Has an AFL game ever ended 58-53?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 58-53 4 times. It first happened on May 18, 1918, when Richmond beat Carlton, and most recently on May 11, 2024, when Hawthorn beat St Kilda.
That makes 58-53 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 59-53 has happened 3 times and 58-54 has happened 9 times. At one point the score disappeared for 91 years, between 1933 and 2024.