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 Tight Ends ▼

#	Player	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	AWR	STR	Archetype
1	TE George Kittle	98	87	87	83	97	82	TE_Possession
2	TE Travis Kelce	93	82	84	85	96	79	TE_VerticalThreat
3	TE Trey McBride	92	87	90	76	95	73	TE_VerticalThreat
4	TE Mark Andrews	91	87	90	79	91	81	TE_VerticalThreat
5	TE Brock Bowers	90	89	91	86	92	75	TE_VerticalThreat
6	TE David Njoku	89	86	89	82	89	72	TE_VerticalThreat
7	TE T.J. Hockenson	88	83	86	82	93	80	TE_VerticalThreat
8	TE Dallas Goedert	87	86	86	82	88	78	TE_VerticalThreat
9	TE Sam LaPorta	86	86	88	85	86	74	TE_VerticalThreat
10	TE Evan Engram	85	87	89	87	83	66	TE_VerticalThreat
11	TE Pat Freiermuth	84	83	83	77	94	78	TE_Possession
12	TE Hunter Henry	83	83	84	76	91	75	TE_Possession
13	TE Darren Waller	82	88	88	83	85	70	TE_VerticalThreat
14	TE Cole Kmet	82	85	85	73	84	76	TE_VerticalThreat
15	TE Jonnu Smith	81	89	84	78	87	78	TE_VerticalThreat
16	TE Jake Ferguson	81	81	86	81	80	69	TE_VerticalThreat
17	TE Dalton Schultz	80	82	84	79	78	76	TE_Possession
18	TE Isaiah Likely	80	83	87	81	82	66	TE_VerticalThreat
19	TE Mike Gesicki	79	84	87	87	73	76	TE_VerticalThreat
20	TE Tucker Kraft	79	88	89	82	79	76	TE_VerticalThreat
21	TE Zach Ertz	78	82	79	79	90	74	TE_Possession
22	TE Kyle Pitts	78	90	93	80	70	71	TE_VerticalThreat
23	TE Tyler Higbee	77	81	78	81	77	79	TE_Possession
24	TE Dawson Knox	77	86	90	84	76	72	TE_VerticalThreat
25	TE Cade Otton	77	81	84	70	81	77	TE_Possession
26	TE Taysom Hill	76	89	88	82	78	82	TE_VerticalThreat
27	TE Darnell Washington	76	84	86	86	69	81	TE_Blocking
28	TE Tyler Conklin	75	83	84	78	74	66	TE_VerticalThreat
29	TE Noah Gray	75	85	89	85	79	69	TE_VerticalThreat
30	TE Dalton Kincaid	75	86	90	67	74	71	TE_VerticalThreat
31	TE Tyler Warren	75	84	88	84	64	80	TE_VerticalThreat
32	TE Will Dissly	74	82	79	77	70	78	TE_Possession
33	TE Juwan Johnson	74	87	87	83	70	69	TE_VerticalThreat
34	TE Theo Johnson	74	87	90	79	74	75	TE_VerticalThreat
35	TE Chig Okonkwo	74	88	91	77	72	67
36	TE Austin Hooper	73	81	83	80	77	73	TE_Possession
37	TE Mo Alie-Cox	73	82	81	73	73	70	TE_VerticalThreat
38	TE Josh Oliver	73	86	84	78	68	75	TE_Possession
39	TE Michael Mayer	73	82	86	76	63	79	TE_Possession
40	TE Colston Loveland	73	86	90	82	68	78	TE_VerticalThreat
41	TE Foster Moreau	72	82	85	80	72	76	TE_Possession
42	TE Brenton Strange	72	83	87	75	68	77	TE_Possession
43	TE Mason Taylor	72	83	86	83	67	75	TE_Possession
44	TE Pharaoh Brown	71	80	77	73	71	75	TE_Possession
45	TE Harrison Bryant	71	83	86	77	74	71	TE_VerticalThreat
46	TE Adam Trautman	71	82	83	84	61	74	TE_Possession
47	TE Luke Schoonmaker	71	85	88	89	71	72	TE_Possession
48	TE Ja'Tavion Sanders	71	83	90	79	76	67	TE_VerticalThreat
49	TE Harold Fannin	71	82	85	81	57	75	TE_Possession
50	TE Chris Manhertz	70	78	83	81	65	77	TE_Blocking
51	TE Durham Smythe	70	81	83	75	75	75	TE_Possession
52	TE Colby Parkinson	70	82	83	78	71	73	TE_Possession
53	TE Tommy Tremble	70	86	89	80	67	75	TE_Possession
54	TE Daniel Bellinger	70	85	89	79	75	79	TE_Possession
55	TE Luke Musgrave	70	89	90	82	65	75	TE_VerticalThreat
56	TE Jared Wiley	70	85	89	77	62	75	TE_VerticalThreat
57	TE Ben Sinnott	70	83	89	88	67	70	TE_VerticalThreat
58	TE Erick All	70	86	87	83	67	72
59	TE Ian Thomas	69	82	88	77	69	68	TE_VerticalThreat
60	TE Kylen Granson	69	85	88	81	69	69	TE_VerticalThreat
61	TE Grant Calcaterra	69	85	89	80	73	72	TE_VerticalThreat
62	TE Greg Dulcich	69	84	88	82	60	67	TE_VerticalThreat
63	TE Jelani Woods	69	85	87	84	57	78	TE_VerticalThreat
64	TE Josh Whyle	69	83	85	83	70	71	TE_VerticalThreat
65	TE Terrance Ferguson	69	85	87	78	67	73	TE_VerticalThreat
66	TE Johnny Mundt	68	84	85	76	74	74	TE_VerticalThreat
67	TE Robert Tonyan	68	86	88	78	62	74	TE_VerticalThreat
68	TE Drew Sample	68	82	84	77	67	73	TE_Possession
69	TE Brevin Jordan	68	86	89	83	59	73	TE_VerticalThreat
70	TE Jeremy Ruckert	68	82	85	74	68	78	TE_Possession
71	TE Tip Reiman	68	84	88	82	66	77	TE_Possession
72	TE Elijah Arroyo	68	87	89	80	62	77	TE_VerticalThreat
73	TE Oronde Gadsden II	68	84	88	80	61	73	TE_VerticalThreat
74	TE Eric Saubert	67	82	83	72	69	75	TE_Possession
75	TE Cade Stover	67	84	88	70	69	74	TE_Possession
76	TE Mitchell Evans	67	81	85	79	65	73	TE_VerticalThreat
77	TE Gunnar Helm	67	78	80	79	69	74	TE_Possession
78	TE AJ Barner	67	78	85	83	65	78
79	TE Irv Smith Jr.	67	86	82	74	59	71
80	TE Tanner Hudson	66	82	85	77	70	70	TE_VerticalThreat
81	TE Shane Zylstra	66	82	84	79	65	65	TE_VerticalThreat
82	TE John Bates	66	78	79	84	66	75	TE_Possession
83	TE Brock Wright	66	86	89	73	74	79	TE_Possession
84	TE Connor Heyward	66	82	86	72	68	68	TE_Possession
85	TE Charlie Kolar	66	83	84	81	65	68	TE_VerticalThreat
86	TE Davis Allen	66	82	88	78	72	69	TE_VerticalThreat
87	TE Lawrence Cager	65	87	88	77	57	69	TE_VerticalThreat
88	TE Josiah Deguara	65	85	84	77	61	78	TE_Possession
89	TE Charlie Woerner	65	82	83	76	72	77	TE_Possession
90	TE James Mitchell	65	84	87	76	65	70	TE_VerticalThreat
91	TE Ko Kieft	65	73	70	79	66	75	TE_Blocking
92	TE Will Mallory	65	87	89	77	66	72	TE_VerticalThreat
93	TE Cameron Latu	65	80	84	74	72	73	TE_VerticalThreat
94	TE Elijah Higgins	65	89	90	81	56	69	TE_VerticalThreat
95	TE Jaheim Bell	65	85	91	81	54	70	TE_VerticalThreat
96	TE Thomas Fidone	65	81	89	83	63	71	TE_VerticalThreat
97	TE Andrew Ogletree	65	82	86	77	68	74
98	TE Kenny Yeboah	64	82	82	82	62	70	TE_VerticalThreat
99	TE Luke Farrell	64	78	80	78	63	77	TE_Possession
100	TE Hunter Long	64	81	86	71	60	72	TE_Possession
101	TE Cole Turner	64	81	88	82	60	68	TE_VerticalThreat
102	TE Lucas Krull	64	84	88	79	67	68	TE_VerticalThreat
103	TE Tanner McLachlan	64	85	90	71	61	74	TE_VerticalThreat
104	TE Brenden Bates	64	82	80	80	66	75	TE_Possession
105	TE Brevyn Spann-Ford	64	80	83	71	65	72	TE_Possession
106	TE Ross Dwelley	63	79	77	70	67	72	TE_Possession
107	TE Sean McKeon	63	83	84	74	59	72	TE_VerticalThreat
108	TE Quintin Morris	63	83	86	78	62	72	TE_VerticalThreat
109	TE Jack Stoll	63	83	85	82	65	68	TE_VerticalThreat
110	TE Teagan Quitoriano	63	74	74	73	57	78	TE_Possession
111	TE John FitzPatrick	63	80	83	67	70	79	TE_Blocking
112	TE Stone Smartt	63	85	91	79	63	62	TE_VerticalThreat
113	TE Brayden Willis	63	84	85	79	47	76	TE_Possession
114	TE Julian Hill	63	83	85	72	55	75	TE_Possession
115	TE Payne Durham	63	77	84	80	59	73	TE_Possession
116	TE Moliki Matavao	63	79	80	76	66	76	TE_Possession
117	TE Giovanni Ricci	62	78	80	77	60	69	FB_Utility
118	TE Nick Muse	62	82	84	81	64	80	TE_Possession
119	TE Thomas Odukoya	62	83	81	74	70	72	TE_VerticalThreat
120	TE Zack Kuntz	62	85	90	85	56	70	TE_VerticalThreat
121	TE Blake Whiteheart	62	82	88	82	61	72	TE_VerticalThreat
122	TE Ben Sims	62	85	88	69	57	69	TE_VerticalThreat
123	TE David Martin-Robinson	62	85	87	81	52	70	TE_VerticalThreat
124	TE Devin Culp	62	90	92	74	68	68	TE_VerticalThreat
125	TE CJ Dippre	62	83	85	75	61	78	TE_Possession
126	TE Zach Davidson	61	84	80	83	56	71	TE_VerticalThreat
127	TE Princeton Fant	61	87	86	84	51	72	TE_VerticalThreat
128	TE Nate Adkins	61	77	79	75	52	74	TE_Possession
129	TE Cam Grandy	61	76	84	72	53	77	TE_Possession
130	TE Jackson Hawes	61	78	86	73	60	72	TE_Possession
131	TE Ben Yurosek	61	84	91	78	55	72
132	TE Colson Yankoff	61	85	88	83	69	71
133	TE Stephen Carlson	60	79	83	82	54	70	TE_Possession
134	TE Tyler Mabry	60	75	81	74	62	73	TE_Possession
135	TE Jake Tonges	59	80	88	81	56	69	TE_VerticalThreat
136	TE Tucker Fisk	59	65	69	73	57	79	TE_Blocking
137	TE Carter Runyon	59	85	81	77	60	74	TE_VerticalThreat
138	TE Nikola Kalinic	58	78	80	68	57	65	TE_Possession
139	TE Feleipe Franks	54	84	84	78	62	65	TE_VerticalThreat
140	TE Tanner Conner	53	86	89	79	50	67