See where the new Madden cover ranks among the best

The newest cover athlete for the next Madden game was revealed, and we figured it would be fun to rank all of the cover photos. Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots will be on the front of Madden 17, and now you get to see where the new box art ranks among the best of all time.

The criteria is thus: how cool your cover looks, the player involved, the jersey that team wore, how good they were the season after, if/how they got injured, the use of the player, their position, and how they look in motion. And for pre-2000 era games, the creativity of using John Madden and which players were behind John Madden while he posed with a headset and/or football.

32. Madden 12



31. Madden 95



30. Madden 96



29. Madden 94



28. Madden 92



27. Madden 2002



26. Madden 08



25. Madden 25



24. The other Madden 25



23. John Madden Football



22. Madden 13



21. Madden 2000



20. Madden 97



19. Madden 2004



18. Madden 99



17. Madden 98



16. John Madden Football 93



15. Madden 06



14. Madden 15



13. NFL Head Coach 09



12. Madden 09



11. Madden 17

10. John Madden Football II



9. Madden 07



8. Madden 2001



7. Madden 2005



6. Madden 2003



5. Madden 11



4. NFL Head Coach



3. This particular John Madden Football cover we found



2. Madden 10



1. Madden 16

- By Games.com staff