Has an AFL game ever ended 87-83?
It has. 87-83 has been a AFL final 12 times in 16,622 games. The first was Richmond beat Melbourne on June 9, 1924; the latest was North Melbourne beat Gold Coast on July 6, 2024.
That makes 87-83 the 3rd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 88-83 has happened 7 times and 87-84 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 59 years, between 1946 and 2005.
Every 87-83 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-06 | North Melbourne over Gold Coast | 2024 | |
| 2021-05-15 | Richmond over GWS | 2021 | |
| 2013-07-06 | Footscray over GWS | 2013 | |
| 2005-05-21 | Richmond over Brisbane Lions | 2005 | |
| 1946-04-20 | Richmond over Fitzroy | 1946 | |
| 1944-08-05 | Essendon over Richmond | 1944 | |
| 1938-07-09 | North Melbourne over Richmond | 1938 | |
| 1935-04-27 | Hawthorn over North Melbourne | 1935 | |
| 1934-05-12 | Richmond over St Kilda | 1934 | |
| 1933-04-29 | Carlton over Sydney | 1933 | |
| 1931-05-16 | Melbourne over Geelong | 1931 | |
| 1924-06-09 | Richmond over Melbourne | 1924 |