Shanghai Rummy Score Sheet, One Contract to a Row

Q: Is this also a Liverpool rummy score sheet?

Yes. Pick Liverpool or contract rummy: 7 deals in the Sheet menu. The contracts are the same but the scoring is not: number cards cost face value, face cards 10, aces and jokers 15. A buy brings one extra card, not two, and the Exact cuts row takes 50 off for every exact cut.

Print a row per deal with its contract on it, or type each player's points: the lowest total is marked.

Shanghai Rummy Score Sheet

Shanghai rummy: 7 deals

Sheet

Shanghai rummy: 7 deals: a column for each player. Totals fill in as scores are typed.
	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6
Deal 1: 2 books of 3Cards left in hand
Deal 2: 1 book of 3 + 1 run of 4Cards left in hand
Deal 3: 2 runs of 4Cards left in hand
Deal 4: 3 books of 3Cards left in hand
Deal 5: 2 books of 3 + 1 run of 4Cards left in hand
Deal 6: 1 book of 3 + 2 runs of 4Cards left in hand
Deal 7: 3 runs of 4, no discardCards left in hand
Shanghai total after 7 deals (lowest wins)

Type a score and the totals fill in. Lowest total wins.

Scoring key

Shanghai: each 2 to 7 left in hand 5: The cheapest cards to be caught with. When a hand is going nowhere, these are the ones to keep.
Shanghai: each 8 to king left in hand 10: Twice the low cards. A 10 costs the same as a king, so rank within this band does not matter.
Shanghai: each ace left in hand 20: In a Shanghai run the ace sits above the king only, so A-2-3-4 is not a run and the ace fits fewer melds than in contract rummy.
Shanghai: each joker left in hand 50: As much as ten low cards. A book or run may hold only one joker, so a second one can be hard to get rid of. Two jokers can go down in one turn if they sit in different melds.
Shanghai setup: 2 decks, 4 jokers, 11 cards each: Pagat gives the game for 3 to 5 players with 108 cards, and 11 cards each on every deal. Contract rummy uses one joker fewer than there are players.
Shanghai May I: the discard plus 2 stock cards: Out of turn you take the discard and the top two cards of the stock, and you do not meld or discard. Each player may do it twice a deal, so a hand can grow from 11 cards to 17.
Calling Shanghai on a discard: Discard a card that fits a meld on the table and any other player may call Shanghai and add it there. You then draw one card unseen from the caller. Call Shanghai yourself as you discard and the card is safe. A Shanghai beats a May I.
Laying off in Shanghai: same turn allowed: Once your contract is down you may add cards to any meld on the table at once. In contract and Liverpool rummy you wait until your next turn.
Worst 17-card Shanghai hand: 410: Four jokers, eight aces and five cards worth 10. Every Shanghai hand total is a multiple of 5, and the sheet flags one that is not.
House rules vary: agree before deal 1: These are folk games with no rule book. Deal sizes, joker values and the number of May Is change from table to table. One version on pagat deals 10 cards and adds a contract of four books before the three runs, which makes eight deals.

How each row scores

Deal 1: 2 books of 3 and 6 more: Cards left in hand

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Shanghai rummy: seven deals 8

Deal 1: 2 books of 3 Six of your 11 cards. The two books must be different ranks: six eights do not make two books.
Deal 2: 1 book of 3 + 1 run of 4 Seven cards. The run is four in a row in one suit, with the ace above the king only.
Deal 3: 2 runs of 4 Eight cards. Two runs in the same suit must overlap or leave a gap, so 6-7-8-9 and 10-J-Q-K of one suit do not count.
Deal 4: 3 books of 3 Nine cards in three different ranks. Two decks give eight cards of every rank to find them in.
Deal 5: 2 books of 3 + 1 run of 4 Ten cards, which leaves one card spare from the deal.
Deal 6: 1 book of 3 + 2 runs of 4 Eleven cards: the whole hand you were dealt, with nothing spare.
Deal 7: 3 runs of 4, no discard Twelve cards: the 11 you were dealt plus the one you draw. You go out by laying down every card you hold, so cards taken with a May I have to fit the runs too.
Shanghai total after 7 deals (lowest wins) The seven deals added together. The running figure under each box shows where you stand after that deal.

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Liverpool and contract rummy: seven deals 9

Exact cuts: 50 off for each One tick for each time you cut exactly the cards needed for the deal plus the face-up card. There are seven deals, so seven ticks at most.
Liverpool deal 1: 2 sets of 3 (10 dealt) Six of 10 cards. When you lay down you show exactly the contract and nothing more; extra cards wait for your next turn.
Liverpool deal 2: 1 set + 1 run of 4 (10 dealt) Seven of 10 cards. Here the ace can sit below the 2 or above the king, but not both in one run.
Liverpool deal 3: 2 runs of 4 (10 dealt) Eight of 10 cards. Two runs in one suit need a gap or an overlap between them.
Liverpool deal 4: 3 sets of 3 (10 or 12 dealt) Nine cards. Pagat moves up to 12 cards from this deal. The Wikipedia articles on contract and Liverpool rummy stay at 10 for one more deal. Settle it before the cards go out.
Liverpool deal 5: 2 sets + 1 run of 4 (12 dealt) Ten of 12 cards.
Liverpool deal 6: 1 set + 2 runs of 4 (12 dealt) Eleven of 12 cards.
Liverpool deal 7: 3 runs, no discard (12 dealt) You hold 13 after drawing, so at least one run must be longer than four. Every card goes down at once and the game ends there.
Liverpool total (lowest wins) The seven deals, less 50 for every exact cut. A total below zero is possible and wins.

Ten-deal Shanghai 11

Ten-deal 1: 2 sets of 3 (6 cards) The same opening as the seven-deal game.
Ten-deal 2: 1 set of 3 + run of 4 (7 cards) From here each contract is one card bigger than the last.
Ten-deal 3: 2 runs of 4 (8 cards) Eight cards in two suits, or in one suit with a gap.
Ten-deal 4: 3 sets of 3 (9 cards) Three different ranks.
Ten-deal 5: 1 set of 3 + run of 7 (10 cards) The first long run. Seven in a row in one suit is more than half a suit.
Ten-deal 6: 2 sets of 3 + run of 5 (11 cards) Eleven cards: the whole hand you were dealt.
Ten-deal 7: 3 runs of 4 (12 cards) Twelve cards: the hand you were dealt plus the card you draw.
Ten-deal 8: 1 set of 3 + run of 10 (13 cards) Thirteen cards, more than 11 dealt plus a draw, so nobody lays this down without a May I. A run of 10 leaves out only three ranks of the suit.
Ten-deal 9: 3 sets of 3 + run of 5 (14 cards) Fourteen cards. One May I brings a hand to 14, and the draw makes 15.
Ten-deal 10: 3 runs of 5 (15 cards) Fifteen cards, the biggest contract on the sheet. One May I and your draw give you exactly 15.
Ten-deal total (lowest wins) All ten deals added together, at the Shanghai values of 5, 10, 20 and 50.

Card values for cards left in hand 7

Liverpool: each ace or joker Some contract rummy tables raise the joker to 20.
Liverpool: each king, queen or jack The same on both scales.
Liverpool: each number card, 2 to 10 A 7 costs 7. This is the contract rummy scale on pagat. The Wikipedia article on Liverpool rummy charges a flat 5 for each 2 to 9 and 10 for each 10, so agree on one scale.
Shanghai: each 2 to 7 left in hand The cheapest cards to be caught with. When a hand is going nowhere, these are the ones to keep.
Shanghai: each 8 to king left in hand Twice the low cards. A 10 costs the same as a king, so rank within this band does not matter.
Shanghai: each ace left in hand In a Shanghai run the ace sits above the king only, so A-2-3-4 is not a run and the ace fits fewer melds than in contract rummy.
Shanghai: each joker left in hand As much as ten low cards. A book or run may hold only one joker, so a second one can be hard to get rid of. Two jokers can go down in one turn if they sit in different melds.

Rulings and house rules 10

Calling Shanghai on a discard Discard a card that fits a meld on the table and any other player may call Shanghai and add it there. You then draw one card unseen from the caller. Call Shanghai yourself as you discard and the card is safe. A Shanghai beats a May I.
Exact cut in Liverpool The player on the dealer's right must cut before the deal. Lift exactly the cards needed for the deal plus one face-up card and 50 comes off your score.
Failed lay-down in Liverpool A rule in the Wikipedia article: start to meld, find that you cannot, and 50 goes on your score. Add it to that deal's box.
House rules vary: agree before deal 1 These are folk games with no rule book. Deal sizes, joker values and the number of May Is change from table to table. One version on pagat deals 10 cards and adds a contract of four books before the three runs, which makes eight deals.
Laying off in Shanghai: same turn allowed Once your contract is down you may add cards to any meld on the table at once. In contract and Liverpool rummy you wait until your next turn.
Liverpool buy: the discard plus 1 stock card The out-of-turn discard costs one penalty card here, not two. Pagat sets no limit for a deal, but the same player may not take two discards running.
Shanghai May I: the discard plus 2 stock cards Out of turn you take the discard and the top two cards of the stock, and you do not meld or discard. Each player may do it twice a deal, so a hand can grow from 11 cards to 17.
Shanghai setup: 2 decks, 4 jokers, 11 cards each Pagat gives the game for 3 to 5 players with 108 cards, and 11 cards each on every deal. Contract rummy uses one joker fewer than there are players.
Ten-deal ladder: 6 cards up to 15 One of the Shanghai versions on pagat. Each contract needs one card more than the last. From deal 8 the contract is bigger than 11 cards plus your draw, so nobody can lay down without a May I.
Worst 17-card Shanghai hand: 410 Four jokers, eight aces and five cards worth 10. Every Shanghai hand total is a multiple of 5, and the sheet flags one that is not.

How this list was compiled: Sheet layout, row notes and worked figures written for this site in September 2026. The seven Shanghai contracts, the 11-card deal, the card values of 5, 10, 20 and 50, the two May Is of three cards, the Shanghai call, the one-joker and aces-high rules, the ten-contract and eight-deal versions, the contract rummy deal sizes, contracts and values, the one-card buy and the Liverpool exact cut were checked on 2026-09-18 against https://www.pagat.com/rummy/ctrummy.html (page dated 1 June 2018). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_rummy and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_rummy were read the same day for the second Liverpool value scale, the 50 for a failed lay-down, the joker at 15 or 20 and the 10-card fourth deal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_rum was read too; its hand list contradicts itself, so nothing here rests on it. The contract sizes, the 17-card hand, the 410 ceiling, the multiples of 5 and the first deal that needs a May I were worked out here. Licence: own work

How it works

This free Shanghai rummy score sheet prints the contract on every row, from two books in deal 1 to three runs with no discard in deal 7. Type the points each player is caught with. It keeps a running total and marks the lowest score.

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Fill in a deal

Type names over Player 1 to 4 and press the + after the last column for a fifth or sixth. When someone goes out they score 0 and everyone else counts the cards still in hand. Count 5 for each 2 to 7, 10 for each 8 to king, 20 for an ace and 50 for a joker. Every total is a multiple of 5, so the sheet flags a 23 as a slip. After deal 7 the lowest running total wins. New game clears the scores and keeps the names. Undo brings them back.

Why the late deals cost more

Every deal is 11 cards, but the contracts grow from 6 cards to 12. Deal 6 uses all 11, and deal 7 needs the card you draw too. Each May I brings the discard plus two stock cards, and you get two a deal, so a hand can swell to 17 cards. At worst those cost 410: four jokers, eight aces and five cards worth 10.

Print blank sheet puts the seven contracts on the rows and the card values under the grid. Print this game adds your names and scores.
Ten contracts? In the Sheet menu, Ten-deal Shanghai: 6 cards up to 15 prints all ten. From deal 8 nobody can lay down without a May I.
Give each player two coins per deal and take one back for every May I.

Questions and answers

Is this also a Liverpool rummy score sheet?

Yes. Pick Liverpool or contract rummy: 7 deals in the Sheet menu. The contracts are the same but the scoring is not: number cards cost face value, face cards 10, aces and jokers 15. A buy brings one extra card, not two, and the Exact cuts row takes 50 off for every exact cut.

What is the Shanghai call?

When a discard fits a meld on the table, any other player may call Shanghai and add it there. The discarder then draws one card, unseen, from the caller's hand. Call Shanghai on your own discard and it is safe. Some tables play without it.

Does every table use these contracts and values?

No. It is a folk game, and this sheet follows one well-documented version. Other tables deal 10 cards, add a deal of four books or play ten contracts. If your values differ, type your own totals: the sheet may flag them but still adds them.