| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 1 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Gary Grainger | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gary Parkes | 5 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Ken Roberts | 6 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4.3 27 |
| John Cassin | 9 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5.3 33 |
| Graeme Schultz | 12 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Barry Grinter | 18 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1.1 7 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0.1 1 |
| Peter Daniel | 28 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | |
| Andrew Wilson | 33 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Ray Smith | 35 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stuart Barclay | 37 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | |
| Hugh Delahunty | 40 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Len Halley | 44 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 | |
| Bruce Brown | 49 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Osborne | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| Peter Keenan | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 3.0 18 |
| Greg Wells | 11 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Mike Collins | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Barry Bourke | 14 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
| Stan Alves | 15 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| John Townsend | 16 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Denis Clark | 17 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| John Tilbrook | 18 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Ray Biffin | 19 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Laurie Queay | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| Graham Molloy | 21 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | |
| Greg Parke | 26 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4.2 26 |
| Ross Brewer | 27 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Noel Leary | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Hardeman | 33 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Clennett | 34 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1.1 7 |
| Paul Callery | 35 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Wayne Delmenico | 38 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |
| Stephen Kerley | 41 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
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