An array substrate and a display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of pixel units distributed in an array on the base substrate. The pixel unit includes a common electrode and a pixel electrode positioned above the common electrode. Meanwhile, the pixel electrode includes a main electrode and a branch electrode electrically connected to the main electrode, and an orthographic projection of the common electrode on the base substrate coincides with at least a part of an orthographic projection of the main electrode on the base substrate.