Has an AFL game ever ended 59-56?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 59-56 5 times. It first happened on August 9, 1913, when Fitzroy beat Sydney, and most recently on August 16, 2025, when Adelaide beat Collingwood.
That makes 59-56 the 633rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 60-56 has happened 5 times and 59-57 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 50 years, between 1931 and 1981.