Skip-Bo Score Sheet: Printable and Online
Quick answer
Print a free Skip-Bo score sheet for up to six players, or keep score online below. The winner of each game scores 25 points plus 5 for every card left in the other players’ stock piles. First to 500 wins.
Printable Skip-Bo score sheet
Write the players’ names across the top. After each game, write how many cards each player had left in their stock pile. In the winner’s column, write the points they scored and add them to the running total.
Skip-Bo Score Sheet
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Winner: 25 + 5 per card left in opponents' stock piles · first to 500
Online Skip-Bo scorekeeper
Type the players’ names, then after each game pick the winner and enter how many cards everyone else had left. The scorekeeper works out the points, keeps a running total and tells you who is ahead. It remembers the match on this device, so you can close the page and come back.
Online scorekeeper
No games yet. First to 500 wins the match.
| Game | Player 1 | Player 2 |
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| Total | 0 | 0 |
Saved on this device only. Skip-Bo: 25 + 5 per card left.
How to keep score in Skip-Bo
- Play a game until one player has played the last card of their stock pile. That player wins the game.
- Count the cards left in each other player’s stock pile and add them up.
- The winner scores 25 points plus 5 points per card counted.
- Add it to the winner’s total. The losers score nothing that game.
- Deal again. The first player to reach 500 points wins the match.
Example: Ann wins. Bob has 6 cards left and Carol has 3. Ann scores 25 + 5 × 9 = 70 points.
Playing Spite & Malice with two regular decks instead? The classic score is 5 points for the win plus 1 point per card left in the loser’s pay-off pile. Switch the scorekeeper to “Score like Spite & Malice.” New to the game? Read how to play Skip-Bo.
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Questions people ask
How do you keep score in Skip-Bo?
Only the winner of each game scores. They get 25 points for winning, plus 5 points for every card still left in each opponent’s stock pile. Add it to their running total. The first player to reach 500 points wins the match.
Does Skip-Bo come with a score pad?
Many boxed sets do not include one. Print the free score sheet on this page, or use the online scorekeeper, which adds up the points for you and remembers the match on this device.
How many points do you need to win Skip-Bo?
The standard target for a match is 500 points. For a shorter evening, agree on a lower target such as 250. You can change the target in the online scorekeeper.
How do you score Spite and Malice?
In the classic scoring, the winner gets 5 points plus 1 point for each card left in the opponent’s pay-off pile. Choose “Score like Spite & Malice” in the scorekeeper to use it.
What paper does the score sheet print on?
US Letter, portrait. It also fits A4. It uses black ink only. In your print window you can choose “Save as PDF” to keep a copy.