Carson Palmer stats

Last played for the Arizona Cardinals, 2017

Quarterback · #3

Age 46 · 6' 5"

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Carson Palmer played 14 NFL seasons, 2004 to 2017.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
182
CMP
3,941
ATT
6,307
CMP%
62.5
YDS
46,247
AVG
7.3
TD
294
INT
187

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (CMP, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 100+ ATT; CMP%, AVG: 4+ games, 200+ ATT) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2004CIN1326343260.92,8976.71818
2005CIN1634550967.83,8367.53212
2006CIN1632452062.34,0357.82813
2007CIN1637357564.94,1317.22620
2008CIN47512958.17315.734
2009CIN1628246660.53,0946.62113
2010CIN1636258661.83,9706.82620
2011LV1019932860.72,7538.41316
2012LV1534556561.14,0187.12214
2013ARI1636257263.34,2747.52422
2014ARI614122462.91,6267.3113
2015ARI1634253763.74,6718.73511
2016ARI1536459761.04,2337.12614
2017ARI716426761.41,9787.497

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Career Postseason

GP
4
CMP
67
ATT
118
CMP%
56.8
YDS
796
AVG
6.7
TD
5
INT
7

Per game

Career regular season

GP
182
CMP
21.7
ATT
34.7
CMP%
62.5
YDS
254.1
AVG
7.3
TD
1.6
INT
1.0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2004CIN1320.233.260.9222.86.71.41.4
2005CIN1621.631.867.8239.87.52.00.8
2006CIN1620.332.562.3252.27.81.80.8
2007CIN1623.335.964.9258.27.21.61.3
2008CIN418.832.358.1182.85.70.81.0
2009CIN1617.629.160.5193.46.61.30.8
2010CIN1622.636.661.8248.16.81.61.3
2011LV1019.932.860.7275.38.41.31.6
2012LV1523.037.761.1267.97.11.50.9
2013ARI1622.635.863.3267.17.51.51.4
2014ARI623.537.362.9271.07.31.80.5
2015ARI1621.433.663.7291.98.72.20.7
2016ARI1524.339.861.0282.27.11.70.9
2017ARI723.438.161.4282.67.41.31.0

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
182
PPR
2,741.1
HALF
2,741.1
STD
2,741.1
PPG
15.1

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Ranked among NFL players with 4+ games that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
2004CIN13162.6162.6162.612.5
2005CIN16267.5267.5267.516.7
2006CIN16251.1251.1251.115.7
2007CIN16230.2230.2230.214.4
2008CIN437.037.037.09.3
2009CIN16211.1211.1211.113.2
2010CIN16223.8223.8223.814
2011LV10138.1138.1138.113.8
2012LV15228.3228.3228.315.2
2013ARI16223.3223.3223.314
2014ARI6105.5105.5105.517.6
2015ARI16313.2313.2313.219.6
2016ARI15247.1247.1247.116.5
2017ARI7102.3102.3102.314.6

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Bio

Age
46 yearsDec 27, 1979
Height
6' 5"
Debut
2003
Birthplace
Fresno, CA
Draft
2003Rd 1, Pk 1
College
USC

Latest performance

Carson Palmer

Oct 22 · @ LAR · L 33-0

CMP
10
ATT
18
YDS
122
TD
0
INT
1
RTG
53.5

His top receivers, 2017

Arizona Cardinals's pass catchers by receiving yards.

Receiving lines of his club's top pass catchers
PlayerTGTSRECYDSTD
Larry FitzgeraldWR1611091,1566
Jaron BrownWR69314774
Jermaine GreshamTE45333222
Troy NiklasTE23111321
Kerwynn WilliamsRB1510930

2003 NFL combine

QB, 6'5", 232 lb · USC

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.65s80th

Percentile: the share of QBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2003 combine

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentCMPATTYDSTDINT
Sun, Oct 22atLARL 33-0101812201
Sun, Oct 15vsTBW 38-33182228331
Sun, Oct 08atPHIL 34-7284429110
Sun, Oct 01vsSFW 18-15 OT335135711
Mon, Sep 25vsDALL 28-17294832520
Sun, Sep 17atINDW 16-13 OT193633211

What were Carson Palmer's career stats?

Carson Palmer played 14 seasons for the Bengals, the Raiders and the Cardinals. He completed 3,941 of 6,307 passes for 46,247 yards, 294 touchdowns and 187 interceptions. His best season was 2015: 4,671 passing yards, 35 passing touchdowns and 11 interceptions thrown.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 3 postseasons, 2004 to 2017

Carson Palmer led the NFL in passing touchdowns (2005); finished top 10 in a stat 18 times.

All-time career rank

  • 18th in passing yards (46,247)
  • 16th in passing touchdowns (294)

Among the 2,843 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Carson Palmer

Playoff games

Carson Palmer played 4 games across 3 NFL postseasons — 1 won, 3 lost.

Carson Palmer's line in each playoff game
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2015GBW 26-20 OT34932
2015CARL 49-1523514
2009NYJL 24-1414611
2005PITL 31-176600

What the columns mean: INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.