Carson Palmer is one of the most consistent quarterbacks of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Palmer delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

QBARI#3RES

Carson Palmer

3× Pro BowlTop 6% all-time QBsElite Playmaker⚡ Breakout · 2015 📉 Fades · -26% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2015Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #23

Height6'5"

Weight235 lb

BornDec 27, 1979

Age46

CollegeUSC See College Stats

Rookie yr2003

Draft2003 · Rd 1, Pick 1 · CIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

16thPassing Touchdowns·294 17thPassing Yards·46,252 yds

Postseason all-time ranks

67thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·5 70thPlayoff Passing Yards·796 yds

Pro Bowls

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2005·Pass TD32

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 359 · #66 · All-Time

Worth 359 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 2% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 13 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+27.6

Avg surplus

peak +37

13 seasons × ~27.6 surplus ≈ VORP 359

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2004	—	CIN	13	—	263	432	60.9%	2,897	18	18	4.2	4.2	6.7	5.7	1.0	77.3	25	18	47	1	2.6	5.6	4	22.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	CIN	16	—	345	509	67.8%	3,836	32	12	6.3	2.4	7.5	7.7	2.7	101.1	20	33	44	1	1.3	3.0	6	18.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	CIN	16	—	324	520	62.3%	4,036	28	13	5.4	2.5	7.8	7.7	2.2	93.9	36	26	35	0	1.3	0.0	6	23.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	DEN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CIN	16	—	373	575	64.9%	4,130	26	20	4.5	3.5	7.2	6.5	1.3	86.6	17	24	10	0	0.4	0.0	3	12.5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	KC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	CIN	4	—	76	130	58.5%	736	3	4	2.3	3.1	5.7	4.7	0.8	69.3	11	6	38	0	6.3	0.0	2	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	BAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	CIN	16	—	282	466	60.5%	3,094	21	13	4.5	2.8	6.6	6.3	1.6	83.6	26	39	93	3	2.4	7.7	12	30.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	NYJ	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	CIN	16	—	362	586	61.8%	3,970	26	20	4.4	3.4	6.8	6.1	1.3	82.4	26	32	50	0	1.6	0.0	6	18.8	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	BAL	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	LV	10	—	199	328	60.7%	2,753	13	16	4.0	4.9	8.4	7.0	0.8	80.5	17	16	20	1	1.3	6.3	5	31.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	GB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	LV	15	—	345	565	61.1%	4,018	22	14	3.9	2.5	7.1	6.8	1.6	85.3	26	18	36	1	2.0	5.6	7	38.9	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	DEN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	ARI	16	—	362	572	63.3%	4,274	24	22	4.2	3.8	7.5	6.6	1.1	83.9	41	27	3	0	0.1	0.0	1	3.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,081	99.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2013	—	HOU	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	ARI	6	—	141	224	62.9%	1,626	11	3	4.9	1.3	7.3	7.6	3.7	95.6	9	8	25	0	3.1	0.0	1	12.5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	409	97.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	—	LA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	ARI	16	—	342	537	63.7%	4,671	35	11	6.5	2.0	8.7	9.1	3.2	104.6	25	25	24	1	1.0	4.0	4	16.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,039	93.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	—	SEA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	ARI	15	—	364	597	61.0%	4,233	26	14	4.4	2.3	7.1	6.9	1.9	87.2	40	14	38	0	2.7	0.0	3	21.4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,045	96.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	—	ARI	7	—	164	267	61.4%	1,978	9	7	3.4	2.6	7.4	6.9	1.3	84.4	22	14	12	0	0.9	0.0	5	35.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	459	93.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	201	—	3,942	6,308	62.5%	46,252	294	187	4.7	3.0	7.3	6.9	1.6	87.9	341	300	475	8	1.6	2.7	65	21.7	4	20	19	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	4,033	96.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%

Career EPA497.7·565 passing · -68 rushing·35.5/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2004	25	CIN	13	—	263	432	60.9%	2,897	18	18	4.2	4.2	6.7	5.7	1.0	77.3	25	9.2
2005	26	CIN	16	—	345	509	67.8%	3,836	32	12	6.3	2.4	7.5	7.7	2.7	101.1	20	20.8
2006	27	CIN	16	—	324	520	62.3%	4,036	28	13	5.4	2.5	7.8	7.7	2.2	93.9	36	16.7
2007	28	CIN	16	—	373	575	64.9%	4,130	26	20	4.5	3.5	7.2	6.5	1.3	86.6	17	13.6
2008	29	CIN	4	—	76	130	58.5%	736	3	4	2.3	3.1	5.7	4.7	0.8	69.3	11	1.8
2009	30	CIN	16	—	282	466	60.5%	3,094	21	13	4.5	2.8	6.6	6.3	1.6	83.6	26	13.7
2010	31	CIN	16	—	362	586	61.8%	3,970	26	20	4.4	3.4	6.8	6.1	1.3	82.4	26	11.6
2011	32	LV	10	—	199	328	60.7%	2,753	13	16	4.0	4.9	8.4	7.0	0.8	80.5	17	6.3
2012	33	LV	15	—	345	565	61.1%	4,018	22	14	3.9	2.5	7.1	6.8	1.6	85.3	26	11.7
2013	34	ARI	16	16*	362	572	63.3%	4,274	24	22	4.2	3.8	7.5	6.6	1.1	83.9	41	10.9
2014	35	ARI	6	6*	141	224	62.9%	1,626	11	3	4.9	1.3	7.3	7.6	3.7	95.6	9	5.8
2015	36	ARI	16	15*	342	537	63.7%	4,671	35	11	6.5	2.0	8.7	9.1	3.2	104.6	25	15.1
2016	37	ARI	15	14*	364	597	61.0%	4,233	26	14	4.4	2.3	7.1	6.9	1.9	87.2	40	11.7
2017	38	ARI	7	7*	164	267	61.4%	1,978	9	7	3.4	2.6	7.4	6.9	1.3	84.4	22	5.1
Career			182	58*	3,942	6,308	62.5%	46,252	294	187	4.7	3.0	7.3	—	—	87.9	341	154

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2004	25	CIN	13	—	18	47	1	2.6	5.6	4	22.2	0
2005	26	CIN	16	—	33	44	1	1.3	3.0	6	18.2	0
2006	27	CIN	16	—	26	35	0	1.3	0.0	6	23.1	0
2007	28	CIN	16	—	24	10	0	0.4	0.0	3	12.5	0
2008	29	CIN	4	—	6	38	0	6.3	0.0	2	33.3	0
2009	30	CIN	16	—	39	93	3	2.4	7.7	12	30.8	0
2010	31	CIN	16	—	32	50	0	1.6	0.0	6	18.8	2
2011	32	LV	10	—	16	20	1	1.3	6.3	5	31.3	0
2012	33	LV	15	—	18	36	1	2.0	5.6	7	38.9	1
2013	34	ARI	16	16*	27	3	0	0.1	0.0	1	3.7	0
2014	35	ARI	6	6*	8	25	0	3.1	0.0	1	12.5	0
2015	36	ARI	16	15*	25	24	1	1.0	4.0	4	16.0	0
2016	37	ARI	15	14*	14	38	0	2.7	0.0	3	21.4	1
2017	38	ARI	7	7*	14	12	0	0.9	0.0	5	35.7	0
Career			182	58*	300	475	8	1.6	—	65	—	4

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
2004	25	CIN	1	—	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
2005	26	CLE	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2006	27	DEN	2	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
2007	28	KC	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2008	29	BAL	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2009	30	NYJ	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2010	31	BAL	3	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
2011	32	GB	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2012	33	DEN	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2013	34	HOU	2	2*	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2014	35	LA	2	2*	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2015	36	SEA	2	2*	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			20	6*	20	19	1	—	—	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	34	ARI	16	16*	1,081	99.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	35	ARI	6	6*	409	97.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	36	ARI	16	15*	1,039	93.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	37	ARI	15	14*	1,045	96.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	38	ARI	7	7*	459	93.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			60	58*	4,033	—	—	—	—	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
2004	25	—	—	—	-29.9	0.6	—	0
2005	26	—	—	—	120.5	-12.9	—	0
2006	27	—	—	—	62.2	-1.7	—	5,067
2007	28	—	—	—	60.2	-6.7	—	5,041
2008	29	—	—	—	-17.1	2.9	—	892
2009	30	—	—	—	47.7	-2.2	—	3,833
2010	31	—	—	—	35.7	-13.8	—	4,911
2011	32	—	—	—	34.4	-1.6	—	3,389
2012	33	—	—	—	16.9	-5.1	—	4,712
2013	34	—	—	16*	12.8	-13.7	—	5,266
2014	35	—	—	6*	32.8	-4.4	—	2,050
2015	36	—	—	15*	157.6	-2.5	—	5,765
2016	37	—	—	14*	34.9	-6.8	—	5,635
2017	38	—	—	7*	-3.3	0.2	—	2,499
Career				58*	—	—	—	49,060

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 70 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 70 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 64

On-field 46.3

Availability 17.7

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)

2004bestavg 61elite 702017

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #23 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

192

4 qualifying seasons

2010 CIN·4 team wins#6

Passing Yards · 3,970 · score 60

2010 CIN·4 team wins#9

Passing Touchdowns · 26 · score 51

2012 LV·4 team wins#10

Passing Yards · 4,018 · score 48

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Solid

of 100

Reached 52% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

52% of the all-time Passing Yards leader52

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

35.55 EPA/season over 14 seasons62

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Quarterbacks · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

EPA / snap:0.051See leaderboard →

EPA/snap0.051Snap share96%Off snaps4,033VolatileCV 1.05

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within quarterbacks, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 29. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2003

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

QB · 2003 class

4.65s

40-Yard

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 50thClass Pos 75thClass All 57th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Passer Rating: 87.9 regular season → 64.9 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-26%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Passing

Cmp67Att118Cmp%56.8%Yds796TD5Int7TD%4.2Int%5.9Y/A6.7AdjY/A4.9TD:INT0.7Rate66.9Sk9

Rushing

Att1Yds2Y/A2.01D11D%100.0

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-14.8Rush EPA1.1Pass AirYd1,143

College Stats

USCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (USC), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2003 Draft Class· this player went #1

#1Tony HollingsRB #2Charles RogersWR #3Andre JohnsonWR #4Dewayne RobertsonDT #5Terence NewmanCB #6Johnathan SullivanDT #7Byron LeftwichQB #8Jordan GrossOT #10Terrell SuggsOLB #11Marcus TrufantCB #12Jimmy KennedyDT #13Ty WarrenDT #15Jerome McDougleDE #16Troy PolamaluS #17Bryant JohnsonWR #18Calvin PaceOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Carson inherited the Cincinnati Bengals QB room from Jon Kitna (2001–2005), and handed it to Andy Dalton (2011–2019).

Turk Schonert 1981–1989Boomer Esiason 1984–1997David Klingler 1992–1995Jeff Blake 1994–1999Jon Kitna 2001–2005Carson Palmer

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2017final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2013team change
Joined ARI (from LV)
2011team change
Joined LV (from CIN)
2003draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 1, Pick 1

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 235 lb

Frame

232 lb at 4.65s

Size-speed

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	ARI	1	W5Out· ConcussionW7Questionable· Hamstring
2014	ARI	1	W2Questionable· right ShoulderW3Questionable· right ShoulderW5Out· right ShoulderW6Questionable· right Shoulder
2013	ARI	0	W14Questionable· right ElbowW15Questionable· right ElbowW16Questionable· Ankle / right Elbow
2012	OAK	1	W17Out· Ribs

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 14-season peers. See all →

peak 73

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B2004

B2005

B+2006

B+2007

F2008

C+2009

B2010

B2011

B2012

B2013

C2014

B+2015

B2016

C+2017

Era Translator

Pass Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
2004	2,897	222.8	3,963+1,066	233.1
2005	3,836	239.8	4,205+369	247.4
2006	4,036	252.3	4,335+299	255
2007	4,130	258.1	4,395+265	258.5
2008	736	184	3,444+2,708	202.6
2009	3,094	193.4	3,433+339	202
2010	3,970	248.1	4,043+73	237.8
2011	2,753	275.3	4,386+1,633	258
2012	4,018	267.9	4,251+233	250.1
2013	4,274	267.1	4,141-133	243.6
2014	1,626	271	4,133+2,507	243.1
2015	4,671	291.9	4,442-229	261.3
2016	4,233	282.2	4,203-30	247.2
2017	1,978	282.6	4,254+2,276	250.2

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Career Value · VORP

359 career value over replacement — #66 all-time of 4,642. 25.6/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×14 top-10 Compiler28% in top 3 yrs Mr. ReliableCV 0.15

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #1 (Rd 1) · CIN · 2003 · +8.2 vs expected KV-H

70actual

61.8 expected · Δ+8.2

💔+68.1 stolen VORP·2.66 szns lost

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