Has an AFL game ever ended 88-82?
It has. 88-82 has been a AFL final 11 times in 16,622 games. The first was Collingwood beat Carlton on June 6, 1936; the latest was Sydney beat GWS on September 7, 2024.
That makes 88-82 the 10th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 89-82 has happened 2 times and 88-83 has happened 7 times. At one point the score disappeared for 36 years, between 1938 and 1974.
Every 88-82 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-07 | Sydney over GWS | 2024 | Playoff |
| 2022-07-30 | Collingwood over Port Adelaide | 2022 | |
| 2019-08-18 | Richmond over West Coast | 2019 | |
| 2002-05-11 | Richmond over Sydney | 2002 | |
| 1997-06-14 | Hawthorn over Geelong | 1997 | |
| 1988-05-21 | Collingwood over Footscray | 1988 | |
| 1983-05-07 | Collingwood over Footscray | 1983 | |
| 1974-05-18 | Collingwood over St Kilda | 1974 | |
| 1938-07-02 | Carlton over Geelong | 1938 | |
| 1937-07-03 | Melbourne over Sydney | 1937 | |
| 1936-06-06 | Collingwood over Carlton | 1936 |