| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Clarke | 1 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| David Shaw | 5 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 12 | |
| Geoff Gosper | 6 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | |
| Bruce Waite | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2.3 15 |
| John Birt | 11 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 10 |
| Graeme Johnston | 16 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| Greg Brown | 18 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | |
| John Somerville | 19 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3.4 22 |
| Ted Fordham | 20 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4.1 25 |
| John Williams | 22 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1.1 7 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 14 | |
| Jim Forsyth | 27 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 1.0 6 |
| Alec Epis | 28 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kevin Egan | 29 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0 | |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| Geoff Pryor | 35 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Allan Hird | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Guinane | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| John Ronaldson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Roger Dean | 3 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Neville Crowe | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 39 | 0.1 1 |
| Trevor Gowers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dick Clay | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| John Northey | 9 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Owen Madigan | 11 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | |
| Alan Richardson | 12 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 6 | |
| Ross Warner | 14 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2.0 12 |
| Barry Richardson | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Mike Perry | 22 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| Peter Hogan | 23 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Bill Barrot | 24 | 25 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 0 | |
| Michael Patterson | 25 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | |
| Kevin Smith | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| Geoff Strang | 28 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| Barry Cameron | 30 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Dimattina | 32 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 24 |
| Billy Brown | 40 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
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