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 Quarterbacks ▼

#	Player	OVR	THP	TAS	TAM	TAD	TUP	Archetype
1	QB Lamar Jackson	99	93	97	96	85	98	QB_Improviser
2	QB Josh Allen	99	98	94	89	92	95	QB_Improviser
3	QB Joe Burrow	97	88	99	97	96	96	QB_FieldGeneral
4	QB Patrick Mahomes	95	97	98	94	83	97	QB_Improviser
5	QB Matthew Stafford	88	94	92	88	89	83	QB_FieldGeneral
6	QB Jared Goff	87	90	96	91	82	87	QB_FieldGeneral
7	QB Justin Herbert	86	96	90	86	84	87	QB_FieldGeneral
8	QB Jalen Hurts	86	86	92	87	90	86	QB_Improviser
9	QB Baker Mayfield	85	94	93	86	84	83	QB_FieldGeneral
10	QB Jayden Daniels	85	92	91	90	83	85	QB_Scrambler
11	QB Dak Prescott	84	91	89	84	91	89	QB_Improviser
12	QB Brock Purdy	84	86	93	93	87	92	QB_FieldGeneral
13	QB Jordan Love	83	92	91	85	86	90	QB_FieldGeneral
14	QB Tua Tagovailoa	82	87	95	87	93	88	QB_FieldGeneral
15	QB C.J. Stroud	81	91	90	85	88	-	QB_FieldGeneral
16	QB Geno Smith	80	88	91	85	85	85	QB_FieldGeneral
17	QB Kyler Murray	79	90	87	80	81	84	QB_Scrambler
18	QB Bo Nix	79	93	89	84	86	82	QB_FieldGeneral
19	QB Drake Maye	78	94	88	82	81	82	QB_StrongArm
20	QB Sam Darnold	77	88	90	84	88	84	QB_FieldGeneral
21	QB Aaron Rodgers	76	90	87	83	82	82	QB_FieldGeneral
22	QB Russell Wilson	76	90	87	82	87	81	QB_StrongArm
23	QB Trevor Lawrence	75	92	85	78	84	81	QB_Scrambler
24	QB Bryce Young	75	87	89	82	81	81	QB_Scrambler
25	QB Caleb Williams	75	93	85	79	80	80	QB_Scrambler
26	QB Justin Fields	74	91	84	78	80	77	QB_Scrambler
27	QB Michael Penix	74	92	88	78	82	74
28	QB Kirk Cousins	73	86	86	83	83	84	QB_FieldGeneral
29	QB J.J. McCarthy	73	91	86	81	80	-	QB_Scrambler
30	QB Jameis Winston	72	91	85	80	82	77	QB_StrongArm
31	QB Anthony Richardson	72	96	83	77	78	75
32	QB Cam Ward	72	91	83	80	77	79
33	QB Joe Flacco	71	89	86	80	79	79	QB_FieldGeneral
34	QB Will Levis	71	94	83	80	80	77	QB_StrongArm
35	QB Joe Milton	71	99	84	77	72	-	QB_StrongArm
36	QB Andy Dalton	70	87	85	81	81	80	QB_FieldGeneral
37	QB Jacoby Brissett	70	90	85	79	80	81	QB_FieldGeneral
38	QB Deshaun Watson	70	89	83	76	77	77	QB_Scrambler
39	QB Gardner Minshew II	70	86	87	81	80	81
40	QB Tyrod Taylor	69	87	83	77	78	79	QB_Scrambler
41	QB Marcus Mariota	69	86	82	78	75	79	QB_Scrambler
42	QB Joshua Dobbs	69	85	84	79	78	80	QB_Scrambler
43	QB Daniel Jones	69	87	85	82	78	78	QB_Scrambler
44	QB Mac Jones	69	85	88	78	79	80	QB_FieldGeneral
45	QB Spencer Rattler	69	90	82	78	76	79	QB_Scrambler
46	QB Cooper Rush	68	85	86	79	77	77	QB_FieldGeneral
47	QB Jake Browning	68	87	87	80	74	77	QB_FieldGeneral
48	QB Desmond Ridder	68	90	83	77	78	76	QB_Scrambler
49	QB Aidan O'Connell	68	86	86	78	78	-	QB_FieldGeneral
50	QB Tyler Shough	68	92	80	81	75	73	QB_StrongArm
51	QB Jaxson Dart	68	88	86	82	76	75	QB_Scrambler
52	QB Jimmy Garoppolo	67	85	85	78	79	79	QB_FieldGeneral
53	QB Mason Rudolph	67	86	85	79	77	78	QB_FieldGeneral
54	QB Zach Wilson	67	93	81	75	79	75	QB_StrongArm
55	QB Kenny Pickett	67	87	84	79	79	78	QB_Scrambler
56	QB Shedeur Sanders	67	88	84	78	79	76	QB_Scrambler
57	QB Taylor Heinicke	66	83	83	77	76	79	QB_Scrambler
58	QB Drew Lock	66	89	84	76	75	74	QB_FieldGeneral
59	QB Hendon Hooker	66	89	86	75	75	78	QB_Scrambler
60	QB Dillon Gabriel	66	83	83	80	80	80	QB_FieldGeneral
61	QB Mike White	65	85	84	81	75	78	QB_FieldGeneral
62	QB Davis Mills	65	87	82	77	77	76	QB_FieldGeneral
63	QB Sam Howell	65	92	81	76	79	74	QB_Scrambler
64	QB Malik Willis	65	93	78	72	75	68	QB_Scrambler
65	QB Riley Leonard	65	89	81	72	75	72	QB_Scrambler
66	QB Jalen Milroe	65	92	76	73	78	74	QB_Scrambler
67	QB Mitchell Trubisky	64	89	81	74	76	75	QB_Scrambler
68	QB Skylar Thompson	64	88	80	77	78	76	QB_StrongArm
69	QB Bailey Zappe	64	85	84	76	77	76	QB_FieldGeneral
70	QB Trey Lance	63	91	80	75	77	73	QB_Scrambler
71	QB Jake Haener	63	86	83	74	73	74	QB_Scrambler
72	QB Quinn Ewers	63	86	81	76	74	77	QB_FieldGeneral
73	QB Jarrett Stidham	62	86	81	75	73	73	QB_FieldGeneral
74	QB Clayton Tune	62	85	82	76	73	77	QB_Scrambler
75	QB Brady Cook	62	88	79	75	73	72	QB_Scrambler
76	QB Nick Mullens	61	84	82	76	76	75	QB_FieldGeneral
77	QB Tanner McKee	61	86	80	73	73	75	QB_FieldGeneral
78	QB Tommy DeVito	61	83	79	74	71	73	QB_Scrambler
79	QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson	61	89	81	73	68	-	QB_Scrambler
80	QB Kyle Allen	60	84	82	75	76	74	QB_FieldGeneral
81	QB Max Brosmer	60	87	77	78	72	73	QB_StrongArm
82	QB Josh Johnson	59	84	78	67	67	75	QB_Scrambler
83	QB Kyle Trask	59	84	80	76	74	71	QB_FieldGeneral
84	QB Tyson Bagent	58	86	77	71	68	74	QB_Scrambler
85	QB Brett Rypien	57	83	79	71	74	72	QB_FieldGeneral
86	QB Tim Boyle	56	82	78	72	75	72	QB_FieldGeneral
87	QB Chris Oladokun	55	85	75	70	69	72	QB_Scrambler
88	QB Brandon Allen	54	82	78	69	70	72	QB_FieldGeneral
89	QB Shane Buechele	52	82	77	71	71	65	QB_FieldGeneral