Has an AFL game ever ended 44-22?
It has. 44-22 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Geelong beat Carlton on May 29, 1897; the latest was Sydney beat Geelong on September 3, 1904.
That makes 44-22 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 45-22 has happened 1 times and 44-23 has happened 1 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919.