Has an AFL game ever ended 26-24?

Exactly once. On July 7, 1900, Sydney beat Collingwood 26-24, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 26-24 in league history.

Where 26-24 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 26-24 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 27-24 has happened never and 26-25 has happened 1 times.

Every 26-24 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1900-07-07	Sydney over Collingwood	1900

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