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Madden NFL 17 Player Ratings - Top 5 Running Backs

12:15 PM - July 22, 2016 by smiley3

EA Sports has continued revealing their Madden NFL 17 player ratings today, as they announce the top 5 running backs in the game. More detailed ratings can be seen in the official blog.

Check them out and post your thoughts!

Le'Veon Bell (Overall 94)
Adrian Peterson (Overall 91)
Doug Martin (Overall 90)
Jamaal Charles (Overall 89)
Lamar Miller (Overall 88)

Previously released Madden NFL 17 player ratings:

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Member Comments

# 41 Rams_3 @ 07/22/16 02:27 PM

DAAAAAMN no love for the Gurley man. He should've been top 5 easily. Freeman balled too. Gurley didn't even play the whole season. C'mon mane.

# 42 The JareBear @ 07/22/16 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rams_3


	DAAAAAMN no love for the Gurley man. He should've been top 5 easily. Freeman balled too. Gurley didn't even play the whole season. C'mon mane.

I wouldn't get too caught up in the OVR of Gurkey

Apparently he has 92 speed and 92 accel, and I assume his str and trucking are extremely high as well. Gonna be a beast

# 43 OhMrHanky @ 07/22/16 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by auburnfan2


	Wow no Devante Freeman! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

I was hopeful for that, too. I'm sure he'll have solid ratings, though. He's close to top 5 material. And, last year was his breakout year, so I'm ok with him not officially being in the top 5. He is possibly a top 2-3 receiving RB, however.

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# 44 huskerfan4life @ 07/22/16 02:33 PM

I think that those ratings seem right for now but I hope that they don't jack up the ratings once pre-season and the regular season starts

# 45 TheGentlemanGhost @ 07/22/16 02:47 PM

Loving the fact these top 5 list have players in the 80s. We should hopefully finally see a real difference in individual players this year.

# 46 underdog13 @ 07/22/16 03:04 PM

I wonder where Forte will be ranked, maybe top 10?

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# 47 Armor and Sword @ 07/22/16 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by brandon27


	Wait a minute... does that really say Lamar Miller is one of the fastest RB in the game at 93? His juke move is 92? I've seen a lot of Lamar Miller being a Miami fan, and yes, he's a solid RB. But those numbers are seriously over rating him. He's not anywhere near the fastest RB in the league, he's not really a shifty guy either. Not sure I understand that rating. He's a good player, but he shouldn't be a top 5 RB that's for sure.

Once Lamar Miller gets to the second level he is easily one of the two fastest in the league right now. He was mis-used by our Dolphins and now the Texans are going to feature him properly. He is not a shifty back. He is a prototypical one cut runner who has track star speed. Once he gets into the open field....see ya.

# 48 CrazyBruin12 @ 07/22/16 03:08 PM

The thing with Gurley is he was very inconsistent at the end of season but he should at least be 5th. He still could be a 88 ovr

# 49 underdog13 @ 07/22/16 04:24 PM

Also whats with AP's 88 strength?
Don't think he is stronger than some linemen.

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# 50 JKSportsGamer1984 @ 07/22/16 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by brandon27


	Wait a minute... does that really say Lamar Miller is one of the fastest RB in the game at 93? His juke move is 92? I've seen a lot of Lamar Miller being a Miami fan, and yes, he's a solid RB. But those numbers are seriously over rating him. He's not anywhere near the fastest RB in the league, he's not really a shifty guy either. Not sure I understand that rating. He's a good player, but he shouldn't be a top 5 RB that's for sure.

Completely agree!

# 51 JKSportsGamer1984 @ 07/22/16 05:22 PM

EA stays crapping on AP smh. He should be rated higher. He's still the most dominant RB in the game (as voted by the players). His overall should reflect that (and I know the overall isn't the end all be all) just sayin....

# 52 Mauer4MVP @ 07/22/16 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by underdog13


	Also whats with AP's 88 strength? Don't think he is stronger than some linemen. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Have you ever seen AP?

# 53 underdog13 @ 07/22/16 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mauer4MVP


	Have you ever seen AP?

Yes?

But is it unreasonable to think that 310lb linemen and stronger than him?

# 54 The JareBear @ 07/22/16 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by charter04


	Are the actual ratings lower or just how the overall is calculated. Seems like if these same ratings where plugged into M16 all these overalls would be higher

Very nice observation, Charter.

This is my main concern/question right now.

# 55 JKSportsGamer1984 @ 07/22/16 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by auburnfan2


	Wow no Devante Freeman! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Agreed. Freeman should be higher than Miller in my opinion.

# 56 legacy0000 @ 07/22/16 05:35 PM

no hate,just honesty!how can jaylen smith,Myles jack,Ragland,nkemdiche(all were supposed to be top 5 picks outside of their issues) be taxed ratings wise despite clearly being superior;to the point,Buckner,Conklin,Henry,aguayo,stayley are rated above them at top 10 rookies?how could you advertise in blogs and interviews that injuries are improved and matter as well as age,performance etc when it factors into ratings and their increasing and decreasing?
All that and then:

-drop AP to 91,but he's the nfl leading rusher,no suspension or injury carrying a team,sat out a year and hadn't missed a beat,11 td

-Bell 556rush 136catch(missed games) Allstar offense 3 tds and shared time

-David Johnson shared time,581 rush 8 tds on 125 carries.457 catching 4 tds

-gurley missed 4 games 1100 yards subpar offense

-Charles missed 11 games injury(Been injuried two straight years same speed) 364 rush 177 catch 4tds

-Lamar miller primary back,872 rushing 16 games 8 tds,397 catch 2 tds(declined from 2014 but moved up)?

Doug Martin is deserving

-Carson Palmer 35 td,11 int,104.6 qb rating,4,671 yard passing(highest ever),yet he's not even on the list lol

Tom "mr cheat" Brady 36 tds,7 int,,4,770 yards,102 qb rating yet he's behind Rogers?

Big Ben 94.5 qb rating,3,938 yards,21 tds,16 ints,29 yards rushing

Jameis Winston 84 qb rating,22 tds,15 ints,4,042 yards passing ,213 rushing 6tds(why isn't Winston rated higher than Big Ben)?big Ben has the top hb,wr,team?smh. Come on madden/Dustin smith and company

-Arron Rogers declines ints,tds,yards and is number 1,344 rush,1 td

-cam newton better qb rating,more yards,more tds,down in ints.636,10 tds,15-1,beat packers(minus Benjamin),Super Bowl?Virtually unstoppable and should be on the cover and have the equivalent of 99-2000 Vick when it comes to ratings, but he's number two lol.his own peers rated him #1 and Brady 2 lol,but pontificating madden czars,with monopoly on licensing,claims to get john madden Imput,etcetera comes up with this?

I mean I at least would think since every upgrade is 3-4 years away we would at least have time to get ratings,formation subs and customization freedoms/relocate right lol,but instead we hav a few helmets,shoes and gloves,maybe a formation sub patch after launch and these ratings lol smdh.

No transparency,it seems in madden world what you actually produce is outweighed by what you used to do,potential and popularity.oh and the madden dev creativity lol.

There's no way to explain this,this defies the purpose of roster updates or what the players actually do ty previous season.

I'm just baffled,we can't get anything right like it's supposed to be but it's authentic

Just being honest

# 57 JKSportsGamer1984 @ 07/22/16 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Armor and Sword


	Once Lamar Miller gets to the second level he is easily one of the two fastest in the league right now. He was mis-used by our Dolphins and now the Texans are going to feature him properly. He is not a shifty back. He is a prototypical one cut runner who has track star speed. Once he gets into the open field....see ya.

Yeah he's similar to Latavius Murray for the Raiders who also doesn't seem as fast as he really is. He too has that 2nd level open field speed. Backs like these should have lower acceleration to reflect this.

# 58 Yazan Gable @ 07/22/16 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by JKSportsGamer1984


	EA stays crapping on AP smh. He should be rated higher. He's still the most dominant RB in the game (as voted by the players). His overall should reflect that (and I know the overall isn't the end all be all) just sayin....

Lord knows those players are very reliable and knowledgeable about year-end ranking of players, having put Adrian Peterson as one of the top 100 best players in 2014 despite not actually playing a single down in 2014 and Andrew Luck being in the Top 100 list this past year despite playing limited games and badly for most of them with injury.

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Originally Posted by legacy0000


	-drop AP to 91,but he's the nfl leading rusher,no suspension or injury carrying a team,sat out a year and hadn't missed a beat,11 td -Bell 556rush 136catch(missed games) Allstar offense 3 tds and shared time -David Johnson shared time,581 rush 8 tds on 125 carries.457 catching 4 tds -gurley missed 4 games 1100 yards subpar offense -Charles missed 11 games injury(Been injuried two straight years same speed) 364 rush 177 catch 4tds -Lamar miller primary back,872 rushing 16 games 8 tds,397 catch 2 tds(declined from 2014 but moved up)? Doug Martin is deserving -Carson Palmer 35 td,11 int,104.6 qb rating,4,671 yard passing(highest ever),yet he's not even on the list lol Tom "mr cheat" Brady 36 tds,7 int,,4,770 yards,102 qb rating yet he's behind Rogers? Big Ben 94.5 qb rating,3,938 yards,21 tds,16 ints,29 yards rushing Jameis Winston 84 qb rating,22 tds,15 ints,4,042 yards passing ,213 rushing 6tds(why isn't Winston rated higher than Big Ben)?big Ben has the top hb,wr,team?smh. Come on madden/Dustin smith and company -Arron Rogers declines ints,tds,yards and is number 1,344 rush,1 td -cam newton better qb rating,more yards,more tds,down in ints.636,10 tds,15-1,beat packers(minus Benjamin),Super Bowl?Virtually unstoppable and should be on the cover and have the equivalent of 99-2000 Vick when it comes to ratings, but he's number two lol.his own peers rated him #1 and Brady 2 lol,but pontificating madden czars,with monopoly on licensing,claims to get john madden Imput,etcetera comes up with this? Just being honest

This hurt to skim through, but there are numerous problems in your analysis: Adrian Peterson had a lower average yards per carry than Le'Veon Bell's this year and last year. He is also not a serviceable receiver out of the backfield unlike Le'Veon Bell. Lamar Miller by the end of Madden 16 is a 91 OVR running back and he did better a receiver last year than the year previous so him being high is not unreasonable. Gurley sounds like he will still be a very good running back, and David Johnson had limited playing time to show if he is more than a flash in the pan. Surprised no one is asking for Thomas Rawls considering he had a better performance than David Johnson on the ground before being hurt.

Ben Roethlisberger put up those numbers playing in 12 games whereas Jameis had 16, the former averaging about 382 yards per game while Jameis about 252. Tom Brady's offense wasn't skewered like Aaron Rodgers' offense and he had a defense to help ease weight of carrying the team. Aaron Rodgers is still accurate and mobile which is one more dimension that he has over Brady who is still a Top 5 QB. Carson Palmer is most likely just outside of the Top 5. The Player's Top 100 is not a good measure whatsoever as to how good a player actually is since they'll put in players who either played bad that year and get by on reputation (Andrew Luck) or did not even play at all (Adrian Peterson, 2014.)

# 59 JKSportsGamer1984 @ 07/22/16 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Yazan Gable


	Lord knows those players are very reliable and knowledgeable about year-end ranking of players, having put Adrian Peterson as one of the top 100 best players in 2014 despite not actually playing a single down in 2014 and Andrew Luck being in the Top 100 list this past year despite playing limited games and badly for most of them with injury.This hurt to skim through, but there are numerous problems in your analysis: Adrian Peterson had a lower average yards per carry than Le'Veon Bell's this year and last year. He is also not a serviceable receiver out of the backfield unlike Le'Veon Bell. Lamar Miller by the end of Madden 16 is a 91 OVR running back and he did better a receiver last year than the year previous so him being high is not unreasonable. Gurley sounds like he will still be a very good running back, and David Johnson had limited playing time to show if he is more than a flash in the pan. Surprised no one is asking for Thomas Rawls considering he had a better performance than David Johnson on the ground before being hurt. Ben Roethlisberger put up those numbers playing in 12 games whereas Jameis had 16, the former averaging about 382 yards per game while Jameis about 252. Tom Brady's offense wasn't skewered like Aaron Rodgers' offense and he had a defense to help ease weight of carrying the team. Aaron Rodgers is still accurate and mobile which is one more dimension that he has over Brady who is still a Top 5 QB. Carson Palmer is most likely just outside of the Top 5. The Player's Top 100 is not a good measure whatsoever as to how good a player actually is since they'll put in players who either played bad that year and get by on reputation (Andrew Luck) or did not even play at all (Adrian Peterson, 2014.)

Yeah I guess you're right. I mean God forbid the people who.....Oh I don't know....actually PLAY the game know anything about rating the the players smh.

# 60 Yazan Gable @ 07/22/16 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JKSportsGamer1984


	Yeah I guess you're right. I mean God forbid the people who.....Oh I don't know....actually PLAY the game know anything about rating the the players smh.

Explain in what way Adrian Peterson was a Top 100 player in the 2014 NFL season and I'll admit I am mistaken.

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