Madden NFL 2026 Player Ratings - 2025 NFL Season

2025 NFL Season / Madden NFL 26

Madden NFL 2026 shipped in summer 2025 for the 2025 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 26 dropped August 14, 2025 with Saquon Barkley on the cover, the first Eagle to land the spot in 20 years. EA stacked the launch ratings around four 99-overall headliners: Barkley, Lamar Jackson, Justin Jefferson, and Ja'Marr Chase. Josh Allen shared the QB top spot at 99. Matthew Stafford slotted in at 88, which would prove conservative.

Stafford won MVP in the closest vote since 2003, edging Patriots second-year passer Drake Maye 366 to 361 and throwing for a league-best 4,707 yards. Seattle won Super Bowl LX, beating New England 29-13 at Levi's Stadium behind running back Kenneth Walker III. Jaxon Smith-Njigba took Offensive Player of the Year with 1,793 receiving yards on 119 catches, a Seahawks record. Myles Garrett took Defensive Player of the Year and broke Michael Strahan's single-season sack record with 23 takedowns, validating his 99 launch rating.

Madden's biggest miss this year was the cover star himself. Barkley fell from 2,005 rushing yards to 1,140 with a 4.1 yards-per-carry average, well short of the 99 overall EA hung on him. The other side: Drake Maye launched as a mid-pack QB and finished one vote shy of MVP, anchoring a 14-3 Patriots team with the league's best passer rating (113.5) and completion percentage (72.0%).

Year Madden NFL 2026 ▼

Position Linebackers ▼

#	Player	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	AWR	STR	Archetype
1	LB Fred Warner	97	88	91	83	99	80	MLB_FieldGeneral
2	LB T.J. Watt	96	83	87	84	98	86
3	LB Roquan Smith	94	86	89	87	91	80	MLB_FieldGeneral
4	MLB Bobby Wagner	91	84	84	80	97	78	MLB_RunStopper
5	LB Demario Davis	90	88	87	78	96	85	MLB_FieldGeneral
6	LB Lavonte David	88	86	86	83	97	76	MLB_FieldGeneral
7	LB Zack Baun	88	87	87	83	87	80	OLB_PassCoverage
8	LB Alex Highsmith	88	85	87	82	90	85
9	LB DeMarcus Lawrence	87	83	83	78	88	87
10	LB Foyesade Oluokun	87	87	87	84	92	70
11	OLB Khalil Mack	87	85	86	85	87	87	DE_RunStopper
12	LB Dre Greenlaw	86	85	87	81	91	72	MLB_FieldGeneral
13	LB Bobby Okereke	86	88	88	81	88	73	MLB_FieldGeneral
14	OLB Brian Burns	86	87	90	86	87	76
15	OLB Jared Verse	86	89	90	82	88	90
16	LB Devin Lloyd	85	84	91	79	84	78	OLB_RunStopper
17	OLB Josh Sweat	85	85	89	83	86	81
18	LB Matt Milano	84	86	85	73	91	78	OLB_PassCoverage
19	LB Drue Tranquill	84	88	89	83	93	77	OLB_PassCoverage
20	LB Leo Chenal	84	88	93	82	83	82	OLB_RunStopper
21	LB Jack Campbell	84	85	90	87	85	76	MLB_RunStopper
22	OLB Nik Bonitto	84	88	92	82	89	82
23	LB Blake Cashman	83	88	90	83	85	70	MLB_FieldGeneral
24	LB Nick Bolton	83	87	84	74	89	74	MLB_RunStopper
25	LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	83	88	91	88	85	65	OLB_PassCoverage
26	LB Daiyan Henley	83	88	91	82	84	65	OLB_PassCoverage
27	LB Von Miller	83	84	84	83	87	84
28	OLB Andrew Van Ginkel	83	87	88	82	89	74
29	OLB Jonathan Greenard	83	83	85	82	89	81
30	LB Robert Spillane	82	87	86	77	90	71	OLB_PassCoverage
31	LB Kaden Elliss	82	86	87	85	88	75	MLB_RunStopper
32	LB Quincy Williams	82	88	89	77	85	67	OLB_PassCoverage
33	LB Logan Wilson	82	86	88	82	84	74	MLB_FieldGeneral
34	LB Patrick Queen	82	88	89	85	87	73	MLB_FieldGeneral
35	OLB Jaelan Phillips	82	86	90	85	80	83
36	OLB Odafe Oweh	82	89	90	86	81	80
37	LB T.J. Edwards	81	85	84	81	85	72	OLB_PassCoverage
38	OLB Shaq Thompson	81	85	85	82	87	75	MLB_FieldGeneral
39	OLB Abdul Carter	81	88	91	86	80	80	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
40	OLB Nolan Smith	81	90	92	87	78	69
41	LB Frankie Luvu	80	85	86	81	87	83	OLB_RunStopper
42	LB Zaire Franklin	80	84	89	80	83	80	MLB_RunStopper
43	LB Tremaine Edmunds	80	86	86	85	85	75	MLB_FieldGeneral
44	LB Azeez Al-Shaair	80	86	87	78	84	77	MLB_RunStopper
45	LB Jordyn Brooks	80	87	86	85	85	74	MLB_RunStopper
46	LB Ernest Jones	80	86	87	72	79	74
47	OLB Harold Landry	80	85	88	84	81	78
48	OLB Jonathon Cooper	80	85	87	76	86	79
49	OLB Kyle Van Noy	80	83	84	78	91	76
50	OLB YaYa Diaby	80	89	93	77	86	74
51	LB Alex Anzalone	79	86	86	81	84	74	OLB_PassCoverage
52	LB Cody Barton	79	85	86	83	87	78	MLB_FieldGeneral
53	LB Germaine Pratt	79	88	88	79	87	76	OLB_PassCoverage
54	LB Quay Walker	79	88	90	86	76	75	OLB_RunStopper
55	LB Terrel Bernard	79	86	91	83	84	67	MLB_FieldGeneral
56	LB Edgerrin Cooper	79	89	92	80	77	72	MLB_PassCoverage
57	LB Jermaine Johnson II	79	85	88	81	75	82
58	LB Cole Holcomb	78	87	88	87	77	72	MLB_FieldGeneral
59	LB Pete Werner	78	84	88	81	81	72	OLB_RunStopper
60	LB Trenton Simpson	78	91	95	81	76	77	OLB_RunStopper
61	LB Anfernee Jennings	78	82	86	74	79	81
62	LB Boye Mafe	78	90	91	76	76	75
63	LB Ivan Pace	78	85	83	78	77	72
64	LB Mack Wilson	78	87	87	80	86	79
65	OLB Byron Young	78	92	93	77	80	74
66	LB Alex Singleton	77	85	86	78	82	72	OLB_RunStopper
67	LB Jerome Baker	77	89	87	83	79	74	OLB_RunStopper
68	LB Malcolm Rodriguez	77	86	90	79	77	80	OLB_RunStopper
69	LB Nakobe Dean	77	87	90	83	76	66	MLB_FieldGeneral
70	LB Chop Robinson	77	88	91	81	75	73
71	OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux	77	88	90	84	76	81
72	LB Denzel Perryman	76	82	82	76	82	84	MLB_RunStopper
73	LB Elandon Roberts	76	85	83	73	82	82	MLB_RunStopper
74	LB E.J. Speed	76	88	88	83	80	74	OLB_RunStopper
75	LB Micah McFadden	76	85	91	83	77	72	OLB_RunStopper
76	LB DeMarvion Overshown	76	88	92	78	82	64	OLB_PassCoverage
77	LB Payton Wilson	76	91	93	87	74	67	OLB_PassCoverage
78	LB Omar Speights	76	84	91	81	75	78	OLB_RunStopper
79	LB Jihaad Campbell	76	89	91	87	75	72	OLB_RunStopper
80	OLB D.J. Wonnum	76	82	81	76	80	82
81	OLB Dre'Mont Jones	76	74	77	73	81	82
82	OLB Haason Reddick	76	85	87	87	67	81
83	OLB Mike Green	76	88	92	88	68	79
84	OLB Zaven Collins	76	85	86	82	74	76
85	LB Jahlani Tavai	75	84	85	79	72	78	OLB_RunStopper
86	LB Devin Bush Jr.	75	87	91	84	77	74	OLB_RunStopper
87	LB Dorian Williams	75	89	93	79	75	63	OLB_PassCoverage
88	LB Carson Schwesinger	75	87	90	83	75	72	MLB_FieldGeneral
89	LB Anthony Walker	75	85	86	77	84	78
90	LB Uchenna Nwosu	75	82	86	81	81	73
91	MLB Deion Jones	75	87	88	83	75	73	MLB_PassCoverage
92	OLB Arden Key	75	81	78	77	81	79
93	OLB Derick Hall	75	87	92	76	76	76
94	OLB Tuli Tuipulotu	75	77	83	71	78	88
95	LB Jamal Adams	74	87	87	83	71	77	S_RunSupport
96	LB Tyrel Dodson	74	89	87	73	70	74	OLB_PassCoverage
97	LB Jamien Sherwood	74	81	85	78	77	67	MLB_FieldGeneral
98	LB Nathan Landman	74	79	86	79	77	75	MLB_RunStopper
99	LB Henry To'oTo'o	74	85	92	81	79	65	OLB_PassCoverage
100	LB Tyrice Knight	74	85	90	75	74	71	OLB_RunStopper
101	LB Demetrius Knight	74	86	87	80	75	72	OLB_RunStopper
102	LB Nick Herbig	74	84	90	77	77	74
103	OLB Baron Browning	74	86	91	85	71	75
104	OLB Dennis Gardeck	74	87	86	74	74	81
105	OLB Joshua Uche	74	87	91	83	63	73
106	OLB Nic Scourton	74	82	90	81	74	83
107	OLB Oluwafemi Oladejo	74	85	87	83	72	81
108	LB Eric Wilson	73	87	88	82	74	75	OLB_RunStopper
109	LB Christian Rozeboom	73	82	86	77	79	67	OLB_PassCoverage
110	LB Isaiah McDuffie	73	87	89	75	75	73	OLB_RunStopper
111	LB Derrick Barnes	73	86	83	72	77	79	OLB_RunStopper
112	LB Divine Deablo	73	88	86	83	78	69	OLB_RunStopper
113	LB K'Lavon Chaisson	73	86	88	85	68	78
114	LB Willie Gay Jr.	73	87	90	80	70	73
115	MLB Kenneth Murray	73	87	89	83	81	73
116	OLB Malik Harrison	73	85	86	84	73	75	OLB_RunStopper
117	OLB Azeez Ojulari	73	85	90	80	70	77	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
118	OLB Anthony Nelson	73	80	84	80	74	77
119	OLB Chris Braswell	73	86	90	78	73	79
120	OLB Dallas Turner	73	90	92	84	61	76
121	OLB David Ojabo	73	87	90	84	65	78
122	OLB Jonah Elliss	73	81	87	82	76	74
123	OLB Jordan Burch	73	83	85	81	72	81
124	LB Damone Clark	72	90	89	80	67	67	MLB_FieldGeneral
125	LB Marist Liufau	72	84	88	78	71	73	OLB_RunStopper
126	LB Marte Mapu	72	88	88	83	68	68
127	MLB Jack Sanborn	72	80	87	79	78	72	MLB_RunStopper
128	OLB Ogbonnia Okoronkwo	72	81	83	78	77	83	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
129	OLB BJ Ojulari	72	86	91	84	61	75
130	OLB Bud Dupree	72	83	85	75	75	76
131	OLB Jack Sawyer	72	80	86	71	76	77
132	OLB Josaiah Stewart	72	82	88	77	71	79
133	OLB Patrick Jones II	72	77	86	72	76	78
134	OLB Princely Umanmielen	72	82	89	80	70	79
135	LB Akeem Davis-Gaither	71	87	91	85	73	70	OLB_RunStopper
136	LB Justin Strnad	71	88	84	81	76	71	OLB_PassCoverage
137	LB K.J. Britt	71	81	82	72	75	74	OLB_RunStopper
138	LB Jack Gibbens	71	78	85	79	72	68	MLB_FieldGeneral
139	LB Troy Andersen	71	91	93	87	76	68	OLB_RunStopper
140	LB Christian Harris	71	90	93	84	71	69	OLB_PassCoverage
141	LB Drew Sanders	71	84	89	81	73	72	MLB_RunStopper
142	LB Junior Colson	71	86	90	77	65	75	MLB_FieldGeneral
143	LB Teddye Buchanan	71	86	89	82	70	78	OLB_RunStopper
144	LB Nick Martin	71	88	93	79	73	74	OLB_RunStopper
145	LB Bradyn Swinson	71	84	88	78	64	82
146	OLB DJ Johnson	71	89	93	73	66	82
147	OLB Jalyx Hunt	71	84	90	79	72	77
148	OLB Xavier Thomas	71	85	86	76	71	78
149	LB Zach Cunningham	70	84	87	79	69	80	MLB_RunStopper
150	LB Oren Burks	70	87	86	84	73	72	OLB_PassCoverage
151	LB Devin White	70	88	88	80	65	76	OLB_RunStopper
152	LB Mykal Walker	70	87	87	79	73	72	MLB_FieldGeneral
153	LB Troy Dye	70	87	87	81	73	71	OLB_RunStopper
154	LB Chad Muma	70	85	89	86	71	76	OLB_RunStopper
155	LB Trevin Wallace	70	89	88	81	71	70	MLB_FieldGeneral
156	LB Jaylon Carlies	70	89	90	83	73	72	OLB_PassCoverage
157	LB Danny Stutsman	70	87	90	79	69	74	OLB_RunStopper
158	OLB Boogie Basham	70	85	86	76	72	81
159	OLB Mohamed Kamara	70	87	91	72	70	73
160	OLB Tavius Robinson	70	84	91	71	67	79
161	OLB Victor Dimukeje	70	77	78	75	69	82
162	LB Nick Bellore	69	85	80	79	71	80	MLB_FieldGeneral
163	LB Channing Tindall	69	91	94	75	64	69	OLB_RunStopper
164	LB Tommy Eichenberg	69	78	84	81	64	75	MLB_RunStopper
165	LB Joe Andreessen	69	84	89	77	66	77	MLB_RunStopper
166	LB Cedric Gray	69	84	91	77	66	69	MLB_PassCoverage
167	LB Jack Kiser	69	83	88	78	69	70	OLB_RunStopper
168	LB Cody Simon	69	87	93	77	71	73	MLB_FieldGeneral
169	LB Yasir Abdullah	69	90	95	83	59	70
170	OLB Bo Richter	69	87	92	81	57	72
171	OLB Kyle Kennard	69	81	86	75	68	78
172	OLB Nick Hampton	69	86	92	83	62	65
173	LB Troy Reeder	68	87	85	79	71	77	MLB_RunStopper
174	LB Christian Elliss	68	85	86	82	68	74	MLB_RunStopper
175	LB Owen Pappoe	68	89	92	77	65	77	OLB_RunStopper
176	LB SirVocea Dennis	68	85	89	81	70	66	OLB_PassCoverage
177	LB Nathaniel Watson	68	84	87	72	68	68	OLB_RunStopper
178	LB Smael Mondon	68	86	92	83	68	70	MLB_FieldGeneral
179	LB Barrett Carter	68	85	90	76	71	72	MLB_FieldGeneral
180	OLB Monty Rice	68	86	89	76	65	72	OLB_RunStopper
181	OLB Dondrea Tillman	68	73	80	72	70	77
182	OLB Jihad Ward	68	68	69	65	75	80
183	LB Jamin Davis	67	89	93	84	63	73	MLB_RunStopper
184	LB Tony Fields	67	86	91	78	74	64	MLB_FieldGeneral
185	LB Ventrell Miller	67	83	87	76	70	74	MLB_FieldGeneral
186	LB Dee Winters	67	89	93	81	68	66	OLB_PassCoverage
187	LB Mohamoud Diabate	67	87	86	79	72	69	MLB_RunStopper
188	LB Jordan Magee	67	87	91	87	65	64	MLB_PassCoverage
189	LB JD Bertrand	67	83	87	75	72	70	MLB_FieldGeneral
190	LB Jaylan Ford	67	82	84	81	69	73	MLB_RunStopper
191	LB James Williams	67	84	89	79	67	71	OLB_PassCoverage
192	LB Winston Reid	67	85	88	73	63	77	OLB_RunStopper
193	LB Edefuan Ulofoshio	67	87	91	84	60	71	OLB_RunStopper
194	LB Jeffrey Bassa	67	85	89	78	68	69	OLB_RunStopper
195	LB Ruben Hyppolite	67	88	91	84	70	68	MLB_FieldGeneral
196	LB Jamie Sheriff	67	82	87	77	67	78
197	LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr.	67	78	85	79	71	69
198	OLB Brennan Jackson	67	84	86	81	67	73	MLB_FieldGeneral
199	OLB Gabriel Murphy	67	83	90	80	64	77
200	OLB Quandarrius Robinson	67	84	88	80	69	73
201	OLB Dominique Hampton	67	91	91	89	60	70
202	LB Luke Gifford	66	86	85	81	63	75	OLB_RunStopper
203	LB Joe Bachie	66	82	87	78	61	76	OLB_RunStopper
204	LB Nick Niemann	66	88	90	86	66	71	MLB_FieldGeneral
205	LB Segun Olubi	66	90	91	82	61	66	OLB_RunStopper
206	LB Noah Sewell	66	82	89	74	63	80	MLB_RunStopper
207	LB Anfernee Orji	66	87	93	83	66	67	OLB_RunStopper
208	LB Jamal Hill	66	91	89	78	63	65	OLB_PassCoverage
209	LB Shemar James	66	83	82	81	67	73	OLB_RunStopper
210	LB Francisco Mauigoa	66	84	90	75	68	73	MLB_FieldGeneral
211	LB Kain Medrano	66	90	92	85	66	71	OLB_RunStopper
212	LB Brian Asamoah	66	87	92	83	67	71
213	LB Cameron Goode	66	85	92	84	63	67
214	OLB Ali Gaye	66	82	87	78	63	73	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
215	OLB Patrick Johnson	66	83	86	82	64	75
216	OLB Thomas Incoom	66	84	91	78	63	77
217	OLB Otis Reese	66	86	86	75	66	68
218	LB Chris Board	65	87	87	85	66	69	OLB_RunStopper
219	LB Del'Shawn Phillips	65	87	83	76	68	72	OLB_RunStopper
220	LB Nephi Sewell	65	83	88	83	65	68	OLB_PassCoverage
221	LB Zaire Barnes	65	88	91	83	59	67	OLB_PassCoverage
222	LB Dyontae Johnson	65	86	88	74	59	73	OLB_RunStopper
223	LB Jalen Graham	65	84	90	75	67	65	OLB_RunStopper
224	LB Drake Thomas	65	82	87	80	63	66	OLB_RunStopper
225	LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles	65	91	89	76	68	57	CB_Zone
226	LB Tatum Bethune	65	81	87	83	66	67	MLB_PassCoverage
227	LB Ty'Ron Hopper	65	83	87	77	73	66	MLB_FieldGeneral
228	OLB Truman Jones	65	83	89	82	65	71	DE_PowerRusher
229	OLB Markees Watts	65	81	81	81	59	71
230	LB Joe Giles-Harris	64	83	81	79	60	69	OLB_RunStopper
231	LB Jon Rhattigan	64	80	84	75	55	72	OLB_RunStopper
232	LB Chazz Surratt	64	85	87	82	64	75	OLB_RunStopper
233	LB D'Marco Jackson	64	87	92	77	64	69	MLB_RunStopper
234	LB Mark Robinson	64	83	89	72	60	81	MLB_RunStopper
235	LB Cam Jones	64	85	90	74	68	65	OLB_PassCoverage
236	LB Amari Burney	64	89	88	83	58	70	MLB_PassCoverage
237	LB Trevor Nowaske	64	88	89	86	59	74	OLB_RunStopper
238	LB Isaiah Land	64	85	90	77	59	69	DE_SmallerSpeedRusher
239	LB Ochaun Mathis	64	82	90	77	62	75	OLB_RunStopper
240	LB Curtis Jacobs	64	87	88	79	64	68	OLB_PassCoverage
241	LB Jacoby Windmon	64	84	89	73	55	70	MLB_PassCoverage
242	LB Elias Neal	64	84	88	75	63	70	OLB_RunStopper
243	LB Darius Muasau	64	82	88	76	71	63	MLB_FieldGeneral
244	LB Kobe King	64	83	91	77	66	76	MLB_FieldGeneral
245	LB Carson Bruener	64	86	90	81	63	67	OLB_PassCoverage
246	LB Quinton Bell	64	89	89	75	58	75
247	OLB Caleb Murphy	64	79	84	74	56	70
248	OLB Tomon Fox	64	81	85	77	55	77
249	LB Josh Woods	63	84	84	78	73	64	OLB_PassCoverage
250	LB Ty Summers	63	89	87	81	54	77	MLB_RunStopper
251	LB Kristian Welch	63	85	84	78	63	75	MLB_RunStopper
252	LB Cameron McGrone	63	87	90	81	57	69	MLB_RunStopper
253	LB Grant Stuard	63	84	88	69	67	76	MLB_RunStopper
254	LB Baylon Spector	63	86	91	84	63	67	OLB_PassCoverage
255	LB Jake Hansen	63	81	85	76	65	71	MLB_RunStopper
256	LB Claudin Cherelus	63	87	85	70	66	70	MLB_RunStopper
257	LB Levelle Bailey	63	81	78	76	66	69	OLB_RunStopper
258	OLB Tyler Batty	63	80	81	77	52	83	DE_PowerRusher
259	OLB Ethan Downs	63	83	87	65	51	83	DE_PowerRusher
260	OLB Jaylen Harrell	63	83	88	67	65	75
261	LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles	62	86	85	76	66	65	MLB_PassCoverage
262	LB Kana'i Mauga	62	83	83	75	63	75	OLB_RunStopper
263	LB Jake Hummel	62	87	88	85	64	67	MLB_RunStopper
264	LB Shaka Heyward	62	88	89	73	57	74	OLB_RunStopper
265	LB Maema Njongmeta	62	80	84	73	64	66	MLB_RunStopper
266	LB Dallas Gant	62	83	85	73	60	68	MLB_PassCoverage
267	LB Cody Lindenberg	62	82	81	79	64	71	MLB_FieldGeneral
268	LB Branson Combs	62	83	93	81	59	71	MLB_FieldGeneral
269	LB Austin Keys	62	85	86	70	62	71	MLB_FieldGeneral
270	LB Shaun Dolac	62	85	93	86	58	73	MLB_FieldGeneral
271	LB Dorian Mausi	62	83	83	77	61	68
272	LB Eku Leota	62	78	81	74	55	78
273	MLB Antonio Grier	62	85	90	71	60	74
274	LB Cole Christiansen	61	82	83	66	60	73	MLB_RunStopper
275	LB Liam Anderson	61	87	88	80	56	70	MLB_PassCoverage
276	LB Amari Gainer	61	85	85	76	64	67	OLB_RunStopper
277	LB Jay Higgins	61	78	84	83	62	68	MLB_FieldGeneral
278	OLB Chaz Chambliss	61	81	84	82	59	79	OLB_RunStopper
279	LB Jack Cochrane	60	84	90	75	51	70	MLB_FieldGeneral
280	LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball	60	89	91	83	54	72	OLB_RunStopper
281	LB Caleb Johnson	59	81	84	78	56	67	MLB_PassCoverage
282	LB Amen Ogbongbemiga	59	83	86	73	58	68	OLB_RunStopper
283	LB Jared Ivey	59	67	66	66	60	74	DE_RunStopper
284	LB Vi Jones	58	88	91	86	55	61	OLB_RunStopper
285	LB Josh Ross	58	79	86	72	60	65	MLB_RunStopper
286	LB William Kwenkeu	58	86	92	84	49	72	OLB_RunStopper
287	LB Curtis Robinson	57	85	85	83	57	74	MLB_FieldGeneral
288	LB Patrick O'Connell	57	82	87	83	59	62	MLB_RunStopper