLB ZachThomas

MLB HardyNickerson

LILB LevonKirkland

LOLB MoLewis

LB BarryMinter

LILB BryanCox

MLB KenNorton Jr.

MLB GregBiekert

MLB JessieTuggle

MLB StephenBoyd

MLB BernardoHarris

MLB LondonFletcher

MLB RandallGodfrey

RILB TedJohnson

LOLB JasonGildon

MLB MarvcusPatton

MLB MichealBarrow

RILB MarvinJones

RILB EarlHolmes

LILB ChrisSlade

ROLB SamRogers

MLB FredStrickland

MLB WaliRainer

RILB SamCowart

ROLB RomanPhifer

ROLB TedyBruschi

LB BrianSimmons

LB BrycePaup

MLB RonaldMcKinnon

LB LonnieMarts

LILB JohnHolecek

MLB CoreyWidmer

MLB AlWilson

MLB BarronWortham

MLB JeremiahTrotter

MLB GeorgeKoonce

MLB JamesFrancis

MLB JamieDuncan

LB LarryAtkins

LB JoeBowden

LB DwayneGordon

LB BrianWilliams

LB DontaJones

LB AdrianRoss

LB GlennCadrez

MLB DarrinSmith

MLB DeShoneMyles

MLB KaileeWong

LB RobMorris

MLB BrianUrlacher

LB RichardHarvey

LB CraigSauer

MLB CharlieClemons

ROLB JoeyPorter

LB MitchPalmer

LB AlshermondSingleton

LB AndyKatzenmoyer

LB TravianSmith

LB GregJones

LOLB VinsonSmith

MLB KivuusamaMays

MLB DwightHollier

LB JayForeman

LB IkeReese

LB MikeVrabel

LOLB CoreyMiller

MLB DatNguyen

LB TyHallock

LB TarekSaleh

LB MarkMaddox

LB ScottKowalkowski

LB HannibalNavies

LOLB MarcusBuckley

LB SteveRuss

LB ClintKriewaldt

LOLB RicardoMcDonald

MLB
Ray
Lewis

MLB
Zach
Thomas

MLB
Hardy
Nickerson

LILB
Levon
Kirkland

LOLB
Mo
Lewis

LB
Barry
Minter

LILB
Bryan
Cox

MLB
Ken
Norton Jr.

MLB
Greg
Biekert

MLB
Jessie
Tuggle

MLB
Stephen
Boyd

MLB
Bernardo
Harris

MLB
London
Fletcher

MLB
Randall
Godfrey

RILB
Ted
Johnson

LOLB
Jason
Gildon

MLB
Marvcus
Patton

MLB
Micheal
Barrow

RILB
Marvin
Jones

RILB
Earl
Holmes

LILB
Chris
Slade

ROLB
Sam
Rogers

MLB
Fred
Strickland

MLB
Wali
Rainer

RILB
Sam
Cowart

ROLB
Roman
Phifer

ROLB
Tedy
Bruschi

LB
Brian
Simmons

LB
Bryce
Paup

MLB
Ronald
McKinnon

LB
Lonnie
Marts

LILB
John
Holecek

MLB
Corey
Widmer

MLB
Al
Wilson

MLB
Barron
Wortham

MLB
Jeremiah
Trotter

MLB
George
Koonce

MLB
James
Francis

MLB
Jamie
Duncan

LB
Larry
Atkins

LB
Joe
Bowden

LB
Dwayne
Gordon

LB
Brian
Williams

LB
Donta
Jones

LB
Adrian
Ross

LB
Glenn
Cadrez

MLB
Darrin
Smith

MLB
DeShone
Myles

MLB
Kailee
Wong

LB
Rob
Morris

MLB
Brian
Urlacher

LB
Richard
Harvey

LB
Craig
Sauer

MLB
Charlie
Clemons

ROLB
Joey
Porter

LB
Mitch
Palmer

LB
Alshermond
Singleton

LB
Andy
Katzenmoyer

LB
Travian
Smith

LB
Greg
Jones

LOLB
Vinson
Smith

MLB
Kivuusama
Mays

MLB
Dwight
Hollier

LB
Jay
Foreman

LB
Ike
Reese

LB
Mike
Vrabel

LOLB
Corey
Miller

MLB
Dat
Nguyen

LB
Ty
Hallock

LB
Tarek
Saleh

LB
Mark
Maddox

LB
Scott
Kowalkowski

LB
Hannibal
Navies

LOLB
Marcus
Buckley

LB
Steve
Russ

LB
Clint
Kriewaldt

LOLB
Ricardo
McDonald

MLB
Joe
Wesley

ROLB
James
Farrior

ROLB
Anthony
Harris