The best hands on the 2026 NMJL Card

The National Mah Jongg League has released the 2026 card and everyone is rushing to decide what hand to play. My emails and DMs are flooded with messages asking me “Which hands are the best on the new 2026 NMJL card?”

After two days of tracking online game data with app developers at Eight Bam, these are the most won hands on the 2026 NMJL Card:

1234 DDD DDD DDDD

11 222 33 444 5555

111 222 3333 4444

2468 2222 D 2222 D

FFF 1111 234 5555

2222 DDD 8888 DDD

1111 D 111 D 1111D

113579 1111 1111

FF 1111 11 1111 DD

FFF 1111 234 5555

Of course, I have my favorite hands and sequences that I “see” more than others.

The hands I am playing the most often on the 2026 NMJL card:

2026 DDD 2222 DDD

FFF 2026 222 6666

222 444 6666 8888

222 444 6666 8888

1111 FFFFFF 1111

11 222 33 444 5555

FFF 1111 234 5555

111 222 3333 4444

1111 FFFFFF 2222

555 777 7777 9999

1234 DDD DDD DDDD

NNN 1111 1111 SSS

EEE 2222 2222 WWW

333 666 6666 9999

At the risk of the bad Barbs scrutinizing my play, I am including my personal data. This data is provided by Eight Bam app developers. This data is after the first two days of play on the new card, with hands played broken down by section:

Stay tuned for updates and suggestions on which hands I continue to play, and which hands I "see." I suggest playing on this phone app and tracking your own personal data:

American Mahjong Practice App 2026 $17.99.

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