Has an AFL game ever ended 83-83?
It has. 83-83 has been a AFL final 6 times in 16,622 games. The first was Fitzroy and Essendon drew on July 1, 1944; the latest was Richmond and Hawthorn drew on August 21, 2021.
That makes 83-83 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 84-83 has happened 9 times and 83-84 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 35 years, between 1980 and 2015.
Every 83-83 in AFL history
| Date | Teams | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-21 | Richmond / Hawthorn | 2021 | |
| 2015-08-01 | Gold Coast / West Coast | 2015 | |
| 1980-08-30 | North Melbourne / St Kilda | 1980 | |
| 1960-06-18 | Richmond / Geelong | 1960 | |
| 1950-08-12 | Carlton / St Kilda | 1950 | |
| 1944-07-01 | Fitzroy / Essendon | 1944 |