| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 1 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Ian Payne | 3 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gary Grainger | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bryan Pirouet | 9 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | |
| Geoff Blethyn | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| Graeme Schultz | 12 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4.2 26 |
| Wayne Headlam | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Don Gross | 15 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | |
| Rod McFarlane | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 0 | |
| John Williams | 22 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | |
| Paul Sproule | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sandy Talbot | 27 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| Peter Daniel | 28 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 6 |
| John Ellis | 30 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 25 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 0 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Stubbs | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | |
| Bob Keddie | 2 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1.4 10 |
| Peter Crimmins | 5 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Charlie Grummisch | 7 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 2 | |
| Kevin Heath | 8 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 3.2 20 |
| Michael Porter | 9 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Alan Martello | 14 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0.1 1 |
| Kelvin Moore | 15 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | |
| Norm Bussell | 16 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | |
| Les Hawken | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ian Bremner | 20 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Geoff Smith | 22 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | |
| Don Scott | 23 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 8 | |
| Peter Knights | 24 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| Peter Hudson | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5.2 32 |
| David Parkin | 27 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | |
| Des Meagher | 30 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Leigh Matthews | 32 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2.3 15 |
| Geoff Angus | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Chiron | 36 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
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