Matthew Golden
WR · Cardinals · OVR 78 · Compare
Drafted: Madden 27 Fantasy Draft, Round 10, Pick 4 (#292 overall) by ARI · 78 OVR then
Also in Madden 26: Matthew Golden, PIT · 92 OVR →
Player Info
- Age
- 23
- Height / Weight
- 71" / 191 lbs
- College
- Texas
- Hometown
- Houston
- Years Pro
- 1
- Draft
- Round 11, Pick 5 (2024)
Contract
- Cap Hit
- $6.5M
- Salary
- $20.0M
- Bonus
- $12.5M
- Years Left
- 5 of 5
Trade Value
102
overall 26.97 × star 1.35 × age 23 1.08 × WR 1.15 × contract 0.86
An overpay: $6.5M against the $4.3M a player this good usually costs. 5 years left, which is what gives it weight.
This league's own model, not Madden's — EA publishes no trade value. It prices the contract as well as the player, because a team trading for him takes the number on too. How it works.
Market Value
Going rate
—/yr
no comparable player is negotiating right now
Currently paid
$2.3M/yr
median of 39 comparable contracts, including rookie deals still running
His deal
$6.5M/yr
not in a negotiating window
Going rate drawn from same position, any rating, what is paid from same position, ±5 OVR, same age group. Each group widens until it holds at least five players, so a small count means this profile is rare in the league and the figure deserves less weight. Annual value is total salary plus bonus over the length of the deal — not the cap hit, which Madden back-loads.
Ratings
Progression
Tracking began Oct 4, 2026 at 78 OVR. Changes will show here as later imports arrive.
Season 9 · Madden 27
Preseason only -- exhibition games, never counted toward season totals or records
Game Log
Career
Earlier titles matched by name and college.
In the Chronicle
- Vol. 2, Issue 21 · Baker Mayfield throws for 369 yards and four touchdowns and loses by one, Bijan Robinson answers with 212 yards from scrimmage and four touchdowns of his own, and the Chronicle's pick to upset Green Bay is wrong by 26 points. Four teams are left for two conference-championship rematches.
- Vol. 2, Issue 15 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 14-0, Dallas is shut out in the Game of the Week, and Jahmyr Gibbs runs for 324 yards to put the single-season rushing record within reach.
- Vol. 2, Issue 7 · Two teams are still perfect after seven weeks, a fourth team joins the winless column, and Washington's quarterback still hasn't thrown a single interception.