Has an AFL game ever ended 53-51?
It has. 53-51 has been a AFL final 5 times in 17,056 games. The first was Carlton beat Sydney on June 6, 1908; the latest was Port Adelaide beat Melbourne on August 10, 2024.
That makes 53-51 the 633rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 54-51 has happened 5 times and 53-52 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 61 years, between 1963 and 2024.
Every 53-51 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-10 | Port Adelaide over Melbourne | 2024 | |
| 1963-04-27 | Carlton over St Kilda | 1963 | |
| 1929-08-24 | Essendon over Geelong | 1929 | |
| 1914-08-01 | Fitzroy over St Kilda | 1914 | |
| 1908-06-06 | Carlton over Sydney | 1908 |
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