Has an AFL game ever ended 85-83?
It has. 85-83 has been a AFL final 7 times in 16,622 games. The first was Collingwood beat Essendon on June 1, 1940; the latest was GWS beat Melbourne on July 27, 2024.
That makes 85-83 the 191st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 86-83 has happened 4 times and 85-84 has happened 8 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039. At one point the score disappeared for 62 years, between 1940 and 2002.
Every 85-83 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-27 | GWS over Melbourne | 2024 | |
| 2023-07-22 | Collingwood over Port Adelaide | 2023 | |
| 2016-09-09 | Geelong over Hawthorn | 2016 | Playoff |
| 2015-06-14 | St Kilda over Melbourne | 2015 | |
| 2010-07-10 | Geelong over Hawthorn | 2010 | |
| 2002-05-25 | Essendon over Sydney | 2002 | |
| 1940-06-01 | Collingwood over Essendon | 1940 |