Madden 22 team ratings: The best, worst NFL teams to play with listed by overall rating

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"Madden NFL 22" is here, and if you want to get an advantage on your opponents in online play by using the best team possible, then you've come to the right place.

Below, we break down the best teams in Madden 22 by overall rating, offensive rating and defensive rating. As one might expect, the two Super Bowl teams (Bucs, Chiefs) come in with the best ratings overall. Other playoff teams make up the majority of the Top 10. 

Things get a little different when it comes to offensive and defensive ratings, especially defense. There are a lot of teams with a high defensive rating, but real low offensive rating. Even the Chiefs with the second-highest overall rating are a little lopsided with an insane 96 overall offense, but a fairly low 78 defense. 

Below, we go over all of the team ratings at the launch of Madden 22. These ratings will change throughout the year as EA Sports provides weekly updates.

MORE: Full list of Madden 22 player ratings

Madden 22 team ratings

The Buccaneers, Chiefs, Packers, Ravens and Browns make up the top five overall teams in Madden 22. This isn't too surprising, considering the top three teams were among the final four teams standing in last year's NFL Playoffs. The fourth team, the Bills, are just outside of the top five at six. The Bucs are not only the top overall team in Madden 22, but they are the only team with a 90+ overall rating in offense and defense. The Packers and Ravens are also balanced, being in the top 10 on both sides of the ball. 

Teams you'll want to avoid are the Jets, Panthers, Lions, Bengals and Jaguars who round out the bottom five overall. The Jets are the only team with an offense or defense team rating below 70 overall (69 on offense). 

Madden 22 overall team ratings

TEAM OVR DEF OFF
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 92 90 92
Kansas City Chiefs 90 78 96
Green Bay Packers 89 85 91
Baltimore Ravens 88 85 84
Cleveland Browns 87 79 89
Buffalo Bills 86 82 86
Dallas Cowboys 86 76 88
Arizona Cardinals 85 84 83
Tennessee Titans 85 80 87
Los Angeles Chargers 84 80 82
Los Angeles Rams 84 83 81
New Orleans Saints 84 83 80
New England Patriots 83 86 78
San Francisco 49ers 83 84 80
Denver Broncos 82 86 72
Seattle Seahawks 82 77 85
Las Vegas Raiders 81 75 82
Washington Football Team 81 81 76
Indianapolis Colts 80 78 75
Pittsburgh Steelers 80 88 74
Chicago Bears 79 87 73
Miami Dolphins 79 79 70
Minnesota Vikings 78 81 77
New York Giants 78 82 72
Atlanta Falcons 77 73 79
Houston Texans 76 72 78
Philadelphia Eagles 76 77 73
Cincinnati Bengals 75 74 74
Jacksonville Jaguars 75 75 76
Detroit Lions 74 74 75
Carolina Panthers 73 76 71
New York Jets 72 74 69

Madden 22 offense team ratings

TEAM OFF RATING
Kansas City Chiefs 96
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 92
Green Bay Packers 91
Cleveland Browns 89
Dallas Cowboys 88
Tennessee Titans 87
Buffalo Bills 86
Seattle Seahawks 85
Baltimore Ravens 84
Arizona Cardinals 83
Los Angeles Chargers 82
Las Vegas Raiders 82
Los Angeles Rams 81
New Orleans Saints 80
San Francisco 49ers 80
Atlanta Falcons 79
New England Patriots 78
Houston Texans 78
Minnesota Vikings 77
Washington Football Team 76
Jacksonville Jaguars 76
Indianapolis Colts 75
Detroit Lions 75
Pittsburgh Steelers 74
Cincinnati Bengals 74
Chicago Bears 73
Philadelphia Eagles 73
Denver Broncos 72
New York Giants 72
Carolina Panthers 71
Miami Dolphins 70
New York Jets 69

Madden 22 defense team ratings

TEAM DEF RATING
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 90
Pittsburgh Steelers 88
Chicago Bears 87
New England Patriots 86
Denver Broncos 86
Green Bay Packers 85
Baltimore Ravens 85
Arizona Cardinals 84
San Francisco 49ers 84
Los Angeles Rams 83
New Orleans Saints 83
Buffalo Bills 82
New York Giants 82
Washington Football Team 81
Minnesota Vikings 81
Tennessee Titans 80
Los Angeles Chargers 80
Cleveland Browns 79
Miami Dolphins 79
Kansas City Chiefs 78
Indianapolis Colts 78
Seattle Seahawks 77
Philadelphia Eagles 77
Dallas Cowboys 76
Carolina Panthers 76
Las Vegas Raiders 75
Jacksonville Jaguars 75
Cincinnati Bengals 74
Detroit Lions 74
New York Jets 74
Atlanta Falcons 73
Houston Texans 72

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Jordan Heck is a Social Media Producer at Sporting News. Before working here, he was a Digital Content Producer at The Indianapolis Star. He graduated with a degree from Indiana University.