Has an AFL game ever ended 47-44?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 47-44 4 times. It first happened on May 11, 1901, when Fitzroy beat Essendon, and most recently on June 13, 2025, when Hawthorn beat Adelaide.
That makes 47-44 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 48-44 has happened 2 times and 47-45 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 113 years, between 1907 and 2020.
Every 47-44 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-13 | Hawthorn over Adelaide | 2025 | |
| 2020-06-28 | Geelong over Melbourne | 2020 | |
| 1907-05-18 | Sydney over Essendon | 1907 | |
| 1901-05-11 | Fitzroy over Essendon | 1901 |
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