Has an AFL game ever ended 52-44?
Exactly once. On June 29, 1907, Fitzroy beat Sydney 52-44, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 52-44 in league history.
That makes 52-44 the 3836th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 53-44 has happened 4 times and 52-45 has happened 1 times.