Has an AFL game ever ended 52-52?
It has. 52-52 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Sydney and Carlton drew on May 16, 1914; the latest was Richmond and Fremantle drew on July 22, 2022.
That makes 52-52 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 53-52 has happened 2 times and 52-53 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 108 years, between 1914 and 2022.