Madden NFL 2009 Linebackers Ratings (Madden 09)

2008 NFL Season / Madden NFL 09

Madden NFL 2009 shipped in summer 2008 for the 2008 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 09 released August 12, 2008 with Brett Favre on the cover for the franchise's 20th anniversary. The 99 tier: Antonio Gates, Bob Sanders, LaDainian Tomlinson, Peyton Manning, Randy Moss, and Tom Brady.

Pittsburgh won Super Bowl XLIII, 27-23 over Arizona on Santonio Holmes' late catch, Holmes named game MVP. Peyton Manning won regular-season MVP, Drew Brees took Offensive Player of the Year with 5,069 passing yards, James Harrison won Defensive Player of the Year, and Matt Ryan and Jerod Mayo won the rookie awards.

The launch's biggest 99 never played: Tom Brady tore his ACL in the first quarter of Week 1 and missed the entire season. Brees went the other way, finishing 15 yards short of Dan Marino's single-season passing record.

Year Madden NFL 2009 ▼

Position Linebackers ▼

#	Player	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	AWR	STR
1	MLB Brian Urlacher	98	88	90	88	92	77
2	ROLB DeMarcus Ware	98	87	97	90	87	83
3	LB Shawne Merriman	97	87	95	88	85	88
4	MLB Lofa Tatupu	97	85	94	85	90	78
5	MLB Patrick Willis	96	91	96	88	80	88
6	MLB Antonio Pierce	95	85	88	85	88	76
7	MLB DeMeco Ryans	95	84	90	86	88	77
8	OLB D.J. Williams	95	86	90	87	84	76
9	ROLB Adalius Thomas	95	87	88	80	83	82
10	LILB Ray Lewis	94	82	84	82	92	78
11	MLB Nick Barnett	94	84	88	85	87	75
12	OLB A.J. Hawk	94	87	90	83	78	77
13	RILB Zach Thomas	94	76	78	72	97	79
14	LB Donnie Edwards	93	80	86	84	90	66
15	MLB Mike Peterson	93	84	85	84	91	76
16	MLB Jon Beason	93	85	92	86	85	78
17	ROLB James Harrison	93	83	88	77	82	86
18	LILB James Farrior	92	78	80	80	90	82
19	LOLB Shaun Phillips	92	87	92	85	80	79
20	MLB Will Witherspoon	92	88	95	90	86	72
21	MLB E.J. Henderson	92	78	84	75	87	85
22	MLB Kirk Morrison	92	80	82	75	85	79
23	MLB Gary Brackett	91	80	84	82	88	75
24	MLB Jonathan Vilma	91	85	88	85	84	72
25	LOLB Angelo Crowell	90	82	85	80	84	75
26	RILB Bart Scott	90	82	86	80	85	82
27	RILB David Harris	90	82	85	84	82	76
28	LOLB Greg Ellis	89	78	86	75	92	82
29	MLB Barrett Ruud	89	82	90	77	87	78
30	LOLB Mike Vrabel	88	79	78	72	90	78
31	ROLB Joey Porter	88	82	84	80	80	76
32	ROLB Kamerion Wimbley	88	85	92	86	82	80
33	ROLB Terrell Suggs	88	87	94	86	79	74
34	LILB Bradie James	87	78	84	82	86	79
35	ROLB Calvin Pace	87	82	88	84	78	78
36	ROLB Ian Gold	87	85	87	84	82	68
37	LB Rosevelt Colvin	86	84	87	78	85	78
38	LILB Stephen Cooper	86	79	85	84	80	74
39	MLB Gerald Hayes	86	75	84	77	87	85
40	RILB Tedy Bruschi	86	75	78	72	96	72
41	RILB Larry Foote	86	80	84	82	86	75
42	LB Clark Haggans	85	77	78	75	84	80
43	LILB Eric Barton	85	78	83	77	86	74
44	LILB Channing Crowder	85	79	86	84	82	77
45	LOLB Willie McGinest	85	78	83	74	91	76
46	RILB D'Qwell Jackson	85	83	86	85	82	73
47	LB Landon Johnson	84	81	86	81	80	68
48	LILB Andra Davis	84	77	80	75	80	78
49	LOLB Jarret Johnson	84	76	82	70	82	85
50	MLB Paris Lenon	84	79	83	81	82	72
51	MLB Napoleon Harris	84	85	87	86	80	75
52	LB Leon Williams	83	84	87	87	76	78
53	MLB Mark Simoneau	83	80	82	77	82	73
54	LB Kevin Burnett	82	85	87	87	70	75
55	LB John DiGiorgio	82	75	78	70	87	72
56	LB Junior Seau	82	72	75	70	94	76
57	LILB Jerod Mayo	82	86	90	86	66	79
58	MLB Paul Posluszny	82	82	88	85	74	70
59	LB Tyjuan Hagler	81	86	89	84	74	74
60	LB Antwan Barnes	81	89	92	88	66	74
61	LOLB Rob Morris	81	76	80	70	85	77
62	MLB Nate Webster	81	79	85	81	80	68
63	MLB Curtis Lofton	81	82	85	86	69	78
64	RILB Akin Ayodele	81	82	86	83	82	76
65	LB Derek Smith	80	74	74	72	85	74
66	LB Jeff Ulbrich	80	74	76	70	88	74
67	LB Bobby Carpenter	80	85	85	85	60	70
68	LB Victor Hobson	80	78	82	74	79	77
69	LOLB Matt Roth	80	73	82	74	62	84
70	LB Robert Thomas	79	83	85	80	79	69
71	LB Tully Banta-Cain	79	78	86	76	77	76
72	LB Ryan Fowler	79	78	84	79	79	74
73	LB Quentin Groves	79	87	90	84	44	74
74	LB Buster Davis	79	93	95	93	66	51
75	LOLB Bryan Thomas	79	78	86	77	70	76
76	LOLB LaMarr Woodley	79	82	88	76	68	80
77	LOLB Lemar Marshall	79	80	82	80	72	71
78	MLB Stephen Tulloch	79	80	85	83	77	72
79	MLB Stewart Bradley	79	78	82	76	79	78
80	ILB Matt Wilhelm	78	75	78	76	78	78
81	LB Reggie Torbor	78	82	88	79	74	67
82	LB Jordon Dizon	78	82	88	82	70	74
83	LOLB Antwan Peek	78	82	86	78	77	70
84	MLB Dhani Jones	78	80	84	80	82	74
85	MLB Jeremiah Trotter	78	72	72	70	85	80
86	LB Nick Greisen	77	73	77	72	84	77
87	LB Dontarrious Thomas	77	85	89	77	70	71
88	MLB Ahmad Brooks	77	77	80	78	72	78
89	LB Charlie Anderson	76	80	86	78	72	68
90	LB Stephen Nicholas	76	79	85	85	69	67
91	LB Dan Connor	76	80	82	76	74	73
92	LB Kroy Biermann	76	77	82	72	52	80
93	LB Carlos Polk	76	77	79	72	78	75
94	MLB Brandon Moore	76	79	82	79	72	79
95	LB Monty Beisel	75	76	80	78	80	75
96	LB Chaun Thompson	75	85	88	82	68	70
97	LB Lawrence Timmons	75	85	92	88	60	72
98	LB Bruce Davis	75	84	92	81	59	67
99	LB Stanford Keglar	75	84	87	86	46	76
100	LB Abdul Hodge	75	79	83	74	69	76
101	OLB D.D. Lewis	75	77	75	75	70	78
102	LB Keyaron Fox	74	82	85	83	68	77
103	LB Niko Koutouvides	74	78	85	82	72	75
104	LB Alex Lewis	74	85	87	81	66	65
105	LB Darryl Blackstock	74	82	88	76	68	73
106	LB Quincy Black	74	87	88	84	66	66
107	LB Marcus Howard	74	87	90	86	40	70
108	LB Mario Haggan	74	76	80	78	76	69
109	LB Matt McCoy	74	82	85	79	68	68
110	MLB Clint Kriewaldt	74	70	76	66	75	79
111	ROLB Robert James	74	80	82	82	58	65
112	LB Brian Iwuh	73	78	82	80	66	71
113	LB James Anderson	73	85	86	86	58	67
114	LB Jamar Williams	73	76	77	78	68	78
115	LB Desmond Bishop	73	77	80	77	62	82
116	LB Tavares Gooden	73	86	90	86	47	70
117	LB Jonathan Goff	73	80	82	75	65	78
118	LB Ali Highsmith	73	80	82	86	52	66
119	LB Tim Shaw	73	86	88	86	58	71
120	LB Lorenzo Alexander	72	64	74	62	58	87
121	LB Zak DeOssie	72	79	82	80	62	70
122	LB Bryan Kehl	72	84	85	84	46	70
123	LB Thomas Williams	72	78	80	78	52	72
124	LB Gilbert Gardner	72	77	83	81	70	66
125	LB Erin Henderson	72	77	79	76	54	73
126	MLB Brad Kassell	72	72	77	73	85	72
127	ROLB Jyles Tucker	72	80	85	79	65	77
128	LB Louis Green	71	83	87	80	67	63
129	LB Pierre Woods	71	77	84	78	58	74
130	LB Tracy White	71	79	82	78	65	70
131	LB Rufus Alexander	71	80	84	86	52	68
132	LB Teddy Lehman	71	82	84	78	70	69
133	LB Roderick Green	71	82	87	79	66	79
134	RILB David Bowens	71	74	76	68	72	78
135	LB Brendon Ayanbadejo	70	74	76	72	68	80
136	LB Khary Campbell	70	78	79	76	68	68
137	LB Shantee Orr	70	79	82	72	66	74
138	LB Eric Alexander	70	76	77	72	66	74
139	LB Marques Harris	70	80	84	76	66	67
140	LB Anthony Waters	70	80	84	76	62	76
141	LB Brandon Siler	70	82	87	80	60	71
142	LB Jacob Ford	70	82	84	80	42	69
143	LB Geno Hayes	70	85	86	87	48	64
144	LOLB Arnold Harrison	70	77	79	72	69	72
145	MLB Jordan Beck	70	84	88	86	62	74
146	MLB Pat Thomas	70	80	82	76	66	72
147	ROLB Johnny Baldwin	70	83	85	82	55	78
148	LB Vinny Ciurciu	69	70	72	64	70	68
149	LB Lance Laury	69	75	77	76	64	78
150	LB Will Herring	69	83	84	82	66	67
151	LB Justin Rogers	69	75	82	80	62	74
152	LB Beau Bell	69	77	78	70	62	77
153	LB Buster Davis	69	80	84	85	56	69
154	MLB Tony Gilbert	69	75	78	74	69	75
155	MLB Derrick Pope	69	79	82	76	66	75
156	MLB Rod Wilson	69	80	85	78	68	68
157	LB Anthony Cannon	68	77	80	80	62	70
158	LB Adam Hayward	68	88	88	86	55	70
159	LB Edmond Miles	68	74	78	78	60	74
160	LB Erik Walden	68	82	86	74	48	68
161	LB Pago Togafau	68	78	78	80	59	74
162	LB Larry Izzo	68	69	80	69	80	69
163	LOLB Ramon Guzman	68	79	80	78	58	72
164	MLB Tim McGarigle	68	74	75	72	72	74
165	ROLB Prescott Burgess	68	79	79	78	58	65
166	ROLB Matt Chatham	68	74	78	70	72	71
167	ROLB Heath Farwell	68	74	77	70	65	72
168	LB Josh Stamer	67	73	75	70	69	72
169	LB Jon Alston	67	87	87	86	46	75
170	LB Larry Grant	67	80	80	82	56	65
171	LB Boomer Grigsby	67	77	80	74	40	81
172	LB Alfred Fincher	67	76	78	70	70	75
173	LB Spencer Larsen	67	75	75	70	54	78
174	LB Andre Frazier	67	82	88	82	56	72
175	LB Chad Nkang	66	88	87	84	48	74
176	LB Adam Seward	66	74	76	72	65	76
177	LB Robert McCune	66	85	88	79	58	72
178	MLB Victor Worsley	66	82	84	80	55	74
179	ROLB Brandon Jamison	66	84	86	83	45	60
180	LB Isaiah Ekejiuba	65	78	80	79	58	75
181	MLB Nate Harris	65	80	80	82	54	74
182	MLB Tony Taylor	65	77	75	74	59	74
183	LB Troy Evans	64	74	75	70	71	70
184	LB Marvin Mitchell	64	74	75	74	56	77
185	LB Joey LaRocque	64	80	85	78	46	70
186	LB Andy Studebaker	63	78	82	78	44	72
187	LB Kris Griffin	63	78	85	80	56	63
188	LOLB Jorge Cordova	63	76	80	75	59	74
189	LOLB David McMillan	62	79	86	78	55	74
190	ROLB Mark Washington	61	78	82	77	44	82