| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 1 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Gary Parkes | 5 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Des Tuddenham | 8 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3.3 21 |
| Graeme Schultz | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Don Gross | 15 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Barry Grinter | 18 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 3 | |
| Robin Close | 19 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| John Williams | 22 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 0 | |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Peter Daniel | 28 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | |
| Andrew Wilson | 33 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Ray Smith | 35 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| Greg Perry | 36 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
| Hugh Delahunty | 40 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 1 |
| Len Halley | 44 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 4 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryl Cumming | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ian Stewart | 2 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1.0 6 |
| Roger Dean | 3 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Royce Hart | 4 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2.2 14 |
| Rex Hunt | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paul Sproule | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Wayne Walsh | 7 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dick Clay | 8 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | |
| Craig McKellar | 9 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 24 | |
| Kevin Sheedy | 10 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 0 | |
| Barry Richardson | 17 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Neil Balme | 21 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1.2 8 |
| Graeme Bond | 24 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 30 |
| Eric Leech | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Bartlett | 29 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Francis Bourke | 30 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bryan Wood | 37 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kevin Morris | 38 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2.1 13 |
| Steve Hywood | 43 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bill Nalder | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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