Carson Palmer

Carson Hilton Palmer

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-5, 235lb (196cm, 106kg)

Born: December 27, 1979 in Fresno, CA

College: USC (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 107 (90th overall since 1960)

High School: Santa Margarita Catholic (CA)

Draft: Cincinnati Bengals in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Brother Jordan Palmer

3x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

182

141

QBrec

92-88-1

Cmp%

62.5

Yds

46247

Y/A

7.3

294

Int

187

FantPt

2697.1

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
2004	25	CIN	QB	9	13	13	6-7-0	263	432	60.9	2897	18	4.2	18	4.2	140	76	6.7	5.7	11.0	222.8	77.3		25	178	5.5	5.95	4.96	2	3	8
2005*	26	CIN	QB	9	16	16	11-5-0	345	509	67.8	3836	32	6.3	12	2.4	198	70	7.5	7.7	11.1	239.8	101.1		19	105	3.6	7.07	7.26	1	3	16	AP MVP-5, AP OPoY-4, PB
2006*	27	CIN	QB	9	16	16	8-8-0	324	520	62.3	4035	28	5.4	13	2.5	200	74	7.8	7.7	12.5	252.2	93.9	67.1	36	233	6.5	6.84	6.79	2	3	14	AP CPoY-3, PB
2007	28	CIN	QB	9	16	16	7-9-0	373	575	64.9	4131	26	4.5	20	3.5	213	70	7.2	6.5	11.1	258.2	86.7	62.5	17	119	2.9	6.78	6.14	2	2	14
2008	29	CIN	qb	9	4	4	0-4-0	75	129	58.1	731	3	2.3	4	3.1	41	36	5.7	4.7	9.7	182.8	69.0	65.0	11	67	7.9	4.74	3.89			2
2009	30	CIN	QB	9	16	16	10-6-0	282	466	60.5	3094	21	4.5	13	2.8	159	73	6.6	6.3	11.0	193.4	83.6	58.6	26	213	5.3	5.86	5.52	3	5	10
2010	31	CIN	QB	9	16	16	4-12-0	362	586	61.8	3970	26	4.4	20	3.4	206	78	6.8	6.1	11.0	248.1	82.4	55.1	26	201	4.2	6.16	5.54	1	1	11
2011	32	OAK	QB	3	10	9	4-5-0	199	328	60.7	2753	13	4	16	4.9	123	78	8.4	7.0	13.8	275.3	80.5	53.5	17	119	4.9	7.63	6.30	0	1	8
2012	33	OAK	QB	3	15	15	4-11-0	345	565	61.1	4018	22	3.9	14	2.5	188	64	7.1	6.8	11.6	267.9	85.3	46.6	26	199	4.4	6.46	6.14	2	2	10
2013	34	ARI	QB	3	16	16	10-6-0	362	572	63.3	4274	24	4.2	22	3.8	205	91	7.5	6.6	11.8	267.1	83.9	54.0	41	289	6.7	6.50	5.67	3	4	11
2014	35	ARI	qb	3	6	6	6-0-0	141	224	62.9	1626	11	4.9	3	1.3	82	80	7.3	7.6	11.5	271.0	95.6	63.7	9	59	3.9	6.73	7.09	2	2	4
2015*	36	ARI	QB	3	16	16	13-3-0	342	537	63.7	4671	35	6.5	11	2	231	68	8.7	9.1	13.7	291.9	104.6	76.4	25	151	4.4	8.04	8.41	1	4	16	AP MVP-2, AP OPoY-4, AP CPoY-2, AP2, PB
2016	37	ARI	QB	3	15	15	6-8-1	364	597	61	4233	26	4.4	14	2.3	220	80	7.1	6.9	11.6	282.2	87.2	52.9	40	281	6.3	6.20	6.03	1	3	12
2017	38	ARI	QB	3	7	7	3-4-0	164	267	61.4	1978	9	3.4	7	2.6	95	46	7.4	6.9	12.1	282.6	84.4	50.0	22	150	7.6	6.33	5.86	2	2	5
Career					182	181	92-88-1	3941	6307	62.5	46247	294	4.7	187	3	2301	91	7.3	6.9	11.7	254.1	87.9		340	2364	5.1	6.60	6.22	22	35	141
7 yrs		CIN			97	97	46-51-0	2024	3217	62.9	22694	154	4.8	100	3.1	1157	78	7.1	6.6	11.2	234.0	86.9		160	1116	4.7	6.39	5.97	11	17	75
5 yrs		ARI			60	60	38-21-1	1373	2197	62.5	16782	105	4.8	57	2.6	833	91	7.6	7.4	12.2	279.7	91.1		137	930	5.9	6.79	6.59	9	15	48
2 yrs		OAK			25	24	8-16-0	544	893	60.9	6771	35	3.9	30	3.4	311	78	7.6	6.9	12.4	270.8	83.5		43	318	4.6	6.89	6.20	2	3	18

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
2005*	26	CIN	QB	1	1	0-1	1	1	100	66	0	0	0	0	1	66	66.0	66.0	66.0	66.0	118.7	0	0	0	66.00	66.00
2009	30	CIN	QB	1	1	0-1	18	36	50	146	1	2.8	1	2.8	7	19	4.1	3.4	8.1	146.0	58.3	3	36	7.7	2.82	2.18
2015*	36	ARI	QB	2	2	1-1	48	81	59.3	584	4	4.9	6	7.4	31	75	7.2	4.9	12.2	292.0	67.1	6	29	6.9	6.38	4.20	1	1
Career				4	4	1-3	67	118	56.8	796	5	4.2	7	5.9	39	75	6.7	4.9	11.9	199.0	66.9	9	65	7.1	5.76	4.06	1	1
2 yrs		CIN		2	2	0-2	19	37	51.4	212	1	2.7	1	2.7	8	66	5.7	5.1	11.2	106.0	66.5	3	36	7.5	4.40	3.78
1 yr		ARI		2	2	1-1	48	81	59.3	584	4	4.9	6	7.4	31	75	7.2	4.9	12.2	292.0	67.1	6	29	6.9	6.38	4.20	1	1

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
2004	25	CIN	QB	9	13	13	6-7-0	432	98	100	93	95	105	101	83	108	96
2005*	26	CIN	QB	9	16	16	11-5-0	509	111	117	117	121	127	126	113	120	125
2006*	27	CIN	QB	9	16	16	8-8-0	520	118	115	119	117	107	116	110	100	117
2007	28	CIN	QB	9	16	16	7-9-0	575	106	113	103	108	115	106	93	121	106
2008	29	CIN	qb	9	4	4	0-4-0	129	76	76	80	80	90	81	98	87	83
2009	30	CIN	QB	9	16	16	10-6-0	466	94	94	98	98	99	105	102	106	100
2010	31	CIN	QB	9	16	16	4-12-0	586	95	99	95	97	104	102	94	115	98
2011	32	OAK	QB	3	10	9	4-5-0	328	126	127	104	106	100	96	66	110	95
2012	33	OAK	QB	3	15	15	4-11-0	565	100	104	100	103	101	95	105	117	100
2013	34	ARI	QB	3	16	16	10-6-0	572	108	105	97	96	106	98	79	98	96
2014	35	ARI	qb	3	6	6	6-0-0	224	102	109	110	114	103	105	121	119	110
2015*	36	ARI	QB	3	16	16	13-3-0	537	136	138	131	133	103	125	106	113	122
2016	37	ARI	QB	3	15	15	6-8-1	597	99	98	99	98	93	100	100	98	98
2017	38	ARI	QB	3	7	7	3-4-0	267	105	100	99	96	93	88	95	90	93
Career					182	181	92-88-1	6307

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2004	25	CIN	QB	9	13	13	18	47	1	5	14	2.6	3.6	1.4												18	2.6	47	1	2
2005*	26	CIN	QB	9	16	16	34	41	1	6	14	1.2	2.6	2.1												34	1.2	41	1	5
2006*	27	CIN	QB	9	16	16	26	37	0	6	11	1.4	2.3	1.6												26	1.4	37	0	15
2007	28	CIN	QB	9	16	16	24	10	0	3	10	0.4	0.6	1.5												24	0.4	10	0	5
2008	29	CIN	qb	9	4	4	6	38	0	2	15	6.3	9.5	1.5												6	6.3	38	0	2
2009	30	CIN	QB	9	16	16	39	93	3	13	15	2.4	5.8	2.4												39	2.4	93	3	6
2010	31	CIN	QB	9	16	16	32	50	0	6	9	1.6	3.1	2.0												32	1.6	50	0	7
2011	32	OAK	QB	3	10	9	16	20	1	5	10	1.3	2.0	1.6												16	1.3	20	1	2
2012	33	OAK	QB	3	15	15	18	36	1	7	9	2.0	2.4	1.2												18	2.0	36	1	7
2013	34	ARI	QB	3	16	16	27	3	0	1	10	0.1	0.2	1.7												27	0.1	3	0	6
2014	35	ARI	qb	3	6	6	8	25	0	1	12	3.1	4.2	1.3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	8	3.1	25	0	3
2015*	36	ARI	QB	3	16	16	25	24	1	5	12	1.0	1.5	1.6												25	1.0	24	1	6
2016	37	ARI	QB	3	15	15	14	38	0	3	16	2.7	2.5	0.9												14	2.7	38	0	14
2017	38	ARI	QB	3	7	7	14	12	0	5	4	0.9	1.7	2.0												14	0.9	12	0	2
Career					182	181	301	474	8	68	16	1.6	2.6	1.7	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	301	1.6	474	8	82
7 yrs		CIN			97	97	179	316	5	41	15	1.8	3.3	1.8												179	1.8	316	5	42
5 yrs		ARI			60	60	88	102	1	15	16	1.2	1.7	1.5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	88	1.2	102	1	31
2 yrs		OAK			25	24	34	56	2	12	10	1.6	2.2	1.4												34	1.6	56	2	9

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2009	30	CIN	QB	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	2.0	2.0	1.0												1	2.0	2	0	1
2015*	36	ARI	QB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	3
Career				4	4	1	2	0	1	2	2.0	0.5	0.3												1	2.0	2	0	4
2 yrs		CIN		2	2	1	2	0	1	2	2.0	1.0	0.5												1	2.0	2	0	1
1 yr		ARI		2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	3

Defense & Fumbles

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Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2004	25	CIN	QB	9	13	13						0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
2005*	26	CIN	QB	9	16	16						0	5	1	-2	0	0.0
2006*	27	CIN	QB	9	16	16						0	15	2	-9	0	0.0
2007	28	CIN	QB	9	16	16						0	5	2	-1	0	0.0
2008	29	CIN	qb	9	4	4						0	2	1	0	0	0.0
2009	30	CIN	QB	9	16	16						0	6	2	-12	0	0.0
2010	31	CIN	QB	9	16	16						0	7	3	-5	0	0.0
2011	32	OAK	QB	3	10	9						0	2	1	-1	0	0.0
2012	33	OAK	QB	3	15	15						0	7	2	-3	0	0.0
2013	34	ARI	QB	3	16	16						0	6	1	0	0	0.0
2014	35	ARI	qb	3	6	6						0	3	2	0	0	0.0
2015*	36	ARI	QB	3	16	16						0	6	1	-7	0	0.0
2016	37	ARI	QB	3	15	15						0	14	6	-21	0	0.0
2017	38	ARI	QB	3	7	7						0	2	2	-2	0	0.0
Career					182	181						0	82	26	-63	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
7 yrs		CIN			97	97						0	42	11	-29	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
5 yrs		ARI			60	60						0	31	12	-30	0	0.0
2 yrs		OAK			25	24						0	9	3	-4	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2009	30	CIN	QB	1	1						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2015*	36	ARI	QB	2	2						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
Career				4	4						0	4	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		CIN		2	2						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		ARI		2	2						0	3	1	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2004	25	CIN	QB	9	13	13	1	1			6	0.5
2005*	26	CIN	QB	9	16	16	1	1			6	0.4
2009	30	CIN	QB	9	16	16	3	3	1		20	1.3
2011	32	OAK	QB	3	10	9	1	1			6	0.6
2012	33	OAK	QB	3	15	15	1	1			6	0.4
2015*	36	ARI	QB	3	16	16	1	1			6	0.4
Career					182	181	8	8	1	0	50	.3
7 yrs		CIN			97	97	5	5	1	0	32	.3
5 yrs		ARI			60	60	1	1		0	6	.1
2 yrs		OAK			25	24	2	2		0	12	.5

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012	33	OAK	QB	3	15	15	953	94%	0	0%	0	0%
2013	34	ARI	QB	3	16	16	1081	100%	0	0%	0	0%
2014	35	ARI	qb	3	6	6	409	98%	0	0%	0	0%
2015*	36	ARI	QB	3	16	16	1039	94%	0	0%	0	0%
2016	37	ARI	QB	3	15	15	1045	97%	0	0%	0	0%
2017	38	ARI	QB	3	7	7	459	95%	0	0%	0	0%
Career							4986		0		0
5 yrs		ARI			60	60	4033		0		0
1 yr		OAK			15	15	953		0		0

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