Editor's note: This post was updated for 2024. The Madden series has been around since EA Sports released John Madden Football on MS-DOS in 1988. For the first decade, Madden himself graced the cover.

The EA Sports Madden franchise is one of the most popular video game series in the world. The game generally features one NFL superstar on the front cover, something that has been viewed as both a ...

Last year's Madden NFL 24 featured Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen on the cover, marking the fourth time in five years that a QB was the cover athlete. EA has yet to give any indication ...

Prior to McCaffrey's announcement as this year's "Madden" star, some fans had predicted Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow as the 2025 selection. Four of the last five covers had featured ...

This is still the last instance of a "traditional" Madden cover curse. OBJ graced the Madden cover just as his star was ascending heading into his second NFL season, and the curse did not stop his ...

Electronic Arts Inc. McCaffrey is the first 49ers player to land the worldwide cover of Madden. Garrison Hearst was the last 49ers player on the cover, but he made the international version of ...

Josh Allen, who was on the front last season, played in all 17 games ... Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes had big campaigns after leading the cover for "Madden 2022," as did Lamar Jackson, the ...

Patrick Mahomes is among the athletes to show the "Madden Curse" is just a myth. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. This was the last year the man himself was on the cover.