| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 1 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Gary Parkes | 5 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Des Tuddenham | 8 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Graeme Schultz | 12 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | |
| Wayne Headlam | 14 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2.1 13 |
| Don Gross | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Perry | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0.1 1 |
| Robin Close | 19 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5.2 32 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 0 | |
| John Williams | 22 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 12 | |
| Graham Moss | 25 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 8 | |
| Geoff Pryor | 31 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| Andrew Wilson | 33 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Laurie Moloney | 34 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ray Smith | 35 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hugh Delahunty | 40 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Newton | 48 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Ron Andrews | 49 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Mynott | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Breen | 4 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | |
| Barry Lawrence | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Stuart Trott | 7 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | |
| Glenn Elliott | 8 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0.3 3 |
| Neil Besanko | 11 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 0 | |
| Gary Colling | 12 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Jeff Moran | 15 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Galt | 17 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 2.2 14 |
| Kevin Neale | 18 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1.0 6 |
| Allan Davis | 19 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Russell Reynolds | 21 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Stephens | 22 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Stephen Theodore | 23 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Manzie | 26 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Jeff Sarau | 30 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 2 | |
| Val Perovic | 32 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1.6 12 |
| Mick Malthouse | 37 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wayne Judson | 42 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ian George | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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