Printable Cribbage Score Sheet: Free Scorecard for Games and Matches

This sheet keeps cribbage score on paper: one row per hand, a running total for each player, and a box at the bottom for the result. It fits 2 players, 3 players or 2 partnerships on a single page, printed on either US Letter or A4 paper.

No board? Use this instead. Have a board? Keep the sheet alongside it as a record of each game and match, which a board can't hold once the pegs go back to the start.

What's on the sheet?

Below the game grid there's a match tally with 1 line per game, where you write the winner, the spread and the game points so a long evening adds up correctly.

How do you fill in the sheet?

1. Write the dealer at the start of each hand.
2. Add pegging points as they happen, writing them in the small box beside each player's column, or keep them in your head until the show if you trust your memory.
3. At the show, add each player's hand points (and the dealer's crib) to their pegging points. Write the hand total.
4. Update the running total. The first player to reach 121 wins right away, even mid-hand. Stop writing at that point.
5. Fill in the result box.

The pone counts first in the show, so the pone can reach 121 before the dealer's hand or crib is ever counted. Cribbage doesn't wait for the end of the hand.

Worked example: one full game

Ann and Ben play. Ann deals hands 1, 3, 5 and 7; Ben deals 2, 4, 6 and 8.

In hand 8 Ben pegs 6 during the play. Then Ann, as pone, counts her hand first and goes out at exactly 121, so Ben's hand and crib are never counted at all.

Result box: Ann wins 121 to 88. Spread: 121 − 88 = 33. Ben finished at 90 or below, so it's a skunk. Game points: Ann 3, Ben 0.

How do you score a match?

ACC scorecards record a win as 2 game points, a skunk as 3 and a loss as 0, which keeps a long match fair when one game is a rout and another goes down to the last hole. The spread goes in a plus column for the winner and a minus column for the loser.

Worked example 2: a 3-game match.

Ann's net spread is 33 − 12 + 5 = 26. ACC scorecards carry game points and spread side by side, and at home you can use spread as a tiebreaker when 2 players finish level on game points.

House rule: many home games skip game points and simply count games won. Agree before the first deal.

What about muggins and 61-point games?

Muggins: if your opponent misses points in their count, you call "muggins" and take those points yourself. The ACC treats muggins as optional, and a tournament that uses it must announce it in advance. At home, decide before you start, and mark "M" next to any points taken that way so the running total can be checked later.

61-point games are a shorter target. The sheet works the same; just stop at 61. Skunk rules for a 61-point game vary from table to table, so agree on them first. The ACC plays to 121.

Common Rules Questions

Do you need a board to play cribbage?

Not at all. The board is just a scoring device, and a paper sheet records exactly the same points with nothing more than a pencil. The board's advantage is that pegging is fast and both players see the last score as the gap between pegs. On paper, write pegging points as they happen and total at the show. Our hand calculator helps check a disputed count.

What to read next

• Cribbage scoring chart
• Cribbage hand calculator
• How to choose a cribbage board
• All card game rules

Sources: American Cribbage Congress, Official Rules (2025). Rule 12.1 records wins as 2 game points and 3 for a skunk; the glossary defines skunk (win by 31 or more), stink hole and muggins. Sample game arithmetic rechecked by script; see our methodology. Last updated 2026-10-10.