| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Payne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Shaw | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geoff Gosper | 6 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | |
| Bob Greenwood | 8 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0.4 4 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2.3 15 |
| John Birt | 11 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Don Gross | 15 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | |
| Greg Brown | 18 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Ted Fordham | 20 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Williams | 22 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ken Fraser | 23 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 0.1 1 |
| Alec Epis | 28 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| Kevin Egan | 29 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | |
| Neil Evans | 36 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 1.0 6 |
| Ian Anderson | 57 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1.0 6 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Foster | 1 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0.2 2 |
| Peter Smith | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1.1 7 |
| Frank Davis | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tassie Johnson | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Brian Dixon | 9 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Ken Emselle | 10 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Tony Anderson | 11 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | |
| Stan Alves | 15 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
| Neville Stone | 18 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bryan Kenneally | 22 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | |
| Adrian Bowden | 23 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ross Dillon | 24 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2.1 13 |
| Derek Feldmann | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hassa Mann | 29 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Ray Groom | 31 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 23 | |
| Gary Hardeman | 33 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0.1 1 |
| Don Williams | 35 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bernie Massey | 37 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Dowsing | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Feldmann | 39 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
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