Carson Palmer

1,978 pass yds · 9 TD · 7 INT37% of snaps2003 draft · Rd 1, #1

FWay overpaid

Paid · cap hit$24.1M2017 cap hit

Worth · market rate$14.2MFor 42th-percentile QB play

Surplus−$9.9MPaid $9.9M more than he produced.

#40 of 44 QBs in value in 2017. Grades compare on-field impact with cap hit. Data updated 2026-10-19.

Running the numbers…