Has an AFL game ever ended 43-42?

Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 43-42 3 times. It first happened on August 3, 1912, when Fitzroy beat Melbourne, and most recently on April 30, 2022, when Port Adelaide beat St Kilda.

Where 43-42 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 43-42 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 44-42 has happened 3 times and 43-43 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 105 years, between 1917 and 2022.

Every 43-42 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
2022-04-30	Port Adelaide over St Kilda	2022
1917-06-04	Geelong over Carlton	1917
1912-08-03	Fitzroy over Melbourne	1912

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