Madden NFL 2021 Linebackers Ratings (Madden 21)

2020 NFL Season / Madden NFL 21

Madden NFL 2021 shipped in summer 2020 for the 2020 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 21 released August 28, 2020 with reigning MVP Lamar Jackson on the cover. EA's 99 club: Aaron Donald, Christian McCaffrey, Michael Thomas, Patrick Mahomes, and cornerback Stephon Gilmore.

Tampa Bay won Super Bowl LV at home, 31-9 over Kansas City, Tom Brady taking game MVP in his first season as a Buccaneer. Aaron Rodgers won regular-season MVP and threw 48 touchdowns. Derrick Henry ran for 2,027 yards and took Offensive Player of the Year, Aaron Donald repeated as Defensive Player of the Year, and Justin Herbert and Chase Young won the rookie awards.

Two of EA's five 99s barely played: Christian McCaffrey was limited to three games and Michael Thomas to seven, both by injury. Stefon Diggs went the other direction, leading the NFL with 1,535 receiving yards in his first season after the trade to Buffalo.

Year Madden NFL 2021 ▼

Position Linebackers ▼

#	Player	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	AWR	STR	Archetype
1	RILB Bobby Wagner	98	86	89	85	96	81	MLB_FieldGeneral
2	LB Von Miller	97	87	89	90	98	84	OLB_PowerRusher
3	LOLB Khalil Mack	97	86	89	87	98	89	OLB_PowerRusher
4	LOLB Chandler Jones	95	79	86	81	97	87	OLB_PowerRusher
5	RILB Lavonte David	90	86	90	87	92	77	MLB_FieldGeneral
6	MLB Demario Davis	89	86	89	81	88	85	OLB_RunStopper
7	MLB Eric Kendricks	89	84	90	82	94	76	MLB_FieldGeneral
8	LB Dont'a Hightower	88	81	86	79	95	84	MLB_RunStopper
9	ROLB Za'Darius Smith	88	80	85	73	95	84	OLB_PowerRusher
10	MLB Fred Warner	87	84	89	85	97	76	MLB_FieldGeneral
11	LOLB T.J. Watt	86	83	89	84	89	77	OLB_SpeedRusher
12	LB C.J. Mosley	85	84	89	88	89	75	MLB_FieldGeneral
13	LB Dee Ford	85	85	87	87	89	84	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
14	ROLB Shaquil Barrett	85	84	87	83	87	74	OLB_SpeedRusher
15	LB Avery Williamson	84	83	88	79	88	78	MLB_RunStopper
16	LOLB Preston Smith	84	82	89	81	89	81	OLB_PowerRusher
17	LILB Roquan Smith	83	89	91	88	82	80	MLB_FieldGeneral
18	MLB Leighton Vander Esch	83	86	91	89	80	78	OLB_RunStopper
19	ROLB Matt Judon	83	81	87	79	84	86
20	LB Benardrick McKinney	82	83	86	79	84	77	MLB_RunStopper
21	LOLB Carlos Dunlap	82	82	86	82	87	79
22	MLB Joe Schobert	82	83	86	80	88	76	MLB_FieldGeneral
23	ROLB Robert Quinn	82	80	84	83	88	84	OLB_PowerRusher
24	ROLB Harold Landry	82	84	89	86	82	78
25	LOLB Whitney Mercilus	81	81	88	79	85	78	OLB_PowerRusher
26	ROLB K.J. Wright	81	80	83	79	91	69	OLB_PassCoverage
27	ROLB Bradley Chubb	81	84	87	80	80	91
28	LB Anthony Barr	80	87	88	88	81	76	OLB_RunStopper
29	LOLB Jason Pierre-Paul	80	77	84	81	88	85	OLB_SpeedRusher
30	LOLB Samson Ebukam	80	87	90	82	77	83	OLB_SpeedRusher
31	MLB Tremaine Edmunds	80	87	87	87	82	75	MLB_RunStopper
32	RILB Danny Trevathan	80	80	85	80	90	68	MLB_FieldGeneral
33	ROLB Bud Dupree	80	87	89	78	84	76	OLB_PowerRusher
34	LILB Rashaan Evans	79	84	87	85	80	83	MLB_RunStopper
35	RILB Jayon Brown	79	87	88	81	88	74	MLB_FieldGeneral
36	LB Thomas Davis	78	82	83	83	86	72
37	LB Isaiah Simmons	78	93	93	91	74	73
38	LILB Devin White	78	92	91	82	78	77	MLB_FieldGeneral
39	LILB Alexander Johnson	78	81	86	78	85	78
40	LOLB Pernell McPhee	78	76	81	75	76	88	OLB_PowerRusher
41	LB Uchenna Nwosu	77	84	88	83	74	72
42	LB Markus Golden	77	80	85	73	88	73
43	RILB Vince Williams	77	82	84	74	86	75	MLB_RunStopper
44	ROLB Leonard Floyd	77	85	88	84	75	75	OLB_SpeedRusher
45	LB Sean Lee	76	80	85	80	85	76	OLB_RunStopper
46	LB Devon Kennard	76	82	88	76	76	75	OLB_PowerRusher
47	LB Raekwon McMillan	76	86	89	81	72	83
48	LILB Devin Bush Jr.	76	90	92	86	80	74	MLB_FieldGeneral
49	MLB Tahir Whitehead	76	82	86	80	80	71	OLB_RunStopper
50	MLB Nick Kwiatkoski	76	81	86	83	77	78	OLB_RunStopper
51	RILB Jordan Hicks	76	83	89	85	81	79	MLB_PassCoverage
52	LB Tyus Bowser	75	84	89	82	75	75	OLB_SpeedRusher
53	LB Kemoko Turay	75	84	88	83	74	69	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
54	LILB Zach Cunningham	75	83	89	82	82	77	MLB_RunStopper
55	LOLB Haason Reddick	75	88	89	85	77	79	OLB_SpeedRusher
56	LOLB Shaq Lawson	75	82	87	78	77	85
57	LB Bruce Irvin	74	86	88	83	77	72	OLB_PowerRusher
58	LB Kamalei Correa	74	82	86	84	78	75	OLB_SpeedRusher
59	LB Patrick Onwuasor	74	84	85	82	78	74	MLB_RunStopper
60	LB K'Lavon Chaisson	74	85	90	86	73	78	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
61	LB Todd Davis	74	77	84	84	74	78
62	LILB De'Vondre Campbell	74	85	87	86	78	73	MLB_FieldGeneral
63	LOLB Benson Mayowa	74	79	85	79	79	71	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
64	RILB Jerome Baker	74	89	89	85	76	73	MLB_FieldGeneral
65	LB Nick Vigil	73	82	86	83	78	71	OLB_RunStopper
66	LB Shaquem Griffin	73	91	91	84	65	73	OLB_SpeedRusher
67	LB Logan Wilson	73	85	89	83	75	75	MLB_FieldGeneral
68	LB Genard Avery	73	86	89	85	68	82
69	LOLB Lorenzo Carter	73	88	90	84	64	74	OLB_SpeedRusher
70	MLB Alex Anzalone	73	85	88	84	77	74	MLB_PassCoverage
71	MLB Anthony Walker	73	84	89	79	78	78
72	MLB Foyesade Oluokun	73	90	89	86	74	68
73	ROLB Brennan Scarlett	73	80	88	74	75	79	OLB_RunStopper
74	ROLB Tim Williams	73	83	87	85	71	77
75	LB Brandon Copeland	72	86	86	78	74	82	OLB_PowerRusher
76	LB Kiko Alonso	72	80	85	82	79	69	OLB_RunStopper
77	LB Jatavis Brown	72	88	90	84	74	84	OLB_RunStopper
78	LB Shaun Dion Hamilton	72	81	85	80	69	78	OLB_RunStopper
79	LB Drue Tranquill	72	87	89	85	74	77	MLB_FieldGeneral
80	LB Cody Barton	72	84	88	85	74	79	OLB_RunStopper
81	LB Joshua Uche	72	86	90	84	66	73	OLB_SpeedRusher
82	LILB Christian Kirksey	72	85	88	80	83	68	MLB_RunStopper
83	LILB Blake Martinez	72	81	87	80	74	79	MLB_RunStopper
84	LILB Patrick Queen	72	89	90	87	74	70	MLB_FieldGeneral
85	LOLB Marquel Lee	72	80	87	78	71	78
86	MLB Damien Wilson	72	81	86	76	80	74	OLB_RunStopper
87	LB Joe Thomas	71	82	89	73	77	74	OLB_RunStopper
88	LB Ryan Anderson	71	81	84	77	69	82	DE_PowerRusher
89	LB Dylan Cole	71	85	90	84	71	84	MLB_PassCoverage
90	LB Vince Biegel	71	83	87	79	67	77	OLB_SpeedRusher
91	LB Jordyn Brooks	71	87	88	86	71	73	MLB_RunStopper
92	LILB Elandon Roberts	71	84	84	76	70	82	MLB_RunStopper
93	MLB Jahlani Tavai	71	83	86	80	72	78	MLB_RunStopper
94	RILB L.J. Fort	71	80	87	75	79	74	MLB_FieldGeneral
95	LB Barkevious Mingo	70	85	87	83	66	69	OLB_SpeedRusher
96	LB Kamu Grugier-Hill	70	89	91	88	70	72	MLB_FieldGeneral
97	LB Jarrad Davis	70	85	90	80	72	83	MLB_RunStopper
98	LB Dorian O'Daniel	70	85	87	91	69	73	OLB_PassCoverage
99	LB Ben Banogu	70	86	89	83	66	80	DE_PowerRusher
100	LB Blake Cashman	70	89	90	85	67	70	MLB_FieldGeneral
101	LB Jordan Willis	70	86	89	81	69	85
102	LOLB Tarell Basham	70	82	88	79	67	76	OLB_SpeedRusher
103	MLB Germaine Pratt	70	87	89	79	69	76	MLB_FieldGeneral
104	RILB Josey Jewell	70	78	88	85	69	70	MLB_RunStopper
105	LB Kevin Minter	69	77	85	80	72	77	MLB_RunStopper
106	LB Frankie Luvu	69	78	84	84	71	73	OLB_SpeedRusher
107	LB Leon Jacobs	69	88	88	79	62	81	OLB_RunStopper
108	LB Ogbonnia Okoronkwo	69	82	87	81	56	83	OLB_SpeedRusher
109	LB Ben Burr-Kirven	69	86	88	86	62	71	OLB_RunStopper
110	LB Quincy Williams	69	87	89	78	71	65	OLB_PassCoverage
111	LB Julian Okwara	69	86	89	78	67	81	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
112	LB Zack Baun	69	85	88	83	67	78	OLB_RunStopper
113	LB Justin March	69	81	89	75	64	74
114	LOLB Andrew Van Ginkel	69	85	88	83	67	70	OLB_SpeedRusher
115	LOLB Reggie Gilbert	69	78	83	75	69	80
116	MLB Jonathan Bostic	69	84	88	79	65	72	MLB_RunStopper
117	MLB Jermaine Carter Jr.	69	83	85	77	57	75
118	OLB Jeremiah Attaochu	69	84	86	77	64	73	OLB_SpeedRusher
119	RILB Malik Harrison	69	84	87	85	70	75	MLB_RunStopper
120	LB David Mayo	68	81	87	77	72	75	MLB_RunStopper
121	LB Ben Niemann	68	82	84	82	74	71	MLB_FieldGeneral
122	LB Marquis Haynes	68	82	86	79	63	76	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
123	LB Malik Jefferson	68	87	89	79	52	80	OLB_RunStopper
124	LB Samuel Eguavoen	68	82	88	79	62	70	OLB_RunStopper
125	LB Akeem Davis-Gaither	68	88	91	86	67	70	OLB_PassCoverage
126	LB Brooks Reed	68	82	87	80	69	76
127	LILB Harvey Langi	68	84	87	78	58	77	OLB_RunStopper
128	LOLB Malik Reed	68	77	87	85	67	74	OLB_SpeedRusher
129	ROLB Sutton Smith	68	83	85	87	61	73
130	LB Kyle Wilber	67	81	86	77	76	73	OLB_RunStopper
131	LB LaRoy Reynolds	67	83	89	75	62	82	OLB_RunStopper
132	LB Jordan Evans	67	88	90	84	72	75	OLB_RunStopper
133	LB Matthew Adams	67	86	88	80	61	79	OLB_RunStopper
134	LB Tae Davis	67	80	84	80	72	74	OLB_RunStopper
135	LB Jachai Polite	67	81	86	80	59	81	OLB_SpeedRusher
136	LB Anfernee Jennings	67	81	87	74	66	81	OLB_PowerRusher
137	LB Jacob Phillips	67	84	87	72	66	73	MLB_RunStopper
138	LB Tanner Muse	67	90	90	77	67	74	OLB_RunStopper
139	LB Davion Taylor	67	89	91	85	66	69	OLB_RunStopper
140	LB Terrell Lewis	67	83	88	83	64	74	OLB_SpeedRusher
141	LB Austin Calitro	67	83	87	82	67	74
142	LB James Burgess	67	80	84	79	72	74
143	MLB B.J. Goodson	67	82	87	80	61	81	MLB_RunStopper
144	ROLB Alex Highsmith	67	82	85	82	59	76	OLB_SpeedRusher
145	LB Craig Robertson	66	77	84	80	66	68	OLB_RunStopper
146	LB Mark Nzeocha	66	84	88	84	66	76	OLB_SpeedRusher
147	LB Tanner Vallejo	66	84	88	80	67	73	MLB_RunStopper
148	LB Kylie Fitts	66	83	88	83	53	83	OLB_SpeedRusher
149	LB Zaire Franklin	66	85	90	82	55	80	OLB_RunStopper
150	LB James Crawford	66	79	86	77	60	73	OLB_RunStopper
151	LB Jonathan Greenard	66	79	85	80	65	77	OLB_SpeedRusher
152	LB Jordan Kunaszyk	66	81	85	77	62	71
153	LB Ryan Connelly	66	84	88	81	68	70
154	LB Elijah Lee	66	82	89	82	60	68
155	LB Tyler Matakevich	65	78	85	77	71	75	MLB_RunStopper
156	LB Devante Bond	65	82	86	81	68	74	OLB_SpeedRusher
157	LB Joe Walker	65	84	86	83	70	75	MLB_RunStopper
158	LB Josh Harvey-Clemons	65	81	86	81	68	69	OLB_SpeedRusher
159	LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin	65	83	87	77	74	70	MLB_FieldGeneral
160	LB Joel Iyiegbuniwe	65	85	88	80	59	67	MLB_RunStopper
161	LB Oren Burks	65	86	89	86	61	69	MLB_PassCoverage
162	LB Cameron Smith	65	83	86	80	61	73	MLB_RunStopper
163	LB Joe Giles-Harris	65	81	85	81	56	69	OLB_RunStopper
164	LB Dakota Allen	65	80	86	85	51	73	OLB_RunStopper
165	LB Isaiah Irving	65	77	84	82	55	73
166	LB Nick Bellore	65	77	83	84	78	79
167	LB Justin Hollins	65	86	87	81	56	71
168	LILB Micah Kiser	65	84	88	81	59	76	MLB_RunStopper
169	LILB Troy Reeder	65	85	87	80	66	77	MLB_RunStopper
170	LOLB Carlos Watkins	65	74	82	67	71	86	DE_RunStopper
171	RILB Neville Hewitt	65	83	86	78	73	67	MLB_PassCoverage
172	ROLB Jermaine Grace	65	87	88	82	54	79
173	LB Jason Cabinda	64	83	86	83	63	72	MLB_RunStopper
174	LB Corey Thompson	64	84	85	81	64	70	OLB_RunStopper
175	LB Emeke Egbule	64	84	87	81	58	72	OLB_SpeedRusher
176	LB Shaquille Quarterman	64	81	85	76	65	78	MLB_RunStopper
177	LB Carter Coughlin	64	86	87	76	62	71	OLB_SpeedRusher
178	LB Justin Strnad	64	86	88	82	65	71	MLB_PassCoverage
179	LB Andre Smith	64	75	84	80	43	84
180	LOLB Curtis Weaver	64	82	86	82	64	74
181	LOLB Justin Lawler	64	73	80	70	60	76
182	LOLB Chris Peace	64	81	89	78	55	75
183	MLB Reggie Ragland	64	80	86	78	66	79	MLB_RunStopper
184	RILB Kenny Young	64	84	88	75	55	75	MLB_FieldGeneral
185	ROLB Jamal Davis II	64	86	89	82	50	71
186	LB James Vaughters	63	75	83	76	61	80	OLB_PowerRusher
187	LB Olasunkanmi Adeniyi	63	78	85	80	53	79	OLB_SpeedRusher
188	LB E.J. Speed	63	85	89	84	57	74	OLB_RunStopper
189	LB Ty Summers	63	87	89	82	58	77	MLB_RunStopper
190	LB Markus Bailey	63	82	87	80	63	74	MLB_RunStopper
191	LB Shaun Bradley	63	87	89	80	59	67	OLB_RunStopper
192	LB Brady Sheldon	63	88	91	81	58	67
193	LB Tuzar Skipper	63	76	84	80	54	80
194	LB Jordan Brailford	63	84	88	70	60	76
195	MLB T.J. Edwards	63	77	82	82	64	72	MLB_RunStopper
196	RILB David Long	63	84	87	86	65	70
197	LB Edmond Robinson	62	83	87	77	51	72	OLB_RunStopper
198	LB Joseph Jones	62	87	85	89	60	71	MLB_RunStopper
199	LB Skai Moore	62	81	86	80	60	72	MLB_RunStopper
200	LB Jack Cichy	62	83	87	82	52	75	MLB_RunStopper
201	LB Chris Board	62	86	89	88	60	69	MLB_RunStopper
202	LB Otaro Alaka	62	80	89	81	55	75	MLB_RunStopper
203	LB Austin Calitro	62	80	86	74	58	79	OLB_PowerRusher
204	LB Jordan Glasgow	62	82	85	80	57	67	OLB_RunStopper
205	LB Ulysees Gilbert	62	88	90	83	60	68
206	LB Andre Smith	62	84	89	73	56	72
207	RILB Kamal Martin	62	84	87	80	63	76	MLB_RunStopper
208	LB Nick Dzubnar	61	82	81	75	69	73	MLB_FieldGeneral
209	LB Jared Norris	61	81	87	83	58	75	MLB_PassCoverage
210	LB Devante Downs	61	78	84	80	54	77	MLB_RunStopper
211	LB Quinton Bell	61	88	90	76	45	75	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
212	LB Tipa Galeai	61	82	88	81	55	69
213	MLB Curtis Bolton	61	86	90	80	58	68
214	RILB Tae Crowder	61	83	88	80	57	76	MLB_RunStopper
215	LB Emmanuel Ellerbee	60	84	87	75	57	69	OLB_RunStopper
216	LB Josh Watson	60	82	88	81	52	70	MLB_RunStopper
217	LB Luke Gifford	60	84	87	83	56	75	MLB_RunStopper
218	LB Cassh Maluia	60	87	89	83	60	68	MLB_FieldGeneral
219	LB Cam Brown	60	83	86	78	62	70	MLB_RunStopper
220	LB Noah Dawkins	60	90	90	80	57	68
221	LILB Robert Spillane	60	80	82	79	55	71	MLB_RunStopper
222	LOLB Kahzin Daniels	60	79	83	74	55	72
223	MLB Ahmad Thomas	60	83	89	83	60	68
224	ROLB Brandon King	60	88	90	79	63	70
225	LB Peter Kalambayi	59	85	88	79	58	70	MLB_RunStopper
226	LB Willie Harvey	59	84	89	81	55	68	MLB_RunStopper
227	LB Kaden Elliss	59	82	87	87	57	72	MLB_RunStopper
228	LB Natrez Patrick	59	76	82	77	57	70	OLB_PowerRusher
229	LB Cole Christiansen	59	77	85	74	56	73	MLB_RunStopper
230	LB Chapelle Russell	59	84	86	79	62	69	MLB_PassCoverage
231	LB Ross Travis	59	78	85	76	57	79
232	LB B.J. Bello	59	86	90	88	62	72
233	MLB Nigel Harris	59	87	88	77	54	68
234	RILB Tyrell Adams	59	83	88	81	61	63	MLB_RunStopper
235	ROLB Ahmad Gooden	59	74	81	75	55	72
236	LB Dennis Gardeck	58	85	87	74	55	81	MLB_RunStopper
237	LB Travin Howard	58	87	89	82	57	67	MLB_RunStopper
238	LB Josiah Tauaefa	58	78	84	82	53	73	MLB_RunStopper
239	LB Clay Johnston	58	83	87	81	61	68
240	LB Christian Rozeboom	57	83	88	78	54	67	MLB_RunStopper
241	LB Chris Orr	57	80	83	79	59	68	MLB_RunStopper
242	LB T.J. Brunson	57	82	85	79	56	73	MLB_RunStopper
243	LB Josh Woods	56	85	86	80	57	64	MLB_PassCoverage
244	LB Emmanuel Smith	55	84	91	84	56	66	MLB_RunStopper
245	LB Ross Matiscik	25	77	84	80	48	73
246	LB Luke Rhodes	24	80	87	79	54	81