QB · #3

Carson Palmer

Arizona Cardinals

Position: Quarterback
Height / Weight: 6' 5", 235 lbs
Born: 27/12/1979 in Fresno, CA
Age: 46
College: USC
Draft: 2003: Rd 1, Pk 1 (CIN)
Experience: 15th Season
Status: Inactive

Play style & archetype

Based on 2026 play-by-play data.

Archetype

Limited sample

14 NFL seasons and 46,247 career passing yards. Best year: 4,671 in 2015.

Career statistics

Regular season, by year and team. Career bests are highlighted.

Passing

Season	Team	GP	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR
2004	CIN	13	263	432	60.9	2,897	6.7	18	18	76	25	77.3	-
2005	CIN	16	345	509	67.8	3,836	7.5	32	12	70	19	101.1	-
2006	CIN	16	324	520	62.3	4,035	7.8	28	13	74	36	93.9	67.1
2007	CIN	16	373	575	64.9	4,131	7.2	26	20	70	17	86.7	62.5
2008	CIN	4	75	129	58.1	731	5.7	3	4	36	11	69.0	65.0
2009	CIN	16	282	466	60.5	3,094	6.6	21	13	73	26	83.6	58.6
2010	CIN	16	362	586	61.8	3,970	6.8	26	20	78	26	82.4	55.1
2011	OAK	10	199	328	60.7	2,753	8.4	13	16	78	17	80.5	53.5
2012	OAK	15	345	565	61.1	4,018	7.1	22	14	64	26	85.3	44.3
2013	ARI	16	362	572	63.3	4,274	7.5	24	22	91	41	83.9	54.0
2014	ARI	6	141	224	62.9	1,626	7.3	11	3	80	9	95.6	56.8
2015	ARI	16	342	537	63.7	4,671	8.7	35	11	68	25	104.6	76.4
2016	ARI	15	364	597	61.0	4,233	7.1	26	14	80	40	87.2	52.9
2017	ARI	7	164	267	61.4	1,978	7.4	9	7	46	22	84.4	50.1
Career		182	3941	6307	62.5	46,247	7.3	294	187	91	340	87.9	-

Rushing

Season	Team	GP	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	FUM	LST
2004	CIN	13	18	47	2.6	1	14	4	0	0
2005	CIN	16	34	41	1.2	1	14	6	1	0
2006	CIN	16	26	37	1.4	0	11	6	2	0
2007	CIN	16	24	10	0.4	0	10	3	1	0
2008	CIN	4	6	38	6.3	0	15	2	0	0
2009	CIN	16	39	93	2.4	3	15	12	3	0
2010	CIN	16	32	50	1.6	0	9	6	4	2
2011	OAK	10	16	20	1.3	1	10	5	1	0
2012	OAK	15	18	36	2.0	1	9	7	2	1
2013	ARI	16	27	3	0.1	0	10	1	0	0
2014	ARI	6	8	25	3.1	0	12	1	1	0
2015	ARI	16	25	24	1.0	1	12	4	2	0
2016	ARI	15	14	38	2.7	0	16	3	5	1
2017	ARI	7	14	12	0.9	0	4	5	2	0
Career		182	301	474	1.6	8	16	65	24	4

Defense

Season	Team	GP	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
2004	CIN	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	CIN	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	CIN	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	CIN	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	CIN	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	CIN	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	CIN	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	OAK	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	OAK	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	ARI	16	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	ARI	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	ARI	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		182	21	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scoring

Season	Team	GP	PASS	RUSH	REC	RET	TD	2PT	PAT	FG	PTS
2004	CIN	13	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
2005	CIN	16	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
2006	CIN	16	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	CIN	16	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	CIN	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	CIN	16	21	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	20
2010	CIN	16	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	OAK	10	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
2012	OAK	15	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
2013	ARI	16	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	ARI	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	ARI	16	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
2016	ARI	15	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	ARI	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		182	294	8	0	0	8	1	0	0	50

Carson Palmer — bio & career stats