Madden NFL 2025 Linebackers Ratings (Madden 25)

2024 NFL Season / Madden NFL 25

Madden NFL 2025 shipped in summer 2024 for the 2024 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 25 launched August 16, 2024 with Christian McCaffrey on the cover, the first solo running back to get the spot since Adrian Peterson. EA opened with five 99-overalls: McCaffrey, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, left tackle Trent Williams, and Tyreek Hill. Lamar Jackson, Micah Parsons, and Myles Garrett led the 98 tier.

Philadelphia routed Kansas City 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX, Jalen Hurts taking game MVP and ending the Chiefs' three-peat bid. Josh Allen won regular-season MVP over Lamar Jackson. Saquon Barkley, in his first Eagles season, ran for 2,005 yards and was named Offensive Player of the Year, while Ja'Marr Chase took the receiving triple crown with 1,708 yards, 127 catches, and 17 touchdowns. Patrick Surtain II won Defensive Player of the Year and Jayden Daniels won Offensive Rookie of the Year.

The cover jinx struck hard: McCaffrey, the 99-overall cover back, played just four games before a season-ending knee and Achilles injury. The opposite was Barkley, rated below the 99 tier at launch, who became the ninth man to crack 2,000 rushing yards and carried Philadelphia to the title.

Year Madden NFL 2025 ▼

Position Linebackers ▼

#	Player	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	AWR	STR	Archetype
1	LOLB T.J. Watt	97	84	88	84	99	85	Speed Rusher - OLB
2	MLB Fred Warner	97	88	92	84	99	76	Field General - MLB
3	LILB Roquan Smith	95	87	90	88	90	80	Field General - MLB
4	MLB Demario Davis	92	88	87	79	98	85	Field General - MLB
5	LB C.J. Mosley	90	85	87	85	89	75	Field General - MLB
6	LILB Lavonte David	90	85	87	84	98	76	Field General - MLB
7	LOLB Khalil Mack	90	86	87	85	89	87
8	MLB Foyesade Oluokun	89	88	88	84	90	70
9	ROLB Alex Highsmith	89	85	87	82	93	85	Speed Rusher - OLB
10	LB Matt Milano	87	87	86	74	90	78	Run Stopper - OLB
11	LB Dre Greenlaw	87	86	88	81	91	72	Pass Coverage - OLB
12	MLB Bobby Wagner	87	84	85	80	92	78	Run Stopper - MLB
13	ROLB Joey Bosa	87	80	84	84	91	87
14	LB Von Miller	86	85	85	85	91	84	Run Stopper - DE
15	LILB Bobby Okereke	86	89	89	82	90	73	Field General - MLB
16	LOLB Brian Burns	86	88	91	87	91	76	Speed Rusher - OLB
17	LB Haason Reddick	85	86	88	87	89	81
18	LILB Patrick Queen	85	88	89	86	87	71	Field General - MLB
19	MLB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	85	89	92	88	87	65	Pass Coverage - OLB
20	LB Jaelan Phillips	84	86	90	85	90	83	Speed Rusher - OLB
21	LILB Quincy Williams	84	88	89	78	85	67	Pass Coverage - OLB
22	MLB Tremaine Edmunds	84	87	87	86	88	75	Field General - MLB
23	RILB Jahlani Tavai	84	85	86	79	86	78	Pass Coverage - OLB
24	ROLB Jadeveon Clowney	84	84	87	82	91	85	Power Rusher - OLB
25	LB Shaq Thompson	83	85	86	83	89	75	Field General - MLB
26	LB Ja'Whaun Bentley	82	85	84	79	85	86	Run Stopper - MLB
27	LB Bradley Chubb	82	85	87	79	87	91	Speed Rusher - OLB
28	RILB Ernest Jones	82	84	87	72	84	74
29	LB Jerome Baker	81	90	88	84	84	74	Field General - MLB
30	MLB Eric Kendricks	81	86	88	80	90	76	Field General - MLB
31	MLB Drue Tranquill	81	88	90	84	85	77	Pass Coverage - OLB
32	LB Jordan Hicks	80	84	86	83	84	78	Field General - MLB
33	LB Cole Holcomb	80	87	89	88	82	72	Field General - MLB
34	LB Jermaine Johnson II	80	85	88	83	77	82
35	LOLB Odafe Oweh	80	89	90	87	79	80	Power Rusher - OLB
36	MLB Robert Spillane	80	88	87	77	86	71	Pass Coverage - OLB
37	MLB Germaine Pratt	80	88	89	79	86	76	Field General - MLB
38	OLB Shaquil Barrett	80	84	86	81	81	74	Speed Rusher - OLB
39	ROLB Kyle Van Noy	80	83	85	79	84	76	Power Rusher - OLB
40	LB Preston Smith	79	81	85	78	84	82
41	LILB Cody Barton	79	86	87	83	79	78	Run Stopper - MLB
42	MLB Azeez Al-Shaair	79	86	88	78	85	77	Run Stopper - MLB
43	RILB Elandon Roberts	79	85	84	74	83	82	Run Stopper - MLB
44	RILB Blake Cashman	79	89	90	84	79	70	Field General - MLB
45	RILB Kaden Elliss	79	85	87	86	84	72	Run Stopper - MLB
46	ROLB Kayvon Thibodeaux	79	88	90	84	81	81	Power Rusher - OLB
47	LILB Tyrel Dodson	78	89	88	73	78	74	Pass Coverage - MLB
48	LILB Anthony Walker	78	85	87	78	84	78
49	LILB David Long	78	85	88	85	82	74
50	OLB Dallas Turner	78	90	93	84	77	76	Speed Rusher - OLB
51	RILB Josey Jewell	78	82	84	83	84	71	Run Stopper - MLB
52	ROLB Harold Landry	78	85	89	84	75	78
53	LB Alex Singleton	77	86	87	78	84	72	Field General - MLB
54	LB Uchenna Nwosu	77	83	87	82	83	73	Speed Rusher - OLB
55	LB Sione Takitaki	77	87	89	79	80	76	Run Stopper - OLB
56	LOLB Boye Mafe	77	87	91	76	76	75	Speed Rusher - OLB
57	MLB E.J. Speed	77	88	89	83	81	74	Run Stopper - OLB
58	MLB Jack Campbell	77	84	90	87	78	76	Run Stopper - MLB
59	OLB Baron Browning	77	87	92	85	76	75
60	RILB Denzel Perryman	77	82	83	77	83	84	Run Stopper - MLB
61	ROLB Jonathan Greenard	77	81	83	81	85	77	Speed Rusher - OLB
62	LB Nicholas Morrow	76	87	83	81	81	76	Run Stopper - OLB
63	LB Dre'Mont Jones	76	75	78	74	82	80	Run Stopper - DE
64	LB Chop Robinson	76	90	93	81	75	73	Speed Rusher - OLB
65	LILB Ivan Pace	76	85	83	78	76	72
66	LOLB Zaven Collins	76	86	87	82	69	76	Power Rusher - OLB
67	LOLB Byron Young	76	92	93	77	76	74
68	OLB Dennis Gardeck	76	88	87	74	75	81	Speed Rusher - OLB
69	RILB Kyzir White	76	85	89	82	84	67	Pass Coverage - MLB
70	RILB Jordyn Brooks	76	88	87	86	83	73	Run Stopper - MLB
71	ROLB Jared Verse	76	86	90	80	75	84	Power Rusher - OLB
72	LB Damone Clark	75	90	89	80	77	67	Pass Coverage - OLB
73	LB Christian Harris	75	90	93	84	76	69	Pass Coverage - OLB
74	LB Devin White	75	88	89	81	75	76
75	LILB Kenneth Murray	75	88	90	84	81	73
76	LOLB Jonathon Cooper	75	82	85	75	78	77	Power Rusher - OLB
77	LOLB Joe Tryon-Shoyinka	75	83	86	82	73	81	Speed Rusher - OLB
78	MLB Deion Jones	75	87	89	84	75	73
79	OLB Arnold Ebiketie	75	84	87	85	75	76	Speed Rusher - OLB
80	OLB Tuli Tuipulotu	75	77	83	71	79	88
81	LB Krys Barnes	74	85	87	82	79	71	Field General - MLB
82	LB Malik Harrison	74	86	87	84	73	75	Run Stopper - OLB
83	LB Nathan Landman	74	79	86	79	76	75	Run Stopper - MLB
84	LB Jack Gibbens	74	78	85	79	77	66	Field General - MLB
85	LOLB Arden Key	74	81	79	77	82	79	Speed Rusher - OLB
86	LOLB D.J. Wonnum	74	83	82	77	77	82	Power Rusher - OLB
87	MLB Terrel Bernard	74	86	91	83	78	67	Pass Coverage - MLB
88	OLB Bud Dupree	74	84	86	76	75	76	Power Rusher - OLB
89	LB Edgerrin Cooper	73	89	92	79	70	72	Pass Coverage - MLB
90	LB Trevis Gipson	73	83	87	79	76	79
91	LILB Mack Wilson	73	87	86	81	75	78
92	LOLB Nolan Smith	73	92	94	87	63	69
93	MLB Nakobe Dean	73	87	90	83	74	66	Field General - MLB
94	OLB Michael Hoecht	73	84	87	80	73	83	Speed Rusher - OLB
95	OLB YaYa Diaby	73	89	93	77	80	69
96	RILB Micah McFadden	73	85	91	83	76	72	Run Stopper - MLB
97	LB Randy Gregory	72	82	85	84	75	79	Speed Rusher - OLB
98	LB Derrick Barnes	72	86	84	72	77	79	Run Stopper - MLB
99	LB Jack Sanborn	72	80	87	79	74	72	Run Stopper - OLB
100	LB Junior Colson	72	86	90	77	65	75	Field General - MLB
101	OLB Oshane Ximines	72	82	80	80	79	78	Speed Rusher - OLB
102	OLB Azeez Ojulari	72	86	91	81	67	77
103	ROLB Anfernee Jennings	72	81	86	74	71	81	Run Stopper - OLB
104	LB Drew Sanders	71	84	89	81	73	72	Run Stopper - MLB
105	LB BJ Ojulari	71	86	91	84	61	75	Speed Rusher - OLB
106	LB Payton Wilson	71	91	93	87	60	67	Pass Coverage - MLB
107	LB James Houston	71	84	91	70	72	72
108	OLB Anthony Nelson	71	81	85	81	72	77	Power Rusher - OLB
109	OLB David Ojabo	71	87	90	86	65	78	Speed Rusher - OLB
110	OLB Adisa Isaac	71	81	86	80	73	72	Speed Rusher - OLB
111	OLB Chris Braswell	71	86	90	78	73	79	Power Rusher - OLB
112	RILB K.J. Britt	71	81	83	72	73	74	Run Stopper - MLB
113	ROLB Nik Bonitto	71	88	92	82	65	72	Speed Rusher - OLB
114	LB Duke Riley	70	88	86	81	76	74	Field General - MLB
115	LB Samuel Eguavoen	70	85	84	76	71	70	Speed Rusher - OLB
116	LB Marist Liufau	70	84	88	78	69	73	Run Stopper - OLB
117	LB Tommy Eichenberg	70	78	84	81	64	75	Run Stopper - OLB
118	LILB Daiyan Henley	70	88	91	82	65	65	Pass Coverage - MLB
119	LILB Trevin Wallace	70	89	88	81	71	70	Field General - MLB
120	LOLB Lorenzo Carter	70	88	89	84	61	74	Speed Rusher - OLB
121	LOLB Micheal Clemons	70	77	84	74	69	80	Run Stopper - DE
122	OLB Mykal Walker	70	87	88	80	73	72	Run Stopper - OLB
123	OLB Victor Dimukeje	70	78	79	76	73	82	Power Rusher - OLB
124	OLB Jonah Elliss	70	81	87	82	73	74	Speed Rusher - OLB
125	OLB Julian Okwara	70	86	88	78	63	81
126	RILB Derick Hall	70	87	92	76	71	74	Power Rusher - OLB
127	LB Raekwon McMillan	69	85	87	79	63	83	Run Stopper - MLB
128	LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin	69	86	85	75	76	70	Pass Coverage - OLB
129	LB Matthew Adams	69	87	87	78	73	79	Run Stopper - MLB
130	LB Oren Burks	69	88	87	84	69	69	Pass Coverage - OLB
131	LB Nick Herbig	69	84	90	77	67	74	Power Rusher - OLB
132	LB Ty'Ron Hopper	69	83	87	77	73	66	Power Rusher - OLB
133	LB Cedric Gray	69	84	91	77	66	69	Pass Coverage - MLB
134	LB Mohamed Kamara	69	87	91	72	70	73	Speed Rusher - OLB
135	LB Brian Asamoah	69	87	92	83	71	71
136	LB Khaleke Hudson	69	88	90	84	71	68
137	LOLB Byron Young	69	71	81	59	70	82
138	MLB Eric Wilson	69	87	89	82	69	75	Run Stopper - OLB
139	OLB DJ Johnson	69	89	93	73	62	82	Power Rusher - OLB
140	OLB Jalyx Hunt	69	84	90	78	73	73	Speed Rusher - OLB
141	OLB Boogie Basham	69	86	87	76	72	81
142	LB Neville Hewitt	68	85	83	75	71	67	Field General - MLB
143	LB Kamu Grugier-Hill	68	88	90	86	70	72	Field General - MLB
144	LB Ben Niemann	68	83	81	80	65	71	Run Stopper - MLB
145	LB Chad Muma	68	85	89	86	68	76	Field General - MLB
146	LB Yasir Abdullah	68	90	95	83	59	70	Speed Rusher - OLB
147	LB Edefuan Ulofoshio	68	87	91	84	60	71	Speed Rusher - OLB
148	LB Tony Fields	68	86	91	79	74	64
149	OLB Patrick Jones II	68	77	87	72	72	78	Power Rusher - OLB
150	OLB Xavier Thomas	68	85	86	76	72	78	Speed Rusher - OLB
151	OLB Brennan Jackson	68	83	88	70	71	80
152	OLB Monty Rice	68	86	90	76	65	72
153	LB Nick Niemann	67	89	91	87	66	69	Field General - MLB
154	LB Buddy Johnson	67	86	88	77	66	75	Run Stopper - OLB
155	LB Channing Tindall	67	91	94	75	64	69	Run Stopper - MLB
156	LB Owen Pappoe	67	89	92	77	65	77	Pass Coverage - MLB
157	LB SirVocea Dennis	67	85	89	81	70	66	Field General - MLB
158	LB Jordan Magee	67	87	91	87	65	64	Pass Coverage - MLB
159	LB JD Bertrand	67	83	87	75	72	70	Field General - MLB
160	LB Jaylon Carlies	67	89	90	83	71	72	Speed Rusher - OLB
161	LB Jaylan Ford	67	82	84	81	69	73	Run Stopper - MLB
162	LB James Williams	67	84	89	79	65	71	Pass Coverage - OLB
163	LB Darius Muasau	67	82	88	76	66	63	Pass Coverage - MLB
164	LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr.	67	78	85	79	71	69
165	OLB Jihad Ward	67	69	70	66	77	80	Power Rusher - OLB
166	OLB Amare Barno	67	92	93	75	61	74	Speed Rusher - OLB
167	OLB Nick Hampton	67	86	92	83	62	65	Speed Rusher - OLB
168	OLB Gabriel Murphy	67	83	90	80	66	77	Speed Rusher - OLB
169	OLB DeAngelo Malone	67	87	90	82	67	72
170	OLB Khalid Kareem	67	80	83	72	65	84
171	RILB Jamien Sherwood	67	82	86	79	70	65	Pass Coverage - OLB
172	ROLB Tyrice Knight	67	85	90	75	66	71	Field General - MLB
173	ROLB Chris Rumph	67	81	89	81	60	74
174	LB Chris Board	66	88	88	86	66	69	Field General - MLB
175	LB Del'Shawn Phillips	66	88	84	77	68	72	Run Stopper - OLB
176	LB Troy Reeder	66	87	86	79	71	77	Run Stopper - MLB
177	LB Markus Bailey	66	82	86	80	67	74	Run Stopper - MLB
178	LB Troy Dye	66	87	88	82	71	71	Field General - MLB
179	LB Nephi Sewell	66	83	88	83	65	68	Power Rusher - OLB
180	LB Brandon Smith	66	88	91	84	63	69	Pass Coverage - MLB
181	LB Noah Sewell	66	82	89	74	63	80	Run Stopper - MLB
182	LB Zaire Barnes	66	88	91	83	59	67	Pass Coverage - MLB
183	LB Jamal Hill	66	91	89	78	63	65	Pass Coverage - OLB
184	LB Nathaniel Watson	66	84	87	72	68	68	Run Stopper - MLB
185	OLB Tavius Robinson	66	84	91	71	64	79	Power Rusher - OLB
186	OLB Rashad Weaver	66	76	88	79	70	77
187	LB Tae Davis	65	83	83	78	72	73	Run Stopper - MLB
188	LB Cameron McGrone	65	88	91	81	57	69	Run Stopper - OLB
189	LB Troy Andersen	65	91	93	87	72	68	Field General - MLB
190	LB Jalen Graham	65	84	90	75	67	65	Run Stopper - OLB
191	LB Tatum Bethune	65	81	87	83	63	67	Pass Coverage - MLB
192	LB Curtis Jacobs	65	87	91	79	64	68
193	LB Joe Bachie	65	83	88	79	61	76
194	LB Titus Leo	65	83	91	74	59	69
195	LOLB Kyron Johnson	65	92	93	84	59	66
196	MLB Andre Smith	65	85	88	73	64	72
197	OLB Cam Gill	65	84	90	76	58	73	Speed Rusher - OLB
198	RILB Justin Strnad	65	88	85	82	69	71	Field General - MLB
199	ROLB Chazz Surratt	65	86	88	82	64	75	Run Stopper - OLB
200	LB Jeremiah Moon	64	80	90	81	51	68	Speed Rusher - OLB
201	LB D'Marco Jackson	64	87	92	77	64	69	Run Stopper - MLB
202	LB Darrian Beavers	64	82	87	83	68	74	Run Stopper - MLB
203	LB Chance Campbell	64	87	90	76	65	75	Run Stopper - MLB
204	LB Mark Robinson	64	83	89	72	60	81	Run Stopper - MLB
205	LB Baylon Spector	64	86	91	84	63	67	Pass Coverage - OLB
206	LB Jake Hansen	64	81	85	76	65	71	Run Stopper - OLB
207	LB Segun Olubi	64	90	91	82	58	66	Pass Coverage - MLB
208	LB Cam Jones	64	85	90	74	68	65	Field General - MLB
209	LB Amari Burney	64	89	88	83	58	70	Pass Coverage - MLB
210	LB Drake Thomas	64	82	87	80	63	66	Run Stopper - MLB
211	LILB Omar Speights	64	84	91	81	61	78	Run Stopper - OLB
212	LOLB Devin Harper	64	89	91	87	57	70
213	LOLB Ronnie Perkins	64	82	86	76	61	79
214	OLB Markees Watts	64	81	81	81	59	71	Speed Rusher - OLB
215	OLB Jose Ramirez	64	81	91	85	62	71	Speed Rusher - OLB
216	OLB Ochaun Mathis	64	82	90	77	62	75
217	OLB Patrick Johnson	64	84	87	83	64	75
218	LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles	63	87	86	77	66	65	Pass Coverage - MLB
219	LB Grant Stuard	63	85	88	69	62	76	Run Stopper - OLB
220	LB Cameron Goode	63	85	92	84	63	67	Speed Rusher - OLB
221	LB Jon Rhattigan	63	80	84	75	55	72
222	LB Kristian Welch	63	86	85	79	63	75
223	LB Otis Reese	63	86	86	75	63	68
224	LB Ty Summers	63	89	88	81	54	77
225	OLB Caleb Murphy	63	79	84	74	56	70
226	LB Joe Giles-Harris	62	83	82	79	60	69	Run Stopper - MLB
227	LB Carter Coughlin	62	88	87	76	66	71	Run Stopper - MLB
228	LB Garret Wallow	62	84	86	81	68	69	Field General - MLB
229	LB Jack Cochrane	62	84	90	75	51	70	Run Stopper - OLB
230	LB Kana'i Mauga	62	83	83	75	63	75	Run Stopper - OLB
231	LB J.J. Russell	62	82	87	75	60	73	Run Stopper - MLB
232	LB Luke Masterson	62	82	87	83	58	65	Run Stopper - OLB
233	LB Claudin Cherelus	62	87	85	70	63	70	Run Stopper - MLB
234	LB Anfernee Orji	62	87	93	83	66	67	Field General - MLB
235	LB Dallas Gant	62	83	87	70	60	67	Field General - MLB
236	LB Amari Gainer	62	85	85	76	64	67
237	LB Anthony Pittman	62	81	85	78	58	67
238	LB Jake Hummel	62	87	88	85	64	67
239	OLB Tomon Fox	62	81	85	77	51	77	Speed Rusher - OLB
240	OLB Jaylen Harrell	62	83	88	67	65	75
241	OLB Tarron Jackson	62	82	80	71	61	77
242	OLB Thomas Incoom	62	84	91	78	63	77
243	LB Luke Gifford	61	87	86	82	56	75	Run Stopper - MLB
244	LB Cole Christiansen	61	83	84	67	60	73	Run Stopper - MLB
245	LB JoJo Domann	61	85	90	84	62	65	Pass Coverage - MLB
246	LB Eku Leota	61	78	81	74	55	78
247	MLB Cam Brown	61	83	85	78	61	70
248	LB Quinton Bell	60	89	90	76	45	75	Speed Rusher - OLB
249	LB Zach VanValkenburg	60	73	76	81	74	78	Power Rusher - OLB
250	OLB Keir Thomas	60	77	85	69	52	75	Power Rusher - OLB
251	LOLB Andrew Farmer	59	82	82	65	51	79
252	OLB Benton Whitley	59	79	87	79	49	76	Speed Rusher - OLB
253	ROLB Luiji Vilain	59	79	87	78	48	74
254	LILB Christian Elliss	58	85	87	82	57	72	Power Rusher - OLB
255	LB Milo Eifler	57	86	88	79	60	64	Run Stopper - MLB
256	LB Vi Jones	57	88	91	86	55	61	Pass Coverage - MLB
257	LB Olakunle Fatukasi	57	79	87	87	53	69	Run Stopper - MLB
258	LB Ben VanSumeren	57	91	93	80	54	75	Pass Coverage - MLB
259	LB Patrick O'Connell	57	82	87	83	59	62	Run Stopper - MLB
260	LB Josh Ross	57	79	86	72	57	65
261	OLB Khalid Duke	57	79	81	70	61	73
262	LB Amen Ogbongbemiga	55	84	87	73	55	68	Run Stopper - MLB
263	LB Chandler Wooten	55	78	79	74	58	65	Run Stopper - MLB