Has an AFL game ever ended 59-55?

It has. 59-55 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Carlton beat Sydney on September 6, 1919; the latest was GWS beat Essendon on August 7, 2020.

Where 59-55 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 59-55 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 60-55 has happened 3 times and 59-56 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 91 years, between 1929 and 2020.

Every 59-55 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
2020-08-07	GWS over Essendon	2020
1929-07-20	Carlton over Essendon	1929
1919-09-06	Carlton over Sydney	1919

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