Has an AFL game ever ended 81-59?
Exactly once. On June 5, 2025, Hawthorn beat Footscray 81-59, and no AFL game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 81-59 in league history.
That makes 81-59 the 3883rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 82-59 has happened 7 times and 81-60 has happened 4 times.