Has an AFL game ever ended 87-45?

It has. 87-45 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Carlton beat Essendon on July 17, 1915; the latest was Brisbane Lions beat Essendon on May 13, 2023.

Where 87-45 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 87-45 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 88-45 has happened 1 times and 87-46 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 70 years, between 1953 and 2023.

Every 87-45 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
2023-05-13	Brisbane Lions over Essendon	2023
1953-08-22	Carlton over Hawthorn	1953
1915-07-17	Carlton over Essendon	1915

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