Has an AFL game ever ended 118-117?
Exactly once. On April 2, 2018, Hawthorn beat Geelong 118-117, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 118-117 in league history.
That makes 118-117 the 3884th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 119-117 has happened 1 times and 118-118 has happened 2 times.