Madden NFL 25

Middle Linebacker (MLB) Ratings and Position Guide

Middle Linebacker (MLB) is a Defense position in Madden NFL 25. See the list of all Middle Linebacker players, the best players in this position, their role, and all relevant stats for a Middle Linebacker.

Linebacker Position Guides
Left Outside (LOLB) Middle (MLB) Right Outside (ROLB)

Best Middle Linebackers (MLB)

Name Team OVR
Fred Warner 97
Roquan Smith 95
Demario Davis 92
C.J. Mosley 90
Lavonte David 90

List of Middle Linebackers (MLB)

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No. Name X-Factor Team OVR SPD ACC STR AWR TAK PUR PRC ZCV HTP
54 Fred Warner X-Factor IconX-Factor San Francisco 49ers 97 88 92 76 99 80 99 99 86 85
0 Roquan Smith X-Factor IconX-Factor Baltimore Ravens 95 87 90 80 90 77 97 92 81 88
56 Demario Davis X-Factor IconX-Factor New Orleans Saints 92 88 87 85 98 79 91 96 79 88
57 C.J. Mosley - New York Jets 90 85 87 75 89 77 93 88 82 90
54 Lavonte David X-Factor IconX-Factor Tampa Bay Buccaneers 90 85 87 76 98 81 90 95 75 85
23 Foyesade Oluokun - Jacksonville Jaguars 89 88 88 70 90 76 95 89 72 87
54 Bobby Wagner - Washington Commanders 87 84 85 78 92 81 88 92 62 92
58 Bobby Okereke - New York Giants 86 89 89 73 90 73 90 89 74 80
6 Patrick Queen - Pittsburgh Steelers 85 88 89 71 87 74 90 89 75 89
32 Nick Bolton - Kansas City Chiefs 84 87 84 74 87 76 95 87 66 87
49 Tremaine Edmunds - Chicago Bears 84 87 87 75 88 75 87 86 75 85
54 Shaq Thompson - Carolina Panthers 83 85 86 75 89 79 89 91 69 83
44 Zaire Franklin - Indianapolis Colts 82 85 90 80 84 68 92 85 67 82
8 Ja'Whaun Bentley - New England Patriots 82 85 84 86 85 77 86 85 64 86
53 Ernest Jones - Los Angeles Rams 82 84 87 74 84 78 90 86 65 87
33 Devin Lloyd - Jacksonville Jaguars 81 84 91 78 82 76 89 84 71 84
50 Eric Kendricks - Dallas Cowboys 81 86 88 76 90 73 85 87 69 84
17 Jerome Baker - Seattle Seahawks 81 90 88 74 84 74 86 85 69 78
57 Germaine Pratt - Cincinnati Bengals 80 88 89 76 86 67 85 85 70 81
58 Jordan Hicks - Cleveland Browns 80 84 86 78 84 70 87 81 70 84
55 Cole Holcomb - Pittsburgh Steelers 80 87 89 72 82 72 86 81 72 77
55 Cody Barton - Denver Broncos 79 86 87 78 79 68 85 79 66 78
0 Azeez Al-Shaair - Houston Texans 79 86 93 77 76 66 84 77 70 86
50 Elandon Roberts - Pittsburgh Steelers 79 85 84 82 83 76 86 84 70 89
55 Kaden Elliss - Atlanta Falcons 79 85 87 72 84 74 87 83 65 85
51 Blake Cashman - Minnesota Vikings 79 89 90 70 79 74 87 78 71 83
6 Anthony Walker Jr - Miami Dolphins 78 85 87 78 84 71 84 83 67 76
11 David Long Jr - Miami Dolphins 78 85 88 74 82 77 88 83 58 87
0 Tyrel Dodson - Seattle Seahawks 78 89 88 74 78 72 85 80 79 84
49 Alex Singleton - Denver Broncos 77 86 87 72 84 69 88 83 64 82
6 Denzel Perryman - Los Angeles Chargers 77 82 83 84 83 76 86 84 54 90
46 Jack Campbell - Detroit Lions 77 84 90 76 78 76 85 76 61 87
20 Jordyn Brooks - Miami Dolphins 76 88 87 73 83 70 88 84 59 87
7 Kyzir White - Arizona Cardinals 76 85 89 67 84 63 84 82 70 85
0 Ivan Pace Jr - Minnesota Vikings 76 85 83 72 76 68 88 79 70 85
19 Isaiah Simmons - New York Giants 76 92 92 73 78 64 83 76 69 85
45 Deion Jones - Buffalo Bills 75 87 89 73 84 65 84 73 76 84
56 Kenneth Murray Jr - Tennessee Titans 75 88 90 73 81 67 82 80 60 85
23 Trenton Simpson - Baltimore Ravens 74 91 95 77 70 75 84 68 69 89
43 Terrel Bernard - Buffalo Bills 74 86 91 67 78 64 87 77 72 80
5 Divine Deablo - Las Vegas Raiders 74 88 87 69 76 67 85 74 63 89
50 Jack Gibbens - Tennessee Titans 74 78 85 66 77 71 86 79 68 82
51 Krys Barnes - Arizona Cardinals 74 85 87 71 79 71 82 78 72 82
53 Nate Landman - Atlanta Falcons 74 79 86 75 76 75 86 77 61 88
2 Mack Wilson Sr - Arizona Cardinals 73 87 86 78 75 71 82 73 71 85
56 Edgerrin Cooper - Green Bay Packers 73 89 92 72 70 68 81 65 71 80
41 Micah McFadden - New York Giants 73 85 91 72 76 74 85 77 62 83
17 Nakobe Dean - Philadelphia Eagles 73 87 90 66 74 66 88 76 62 86
50 Jonas Griffith - Denver Broncos 72 83 87 77 73 74 84 72 63 81
25 Junior Colson - Los Angeles Chargers 72 86 90 75 65 79 83 60 70 83
55 Derrick Barnes - Detroit Lions 72 86 84 79 77 73 80 73 65 85
41 Drew Sanders - Denver Broncos 71 84 89 72 73 73 85 75 62 83
41 Payton Wilson - Pittsburgh Steelers 71 91 93 67 60 64 84 60 70 87
45 Damien Wilson - Dallas Cowboys 71 81 83 74 69 74 86 70 62 83
13 DeMarvion Overshown - Dallas Cowboys 71 88 92 64 71 68 88 69 66 90
52 K.J. Britt - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 71 81 83 74 73 67 84 74 68 87
0 Daiyan Henley - Los Angeles Chargers 70 88 91 65 65 61 83 70 64 76
45 Duke Riley - Miami Dolphins 70 88 86 74 76 65 80 76 70 82
56 Trevin Wallace - Carolina Panthers 70 89 88 70 71 73 81 67 67 83
50 Raekwon McMillan - New England Patriots 69 85 87 83 63 73 80 66 58 82
51 Cedric Gray - Tennessee Titans 69 84 91 69 66 67 81 65 71 80
58 Isaiah McDuffie - Green Bay Packers 69 85 88 73 70 68 84 69 58 79
2 Brian Asamoah II - Minnesota Vikings 69 87 92 71 71 63 83 72 63 85
49 Matthew Adams - New York Giants 69 87 87 79 73 64 79 74 63 86
43 Neville Hewitt - Houston Texans 68 85 83 67 71 64 81 67 67 84
48 Chad Muma - Jacksonville Jaguars 68 85 89 76 68 61 82 64 62 82
51 Ben Niemann - Detroit Lions 68 83 81 71 65 68 82 66 66 79
56 Christian Rozeboom - Los Angeles Rams 68 83 87 67 73 68 81 74 66 80
54 Kamu Grugier-Hill - Minnesota Vikings 68 88 90 72 70 68 81 72 66 81
42 Dorian Williams - Buffalo Bills 67 84 89 63 63 59 82 61 70 74
51 Ventrell Miller - Jacksonville Jaguars 67 83 87 74 70 66 80 72 65 85
31 Nick Niemann - Los Angeles Chargers 67 89 91 69 66 60 78 68 63 74
41 Channing Tindall - Miami Dolphins 67 91 94 69 64 65 87 60 53 86
44 Owen Pappoe - Arizona Cardinals 67 89 92 77 65 61 87 61 61 86
40 JD Bertrand - Atlanta Falcons 67 83 87 70 72 73 82 73 65 81
53 Jaylan Ford - New Orleans Saints 67 82 84 73 69 76 79 66 57 85
53 Darius Muasau - New York Giants 67 82 88 63 66 65 79 64 70 82
54 Jeremiah Trotter Jr - Philadelphia Eagles 67 78 85 69 71 67 79 73 68 87
48 Tyrice Knight - Seattle Seahawks 67 85 90 71 66 69 81 62 68 83
8 SirVocea Dennis - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 67 85 89 66 70 64 77 70 70 76
58 Jordan Magee - Washington Commanders 67 87 91 64 65 65 80 63 64 77
43 Troy Dye - Los Angeles Chargers 66 87 88 71 71 66 79 69 64 77
53 Zaire Barnes - New York Jets 66 88 91 67 59 62 83 55 65 77
41 Markus Bailey - Arizona Cardinals 66 82 86 74 67 68 79 64 64 83
44 Noah Sewell - Chicago Bears 66 82 89 80 63 72 75 63 58 90
59 Troy Reeder - Los Angeles Rams 66 87 86 77 71 70 80 71 55 79
47 Brandon Smith - Philadelphia Eagles 66 88 91 69 63 64 79 62 64 84
49 Joe Bachie Jr - Cincinnati Bengals 65 83 88 76 61 66 77 64 58 81
59 Andre Smith Jr - Denver Broncos 65 85 88 72 64 68 79 62 60 84
40 Justin Strnad - Denver Broncos 65 88 85 71 69 64 81 66 63 83
52 Troy Andersen - Atlanta Falcons 65 91 88 68 60 69 78 59 53 84
33 Tae Davis - Carolina Panthers 65 83 83 73 72 64 78 73 58 76
48 Tatum Bethune - San Francisco 49ers 65 81 87 67 63 65 82 63 68 80
50 Segun Olubi - Indianapolis Colts 64 90 91 66 58 62 82 60 66 84
44 Cam Jones - Kansas City Chiefs 64 85 90 65 68 60 81 69 62 81
56 Amari Burney - Las Vegas Raiders 64 89 88 70 58 61 83 59 61 83
93 Mark Robinson - Pittsburgh Steelers 64 83 89 81 60 66 77 61 54 75
45 Chance Campbell - Tennessee Titans 64 87 90 75 65 62 83 69 55 74
52 D'Marco Jackson - New Orleans Saints 64 87 92 69 64 63 80 66 53 78
43 Darrian Beavers - New York Giants 64 82 87 74 68 74 71 72 53 86
42 Drake Thomas - Seattle Seahawks 64 82 87 66 63 59 85 68 63 81
41 Otis Reese IV - Tennessee Titans 63 86 86 68 63 59 84 59 63 87
54 Kristian Welch - Green Bay Packers 63 86 85 75 63 65 79 60 61 80
45 Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles - San Francisco 49ers 63 87 86 65 66 61 79 63 65 77
59 Jon Rhattigan - Seattle Seahawks 63 80 84 72 55 45 81 65 60 75
44 Joe Giles-Harris - New England Patriots 62 83 82 69 60 70 80 58 57 82
54 Garret Wallow - Tennessee Titans 62 84 86 69 68 63 76 67 58 75
53 Claudin Cherelus - Carolina Panthers 62 87 85 70 63 62 83 65 54 79
35 Jake Hummel - Los Angeles Rams 62 87 88 67 64 60 80 65 59 79
48 Dallas Gant - Minnesota Vikings 62 83 87 67 60 62 77 66 65 79
58 Anfernee Orji - New Orleans Saints 62 87 93 67 66 61 82 62 61 80
52 Carter Coughlin - New York Giants 62 88 87 71 66 65 79 61 55 78
51 J.J. Russell - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 62 82 87 73 60 63 77 63 63 85
48 Cole Christiansen - Kansas City Chiefs 61 83 84 73 60 66 80 64 53 77
47 Cam Brown - Miami Dolphins 61 83 85 70 61 68 80 59 56 84
47 JoJo Domann - Tennessee Titans 61 85 90 65 62 59 73 61 66 82
57 Luke Gifford - Tennessee Titans 61 87 86 75 56 67 78 57 56 80
43 Mohamoud Diabate - Cleveland Browns 60 87 86 69 60 66 80 56 46 88
58 Darien Butler - Las Vegas Raiders 60 81 86 65 60 65 81 56 64 85
51 Josh Ross - Baltimore Ravens 57 79 86 65 57 58 82 53 56 82
52 Milo Eifler - Atlanta Falcons 57 86 88 64 60 69 78 59 53 84
54 Olakunle Fatukasi - Los Angeles Rams 57 79 87 69 53 62 79 53 56 79
57 Ben VanSumeren - Philadelphia Eagles 57 91 93 75 54 54 79 51 54 73
47 Ezekiel Turner - San Francisco 49ers 57 87 89 63 58 51 67 55 65 71
50 Patrick O'Connell - Seattle Seahawks 57 82 87 62 59 56 79 60 51 78
53 Vi Jones - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 57 88 91 61 55 60 78 53 57 82
46 Christian Kuntz - Pittsburgh Steelers 56 79 85 76 50 62 76 51 49 80
57 Chandler Wooten - Carolina Panthers 55 78 79 65 58 65 74 63 54 84
45 Amen Ogbongbemiga - Chicago Bears 55 84 87 68 55 60 80 60 46 75

Middle Linebacker (MLB) Position Explained

Second Line of Defense Against Running and Passing Plays

The Middle Linebacker, or Mike Linebacker, is located in the middle behind the Defensive Line. They can support the Defensive Linemen in rushing to sack the Quarterback, or hold back to block passes and tackle ball carriers by the Offense.

Middle Linebacker (MLB) Relevant Stats

All Middle Linebacker (MLB) Relevant Stats
・Pursuit (PUR)
・Tackle (TAK)
・Hit Power (POW)
・Strength (STR)
・Zone Coverage (ZCV)
・Speed (SPD)
・Acceleration (ACC)
・Play Recognition (PRC)
・Awareness (AWR)

All Stats and Attributes Explained

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Players in Defense Positions

Cornerbacks (CB) Defensive Tackle (DT) Free Safety (FS)
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