Has an AFL game ever ended 40-36?

Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 40-36 3 times. It first happened on May 15, 1897, when Sydney beat Carlton, and most recently on August 15, 2020, when Carlton beat Fremantle.

Where 40-36 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 40-36 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 41-36 has happened 1 times and 40-37 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 119 years, between 1901 and 2020.

Every 40-36 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
2020-08-15	Carlton over Fremantle	2020
1901-05-09	Sydney over Melbourne	1901
1897-05-15	Sydney over Carlton	1897

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