The present invention relates to a surface sheet for absorbent articles, and provides a surface sheet which is excellent in liquid absorption rate and in feeling of wear when being used for an absorbent article and which is excellent in liquid drainage. The surface sheet (2) for absorbent articles according to the present invention includes: a nonwoven fabric made of a short fiber； and a hydrophobic granular gel composition (G) attached to the short fiber, and has a dispersion region (6) in a skin-facing-side surface (21) of the surface sheet (2), in which the granular gel composition (G) is present in a dispersed state, and in the dispersion region (6), a dispersion state coefficient (V) representing the dispersion state of the granular gel composition (G) is 900-5000.
