by: Daniel Hager • 17 minutes ago • DanielHagerOn3
The latest edition of Madden 26 ratings have emerged ahead of the game’s release, and they are bound to be controversial. The top quarterbacks in the league are led by Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Baltimore Ravens Lamar Jackson , the top-two finishers for the Most Valuable Player Award last season.
The list also includes a surprising drop for Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and some stunning inclusions ahead of Super Bowl LIX MVP Jalen Hurts . The entire top-10 list of quarterbacks in Madden 26 is below.
The 2024 Most Valuable Player, Josh Allen , comes in tied with Lamar Jackson for the highest overall for a quarterback in Madden 26. Allen was a 92 overall entering last season.
Allen enjoyed the best season of his career in 2024, as he totaled 3,371 passing yards, 28 passing touchdowns and a career high 77.3 QBR. He led the Buffalo Bills to the AFC Championship, where they once again fell to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson rose one overall from a 98 overall last season to a 99 overall this season. He’s tied with Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen as the best quarterback in Madden 26.
Lamar was the MVP runner-up behind Allen last season, as he threw for 4,172 yards, 41 touchdowns and four interceptions. He also rushed for 915 yards and four more scores. Jackson and the Ravens however crashed and burned in the playoffs, as they dropped their Divisional Round matchup to Allen and the Bills 27-25.
Burrow bounced back from an injury-riddled 2023 season last year with the greatest campaign of his career. The LSU product passed for 4,918 yards, 43 touchdowns and nine interceptions, but was not given the chance to play in a playoff game due to Cincinnati’s brutal defense. He was a 93 overall entering last season’s game.
With contracts taken care of and good injury luck so far this offseason, Burrow looks poised to enjoy profound success once again this season with superstar receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins out wide.
Three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 15-1 regular season record and a loss in Super Bowl LIX to the Philadelphia Eagles last season. Although he helped spearhead one of the most dominant seasons in recent league history, Mahomes fell from a 99 overall in last year’s game to a 95 overall in this year’s game.
Mahomes did however suffer the worst (statistically) season of his career, as passed for just 3,928 yards, 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford surprisingly comes in at an 88 overall in this year’s Madden, five points higher than last year’s rating (83). The Georgia alum passed for 3,762 yards, 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions for a Rams franchise that fell in the Divisional Round to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles.
After experiencing back soreness this week at training camp, Rams head coach Sean McVay revealed that Stafford will not return to practice in the near future. He however is still expected to be ready for the 2025 season, which begins on Sep. 7 against the Houston Texans.
Jared Goff has enjoyed a career renaissance since joining the Detroit Lions in 2021. Goff led the Lions to a stellar 15-2 record last season (good for the No. 1 seed in the NFC) but fell in the Divisonal Round of the playoffs to the Washington Commanders.