| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Buhaj | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Lindsay McGie | 4 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| David Shaw | 5 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Geoff Gosper | 6 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4.1 25 |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Bob Greenwood | 8 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 5 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Russell Blew | 14 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 0 | |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ted Fordham | 20 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0.3 3 |
| John Williams | 22 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ken Fraser | 23 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0.1 1 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 31 | |
| Ian Anderson | 25 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3.1 19 |
| Paul Sproule | 26 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2.3 15 |
| Alec Epis | 28 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ellis | 30 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 0 | |
| Geoff Pryor | 35 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Phillips | 3 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Keith Baskin | 4 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| John Rantall | 5 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | |
| Stuart Magee | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Haenen | 8 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| Doug Priest | 9 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Peter Bedford | 11 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Bob Skilton | 14 | 23 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Eric Sarich | 16 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Russell Cook | 17 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 0.1 1 |
| Paul Harrison | 18 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0.3 3 |
| John Sudholz | 20 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| Neil Busse | 24 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | |
| Haydn McAuliffe | 25 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5.1 31 |
| Dick Wilcox | 27 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | |
| Ian Davison | 29 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Graeme Jacobs | 30 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 6 |
| Stuart Bennett | 31 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 23 | |
| Richard Luke | 37 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Ron Viney | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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