| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Greenwood | 2 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Ian Payne | 3 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Gary Grainger | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Geoff Gosper | 6 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2.0 12 |
| Bryan Pirouet | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Gross | 15 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 0 | |
| Robin Close | 19 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5.2 32 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| John Williams | 22 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 0 | |
| Paul Sproule | 26 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Peter Daniel | 28 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Ellis | 30 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 5.1 31 |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Geoff Pryor | 35 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 0 | |
| Eddie Lake | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Headlam | 40 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 12 | |
| Robert Thompson | 43 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | |
| Len Halley | 44 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0.2 2 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Walker | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |
| Denis Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Sullivan | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Davis | 6 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | |
| Peter Keenan | 8 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2.4 16 |
| Robert McKenzie | 10 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 1 | |
| Greg Wells | 11 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Rod Payne | 12 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 1.0 6 |
| Barry Bourke | 14 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Stan Alves | 15 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0.4 4 |
| Graham Molloy | 21 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Ray Carr | 22 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Ross Dillon | 24 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | |
| Peter Weekes | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Parke | 26 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| John Forster | 27 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Derek Feldmann | 28 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 0 | |
| Gary Hardeman | 33 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Paul Callery | 35 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Lloyd Burgmann | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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