| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Payne | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Shaw | 5 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
| Geoff Gosper | 6 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | |
| Bruce Waite | 9 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4.3 27 |
| John Birt | 11 | 33 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 4.4 28 |
| Bill Thompson | 12 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Don Gross | 15 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| Greg Brown | 18 | 25 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| John Somerville | 19 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Ted Fordham | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Williams | 22 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ken Fraser | 23 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 10 | 0 | |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 1.0 6 |
| Kevin Egan | 29 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 23 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 0 | |
| Neil Evans | 36 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2.1 13 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Guinane | 1 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3.3 21 |
| Roger Dean | 3 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | |
| Royce Hart | 4 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Neville Crowe | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 20 | |
| Eric Moore | 7 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dick Clay | 8 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| John Northey | 9 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Michael Bowden | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fred Swift | 15 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Barry Richardson | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Shinners | 18 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mick Erwin | 21 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mike Perry | 22 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | |
| Michael Patterson | 25 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 1.0 6 |
| Kevin Bartlett | 29 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Francis Bourke | 30 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| John Perry | 33 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike Green | 37 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tony Jewell | 39 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Brown | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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