Has an AFL game ever ended 78-74?
It has. 78-74 has been a AFL final 9 times in 17,053 games. The first was Footscray beat North Melbourne on August 12, 1944; the latest was St Kilda beat GWS on March 21, 2026.
That makes 78-74 the 48th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 79-74 has happened 7 times and 78-75 has happened 8 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039. At one point the score disappeared for 59 years, between 1944 and 2003.
Every 78-74 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-21 | St Kilda over GWS | 2026 | |
| 2025-05-18 | North Melbourne over Richmond | 2025 | |
| 2024-05-25 | GWS over Geelong | 2024 | |
| 2024-05-18 | Collingwood over Adelaide | 2024 | |
| 2023-07-01 | Port Adelaide over Essendon | 2023 | |
| 2020-08-06 | St Kilda over Gold Coast | 2020 | |
| 2018-08-18 | Brisbane Lions over Gold Coast | 2018 | |
| 2003-08-31 | Hawthorn over Richmond | 2003 | |
| 1944-08-12 | Footscray over North Melbourne | 1944 |