Has an AFL game ever ended 52-34?
It has. 52-34 has been a AFL final 2 times in 17,053 games. The first was Sydney beat Geelong on June 28, 1919; the latest was Adelaide beat GWS on April 19, 2025.
That makes 52-34 the 2496th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 53-34 has happened never and 52-35 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 106 years, between 1919 and 2025.