| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 1 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Gary Parkes | 5 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Ken Roberts | 6 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4.3 27 |
| Des Tuddenham | 8 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| John Cassin | 9 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3.3 21 |
| Don Gross | 15 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Greg Perry | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1.1 7 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| John Williams | 22 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | |
| Graham Moss | 25 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 13 | 12 | |
| Sandy Talbot | 27 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Peter Daniel | 28 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| Geoff Pryor | 31 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| Andrew Wilson | 33 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Ray Smith | 35 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Stuart Barclay | 37 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Pat Wellington | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Delahunty | 40 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 6 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royce Hart | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 36 |
| Paul Sproule | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Wayne Walsh | 7 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dick Clay | 8 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Craig McKellar | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Kevin Sheedy | 10 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Laurie Fowler | 11 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Robert McGhie | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Marty McMillan | 14 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brian Roberts | 15 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 3.1 19 |
| Bryan Wood | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Barry Richardson | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Eric Leech | 25 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | |
| Kevin Bartlett | 29 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 16 |
| Francis Bourke | 30 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 0 | |
| Ricky McLean | 31 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Mike Green | 37 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 1.1 7 |
| Kevin Morris | 38 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0.3 3 |
| Merv Keane | 40 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Grant Allford | 42 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
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