Madden NFL 2023 Linebackers Ratings (Madden 23)

2022 NFL Season / Madden NFL 23

Madden NFL 2023 shipped in summer 2022 for the 2022 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 23 released August 19, 2022 as a tribute to John Madden, who died in December 2021, with three covers bearing his likeness. Aaron Donald, Davante Adams, Myles Garrett, and left tackle Trent Williams anchored the 99 tier.

Kansas City beat Philadelphia 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII, Mahomes named MVP of both the game and the regular season. Justin Jefferson took Offensive Player of the Year with 1,809 receiving yards and Nick Bosa won Defensive Player of the Year with 18.5 sacks. The Jets swept the rookie awards with Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson.

Davante Adams justified his 99 in a new city, catching 100 passes for 1,516 yards in Las Vegas. The launch miss was Russell Wilson, rated in the low 90s after his trade to Denver, who threw 11 interceptions on a 5-12 team. Geno Smith went the other way, leading the league in completion percentage and winning Comeback Player of the Year off a bottom-tier rating in Seattle.

Year Madden NFL 2023 ▼

Position Linebackers ▼

#	Player	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	AWR	STR	Archetype
1	LOLB T.J. Watt	96	83	89	84	98	83	OLB_SpeedRusher
2	MLB Fred Warner	94	85	93	85	99	76	MLB_FieldGeneral
3	MLB Demario Davis	93	85	88	80	96	85	MLB_FieldGeneral
4	RILB Lavonte David	92	85	89	86	95	77	MLB_FieldGeneral
5	RILB Bobby Wagner	91	85	87	84	92	81	MLB_RunStopper
6	LB Shaquille Leonard	90	86	88	83	92	78
7	MLB Roquan Smith	89	88	91	88	86	80
8	ROLB Rashan Gary	89	86	89	79	94	83	OLB_PowerRusher
9	LOLB Danielle Hunter	88	87	90	85	91	82	OLB_SpeedRusher
10	RILB Eric Kendricks	88	85	90	81	93	76	MLB_FieldGeneral
11	ROLB Shaquil Barrett	88	83	85	82	94	74	OLB_SpeedRusher
12	LILB De'Vondre Campbell	87	85	87	85	88	73	MLB_FieldGeneral
13	LOLB Matt Judon	87	85	88	79	92	86
14	ROLB Za'Darius Smith	86	80	79	72	93	84	OLB_PowerRusher
15	LILB Devin White	85	92	91	82	91	77	MLB_FieldGeneral
16	LOLB Josh Hines-Allen	85	86	88	83	81	82	OLB_SpeedRusher
17	LB Melvin Ingram	84	80	82	82	87	83	OLB_SpeedRusher
18	MLB Tremaine Edmunds	84	87	88	87	83	75	MLB_RunStopper
19	LOLB Carl Lawson	83	82	88	80	85	88	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
20	ROLB Harold Landry	83	84	90	86	83	78
21	LILB Jordyn Brooks	82	87	88	86	79	73	MLB_RunStopper
22	LOLB Preston Smith	82	80	87	80	88	82	OLB_PowerRusher
23	MLB Denzel Perryman	82	80	85	78	83	84	MLB_RunStopper
24	MLB Deion Jones	82	90	91	86	85	73
25	RILB C.J. Mosley	82	83	88	87	81	75	MLB_FieldGeneral
26	RILB Myles Jack	82	86	88	88	87	74	MLB_FieldGeneral
27	ROLB Adrian Phillips	82	88	88	83	87	63	S_Zone
28	LILB Ja'Whaun Bentley	80	83	83	79	81	86	MLB_RunStopper
29	LILB Foyesade Oluokun	80	89	89	86	85	69	MLB_FieldGeneral
30	MLB Leighton Vander Esch	80	86	91	89	77	78	MLB_FieldGeneral
31	ROLB Leonard Floyd	80	85	88	84	89	75	OLB_SpeedRusher
32	LB Justin Houston	79	80	82	80	84	84	OLB_PowerRusher
33	MLB Cole Holcomb	79	87	89	89	80	72	OLB_PassCoverage
34	RILB Jerome Baker	79	88	88	85	82	73	MLB_FieldGeneral
35	LB Blake Martinez	78	80	86	80	85	79	MLB_RunStopper
36	LILB Isaiah Simmons	78	93	93	91	76	73	MLB_PassCoverage
37	LOLB Odafe Oweh	78	89	90	87	73	80	OLB_PowerRusher
38	RILB Zach Cunningham	78	82	90	81	85	80	MLB_RunStopper
39	ROLB Markus Golden	78	79	80	75	89	78	OLB_PowerRusher
40	ROLB Bradley Chubb	78	85	88	80	81	91
41	LB Tyus Bowser	77	83	89	81	80	75	OLB_SpeedRusher
42	LB Jayon Brown	77	86	87	80	81	74	MLB_FieldGeneral
43	LB Anthony Walker	77	83	89	79	81	78
44	LILB Jordan Hicks	77	82	88	85	83	78	MLB_FieldGeneral
45	LILB Devin Bush Jr.	77	90	92	86	80	74	MLB_FieldGeneral
46	ROLB Andrew Van Ginkel	77	86	88	83	82	70	OLB_SpeedRusher
47	LILB Josey Jewell	76	78	86	84	77	71	MLB_RunStopper
48	LOLB Jaelan Phillips	76	86	90	85	75	80	OLB_SpeedRusher
49	ROLB Travon Walker	76	88	92	82	73	88	OLB_RunStopper
50	LOLB Uchenna Nwosu	75	84	87	83	77	72	OLB_SpeedRusher
51	MLB Christian Kirksey	75	84	86	79	85	68	MLB_RunStopper
52	ROLB Alex Highsmith	75	82	82	81	74	76	OLB_SpeedRusher
53	ROLB Kayvon Thibodeaux	75	86	90	84	73	81	OLB_PowerRusher
54	LB Nick Kwiatkoski	74	79	84	81	74	78	MLB_FieldGeneral
55	LB Joshua Uche	74	86	91	84	69	73	OLB_SpeedRusher
56	LB Devon Kennard	74	81	85	75	75	75
57	LOLB Bud Dupree	74	85	87	76	73	76	OLB_PowerRusher
58	MLB Josh Bynes	74	77	75	75	84	76	MLB_RunStopper
59	MLB Damien Wilson	74	80	82	75	80	74	MLB_RunStopper
60	MLB Germaine Pratt	74	87	90	79	76	76	MLB_FieldGeneral
61	LB Dennis Gardeck	73	85	87	75	73	81	OLB_SpeedRusher
62	LB Krys Barnes	73	84	87	82	79	71	MLB_FieldGeneral
63	LB Darrell Taylor	73	83	87	75	69	86	OLB_SpeedRusher
64	LB Malik Reed	73	77	87	85	75	74
65	LB Eric Wilson	73	85	89	83	72	75
66	LILB Ernest Jones	73	82	87	72	74	71	MLB_RunStopper
67	LOLB Kyler Fackrell	73	80	86	80	78	75
68	MLB Kenneth Murray	73	87	90	85	78	73
69	RILB Zaven Collins	73	84	87	82	72	76	MLB_FieldGeneral
70	RILB Quay Walker	73	88	90	86	68	75	MLB_RunStopper
71	RILB Devin Lloyd	73	84	91	79	72	77	MLB_RunStopper
72	LB Blake Cashman	72	90	91	85	68	70	OLB_RunStopper
73	LB K'Lavon Chaisson	72	85	90	86	65	78	OLB_SpeedRusher
74	LB Akeem Davis-Gaither	72	88	92	86	76	70	OLB_PassCoverage
75	LB Kenny Young	72	84	88	75	70	75
76	LILB Quincy Williams	72	87	89	78	75	65	OLB_RunStopper
77	LOLB Justin Hollins	72	86	87	81	73	71	OLB_SpeedRusher
78	MLB Alex Anzalone	72	84	88	83	78	74	MLB_FieldGeneral
79	OLB Tarell Basham	72	81	88	78	71	75	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
80	OLB Arnold Ebiketie	72	84	87	85	65	76	OLB_SpeedRusher
81	OLB Joe Tryon-Shoyinka	72	83	86	82	68	81
82	RILB Alex Singleton	72	84	85	80	74	72	MLB_RunStopper
83	ROLB Malik Harrison	72	84	86	85	73	75	MLB_RunStopper
84	LB Brennan Scarlett	71	78	84	72	75	79	OLB_PowerRusher
85	LB D.J. Wonnum	71	81	81	77	77	82	OLB_PowerRusher
86	LB Nakobe Dean	71	89	92	83	72	66	MLB_FieldGeneral
87	LB David Ojabo	71	87	90	86	65	78	OLB_SpeedRusher
88	LB Jermaine Carter Jr.	71	82	81	77	72	75
89	LILB David Long	71	84	87	86	78	70
90	MLB Cory Littleton	71	81	83	79	82	73	OLB_RunStopper
91	RILB Cody Barton	71	84	88	85	74	79	MLB_FieldGeneral
92	ROLB Baron Browning	71	87	92	85	66	75	OLB_RunStopper
93	LB Nick Vigil	70	81	86	83	74	71	MLB_RunStopper
94	LB Jarrad Davis	70	85	89	79	72	83	MLB_RunStopper
95	LB Robert Spillane	70	88	87	79	70	71	MLB_RunStopper
96	LB Samuel Eguavoen	70	81	86	77	73	70	OLB_SpeedRusher
97	LB Oshane Ximines	70	80	78	82	78	78	OLB_SpeedRusher
98	LB Julian Okwara	70	86	89	78	66	81	OLB_SpeedRusher
99	LB Chad Muma	70	85	89	86	70	76	MLB_RunStopper
100	LB Mack Wilson	70	84	87	81	73	78
101	LB Marquis Haynes	70	84	86	79	66	76
102	LILB Elandon Roberts	70	83	83	75	76	82	MLB_RunStopper
103	RILB Jahlani Tavai	70	83	86	80	72	78	MLB_RunStopper
104	LB Steven Means	69	79	80	72	75	75	OLB_SpeedRusher
105	LB David Mayo	69	79	83	76	72	75	OLB_RunStopper
106	LB Raekwon McMillan	69	85	88	80	63	83	MLB_RunStopper
107	LB Olasunkanmi Adeniyi	69	77	81	79	70	79	OLB_SpeedRusher
108	LB Ben Banogu	69	86	89	83	66	80	DE_PowerRusher
109	LB Davion Taylor	69	89	91	85	71	69	OLB_RunStopper
110	LB Terrell Lewis	69	83	88	83	66	74	OLB_SpeedRusher
111	LB Genard Avery	69	84	89	84	65	82
112	LOLB Anthony Nelson	69	78	86	82	69	76	OLB_PowerRusher
113	LOLB Alton Robinson	69	83	86	74	68	79
114	MLB Willie Gay Jr.	69	88	91	81	72	71	OLB_RunStopper
115	MLB Troy Andersen	69	92	95	87	70	68	MLB_PassCoverage
116	OLB Nik Bonitto	69	88	92	82	63	72	OLB_SpeedRusher
117	RILB Jonas Griffith	69	82	86	78	66	77	MLB_RunStopper
118	RILB Tae Crowder	69	83	88	80	69	76	MLB_RunStopper
119	LB Kevin Pierre-Louis	68	84	85	85	69	80	OLB_RunStopper
120	LB Neville Hewitt	68	82	82	76	71	67	OLB_PassCoverage
121	LB Harvey Langi	68	82	83	77	61	77	OLB_RunStopper
122	LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin	68	82	84	76	78	70	OLB_PassCoverage
123	LB Vince Biegel	68	82	84	78	63	76	OLB_SpeedRusher
124	LB Marquel Lee	68	78	86	77	63	77	OLB_RunStopper
125	LB Matthew Adams	68	85	87	79	70	79	OLB_RunStopper
126	LB Micah Kiser	68	83	87	81	64	76	MLB_RunStopper
127	LB Zack Baun	68	85	88	83	66	78	OLB_SpeedRusher
128	LB Chauncey Golston	68	78	87	71	69	79	DE_RunStopper
129	LB Channing Tindall	68	91	94	75	66	69	MLB_RunStopper
130	LB Boye Mafe	68	87	91	76	62	75	OLB_SpeedRusher
131	LB Brian Asamoah	68	87	92	83	68	71
132	LOLB Jonathon Cooper	68	82	85	75	68	77	OLB_PowerRusher
133	MLB Mykal Walker	68	86	88	81	69	72	MLB_RunStopper
134	LB Ben Niemann	67	81	79	82	73	71	MLB_RunStopper
135	LB Ryan Connelly	67	84	88	81	68	70	MLB_FieldGeneral
136	LB Troy Reeder	67	85	87	80	71	77	MLB_RunStopper
137	LB Anfernee Jennings	67	81	86	74	66	81	OLB_PowerRusher
138	LB Kamal Martin	67	84	87	80	71	76	MLB_RunStopper
139	LB Jacob Phillips	67	84	87	72	64	73	MLB_RunStopper
140	LB Troy Dye	67	85	88	82	72	71	MLB_FieldGeneral
141	LB Quincy Roche	67	83	85	77	69	76	OLB_SpeedRusher
142	LB Jabril Cox	67	88	91	83	62	65	MLB_PassCoverage
143	LB Terrel Bernard	67	86	91	83	69	67	OLB_PassCoverage
144	LB DeAngelo Malone	67	87	90	82	67	72
145	MLB Buddy Johnson	67	86	88	77	67	75
146	MLB Tyrell Adams	67	81	89	80	72	63
147	RILB Dylan Cole	67	85	90	83	65	84	MLB_FieldGeneral
148	LB Joe Walker	66	83	84	82	71	75	MLB_RunStopper
149	LB Duke Riley	66	85	86	82	73	74	MLB_RunStopper
150	LB Tanner Vallejo	66	83	86	79	67	73	MLB_RunStopper
151	LB Jacob Tuioti-Mariner	66	76	82	71	66	78	OLB_PowerRusher
152	LB Marcell Harris	66	85	88	81	68	61	OLB_PassCoverage
153	LB Oren Burks	66	86	89	86	61	69	MLB_PassCoverage
154	LB Chris Board	66	85	89	87	66	69	MLB_FieldGeneral
155	LB Markus Bailey	66	82	87	80	67	74	MLB_RunStopper
156	LB Hamsah Nasirildeen	66	87	90	82	66	67	OLB_RunStopper
157	LB Derrick Barnes	66	86	84	70	62	79	MLB_RunStopper
158	LB Cameron Thomas	66	78	84	82	65	77	OLB_PowerRusher
159	LB Brandon Smith	66	88	91	84	63	69	OLB_RunStopper
160	LB Chris Rumph	66	81	89	81	60	73
161	LB Ty Summers	66	87	90	82	60	77
162	LB Joel Iyiegbuniwe	66	84	88	79	59	67
163	LOLB Myjai Sanders	66	83	91	74	64	73	OLB_SpeedRusher
164	RILB Micah McFadden	66	85	91	83	70	71	MLB_RunStopper
165	ROLB Monty Rice	66	86	90	76	63	72	MLB_RunStopper
166	LB Julian Stanford	65	83	82	86	71	78	MLB_RunStopper
167	LB Tyler Matakevich	65	77	81	76	71	75	OLB_RunStopper
168	LB Travin Howard	65	86	90	81	66	67	MLB_PassCoverage
169	LB Darius Harris	65	82	86	76	61	69	OLB_SpeedRusher
170	LB Shaquille Quarterman	65	81	82	76	65	77	MLB_RunStopper
171	LB Cameron McGrone	65	88	91	81	57	69	OLB_RunStopper
172	LB Nick Niemann	65	89	91	87	61	69	MLB_PassCoverage
173	LB Kyron Johnson	65	92	93	84	60	66	OLB_SpeedRusher
174	LB D'Marco Jackson	65	87	92	77	64	69	OLB_RunStopper
175	LB Damone Clark	65	87	89	80	60	66	OLB_RunStopper
176	LB Joe Bachie	65	83	89	80	61	76
177	LB Andre Smith	65	86	89	73	54	72
178	LB Tae Davis	65	79	84	79	72	73
179	LB Chazz Surratt	65	86	88	82	66	75
180	LB Jason Cabinda	65	83	84	82	74	72
181	MLB Blake Lynch	65	84	87	81	65	69
182	ROLB Porter Gustin	65	83	89	82	58	84
183	LB Elijah Lee	64	80	88	81	60	68	OLB_RunStopper
184	LB Reggie Bonnafon	64	87	84	85	74	68	HB_ElusiveBack
185	LB Willie Harvey	64	84	89	81	55	68	OLB_SpeedRusher
186	LB Joe Giles-Harris	64	81	82	81	60	69	OLB_RunStopper
187	LB Luke Gifford	64	84	86	83	56	75	OLB_SpeedRusher
188	LB Noah Dawkins	64	90	90	80	57	68	OLB_RunStopper
189	LB Tipa Galeai	64	82	88	79	59	69	OLB_SpeedRusher
190	LB Tanner Muse	64	90	90	77	67	74	MLB_FieldGeneral
191	LB Justin Strnad	64	86	85	82	67	71	MLB_PassCoverage
192	LB Jamien Sherwood	64	82	86	79	66	65	MLB_PassCoverage
193	LB Garret Wallow	64	84	86	81	68	69	OLB_RunStopper
194	LB Tyreke Smith	64	77	78	82	64	72	OLB_RunStopper
195	LB Darrian Beavers	64	82	87	83	68	74	MLB_RunStopper
196	LB Devin Harper	64	89	91	87	57	70	OLB_SpeedRusher
197	LB Chance Campbell	64	87	90	76	65	75	MLB_RunStopper
198	LB Mark Robinson	64	83	89	72	57	81	MLB_RunStopper
199	LB Baylon Spector	64	86	91	84	63	67	MLB_PassCoverage
200	LB Daniel Hardy	64	83	90	89	61	71	OLB_SpeedRusher
201	LB Malcolm Koonce	64	79	83	81	55	75
202	LOLB Ronnie Perkins	64	82	86	76	61	79
203	LOLB Janarius Robinson	64	82	86	73	67	81
204	LOLB Chris Garrett	64	76	85	74	69	63
205	ROLB Kingsley Enagbare	64	77	83	67	66	83	OLB_RunStopper
206	ROLB Emeke Egbule	64	84	87	81	58	72
207	LB Joseph Jones	63	86	84	87	60	71	MLB_FieldGeneral
208	LB Justin Lawler	63	72	71	70	62	76	OLB_PowerRusher
209	LB E.J. Speed	63	85	89	84	59	74	OLB_RunStopper
210	LB Tyrel Dodson	63	86	89	74	63	74	MLB_RunStopper
211	LB Dakota Allen	63	80	88	85	52	73	MLB_RunStopper
212	LB Cam Gill	63	85	91	77	56	73	OLB_SpeedRusher
213	LB Kristian Welch	63	81	84	79	63	75	MLB_RunStopper
214	LB Keandre Jones	63	85	88	80	52	64	OLB_SpeedRusher
215	LB Cam Brown	63	83	85	78	61	70	OLB_RunStopper
216	LB Clay Johnston	63	83	87	81	63	68	OLB_RunStopper
217	LB K.J. Britt	63	80	82	71	56	74	MLB_RunStopper
218	LB Jon Rhattigan	63	80	84	75	55	72	MLB_RunStopper
219	LB Rashad Weaver	63	76	88	79	65	77	OLB_PowerRusher
220	LB James Houston	63	81	91	70	66	72	OLB_PowerRusher
221	LB Cameron Goode	63	85	92	84	63	67	OLB_SpeedRusher
222	LB Jesse Luketa	63	76	81	74	66	72	OLB_RunStopper
223	LB JoJo Domann	63	85	90	84	62	65	MLB_PassCoverage
224	LB Ulysees Gilbert	63	88	91	83	60	68
225	LB Del'Shawn Phillips	63	85	83	78	58	72
226	LB Joseph Jones	63	86	84	87	60	71
227	LB Patrick Jones II	63	77	89	72	68	76
228	LB Nick Bellore	63	77	76	81	76	80
229	MLB Jack Sanborn	63	80	87	79	57	72	OLB_RunStopper
230	ROLB Chapelle Russell	63	84	85	79	62	69
231	ROLB Andre Mintze	63	85	90	73	58	72
232	LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles	62	86	87	77	64	65	OLB_PassCoverage
233	LB Andrew Dowell	62	84	87	82	64	70	OLB_PassCoverage
234	LB Carter Coughlin	62	86	88	76	66	71	MLB_RunStopper
235	LB Daelin Hayes	62	81	80	77	63	80	OLB_SpeedRusher
236	LB Isaiah McDuffie	62	85	88	75	62	73	MLB_RunStopper
237	LB Zayne Anderson	62	91	90	90	51	59	S_Zone
238	LB Brandon Smith	62	84	91	76	52	69	WR_Physical
239	LB Elerson Smith	62	80	89	79	59	75	OLB_PowerRusher
240	LB Grant Stuard	62	85	88	69	62	76
241	ROLB JaCoby Stevens	62	85	84	80	66	61
242	LB Shaun Bradley	61	87	90	80	61	67	MLB_RunStopper
243	LB Aaron Patrick	61	81	89	77	53	72	OLB_SpeedRusher
244	LB Sterling Weatherford	61	86	91	86	64	71
245	OLB Victor Dimukeje	61	78	78	76	67	82	OLB_PowerRusher
246	ROLB Darius Hodge	61	81	80	69	51	80
247	LB Quinton Bell	60	88	91	76	45	75	OLB_SpeedRusher
248	LB Jake Gervase	60	87	92	89	54	68	MLB_PassCoverage
249	LB Dorian Etheridge	60	76	88	77	56	71	MLB_RunStopper
250	LB Jordan Smith	60	79	75	76	60	72	OLB_SpeedRusher
251	LB Derrek Tuszka	60	79	86	88	52	78
252	LB Wyatt Ray	60	78	83	76	59	79
253	LB Caleb Johnson	60	81	85	79	56	67
254	LB Josh Woods	59	84	85	80	59	64	MLB_FieldGeneral
255	LB Christian Rozeboom	59	83	88	78	55	67	MLB_RunStopper
256	LB Calvin Munson	59	78	80	76	60	78
257	LB Cole Christiansen	59	77	83	67	56	73
258	LB Ladarius Hamilton	59	76	82	68	53	81
259	LOLB Brandon King	58	87	90	78	63	70
260	LOLB Barrington Wade	58	84	87	74	50	72
261	LB Curtis Robinson	57	86	86	83	54	74	MLB_RunStopper
262	LB Jeremiah Moon	57	80	90	81	51	68	MLB_RunStopper
263	LB Sam Kamara	57	73	69	70	47	80
264	LOLB Jessie Lemonier	57	79	86	76	53	70
265	LB Rashod Berry	56	80	81	81	52	72	OLB_SpeedRusher
266	LB Amen Ogbongbemiga	55	84	87	73	55	68	MLB_RunStopper
267	MLB Justin Hilliard	55	79	82	77	50	75
268	LB Milo Eifler	54	86	88	79	50	64	MLB_RunStopper