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{{Short description|American football player (born 1979)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Carson Palmer
| image       = Carson Palmer 2015.JPG
| image_size  =
| alt         = 
| caption     = Palmer with the Arizona Cardinals in 2015
| number      = 9, 3
| position    = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1979|12|27}}
| birth_place = [[Fresno, California]], U.S.
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 5
| weight_lb   = 235
| high_school = [[Santa Margarita Catholic High School|Santa Margarita Catholic]] <br> ([[Rancho Santa Margarita, California]])
| college     = [[USC Trojans football|USC]] (1998–2002)
| draftyear   = 2003
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 1
| pastteams   =
* [[Cincinnati Bengals]] ({{NFL Year|2003|2010}})
* [[Oakland Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|2011|2012}})
* [[Arizona Cardinals]] ({{NFL Year|2013|2017}})
| coaching   =
* [[Santa Margarita Catholic High School|Santa Margarita Catholic]] (2025–present)<br />Head coach (2025-present)
| highlights  =
* Second-team [[All-Pro]] ([[2015 All-Pro Team|2015]])
* 3× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[2006 Pro Bowl|2005]], [[2007 Pro Bowl|2006]], [[2016 Pro Bowl|2015]])
* [[List of NFL annual passing touchdowns leaders|NFL passing touchdowns leader]] (2005)
* [[List of NFL annual pass completion percentage leaders|NFL completion percentage leader]] (2005)
* [[Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor]]
* [[Cincinnati Bengals#40th Anniversary Team|Cincinnati Bengals 40th Anniversary Team]]
* [[Heisman Trophy]] (2002)
* [[Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award]] (2002)
* [[Pop Warner Trophy]] (2002)
* [[Sporting News College Football Player of the Year|''SN'' Player of the Year]] (2002)
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[2002 College Football All-America Team|2002]])
* [[Pac-12 Conference football individual awards|Pac-10 Co-Offensive Player of the Year]] (2002)
* First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-10]] ([[2002 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|2002]])
* [[USC Trojans football#Heisman Trophy winners and retired numbers|USC Trojans No. 3]] retired
* USC Trojans Athletics Hall of Fame
| statlabel1  = Passing attempts
| statvalue1  = 6,307
| statlabel2  = Passing completions
| statvalue2  = 3,941
| statlabel3  = Completion percentage
| statvalue3  = 62.5%
| statlabel4  = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4  = 294–187
| statlabel5  = Passing yards
| statvalue5  = 46,247
| statlabel6  = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue6  = 87.9
| pfr         = PalmCa00
| CollegeHOF  = 2470 
}}

'''Carson Hilton Palmer''' (born December 27, 1979) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] [[quarterback]] who played in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for 14 seasons. He played [[college football]] for the [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]], winning the [[Heisman Trophy]] as a [[senior (education)|senior]] in 2002 and was selected by the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] [[List of first overall NFL draft picks|first overall]] in the [[2003 NFL draft]]. 

In eight seasons with Cincinnati, Palmer helped lead the team to its first winning season and playoff appearance in 15 years and was named to two [[Pro Bowl]]s. Amid declining success and conflicts with Bengals ownership, he was traded to the [[Oakland Raiders]], where he played two seasons before joining Arizona.

With the Cardinals, Palmer enjoyed his most successful year in 2015 when he led the Cardinals to a division title and an [[NFC Championship Game]] appearance. Palmer was also named to his third Pro Bowl and received second-team [[All-Pro]] honors. He retired following the 2017 regular season after spending much of the year on injured reserve.