| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Rob Newton | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ron Andrews | 4 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 0 | |
| Gary Parkes | 5 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Ken Roberts | 6 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | |
| Geoff Blethyn | 7 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5.3 33 |
| Brian Walsh | 12 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Trevor Tyler | 17 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 0 | |
| Barry Grinter | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robin Close | 19 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Peter Hickmott | 23 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| Graham Moss | 25 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 1.0 6 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1.1 7 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dean Hartigan | 41 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Terry Cahill | 42 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Paul McDonald | 43 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Geoff Burdett | 45 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Rantall | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denis Pagan | 6 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gary Brice | 7 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Brian Woodman | 10 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Peter Bedford | 11 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Norm Goss | 12 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Graham Dempster | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ricky Quade | 16 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Robert Dean | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Graham Teasdale | 20 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | |
| Max Robertson | 23 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | |
| Barry Round | 25 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2.1 13 |
| Steve Hoffman | 26 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Barry Goodingham | 28 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 1.0 6 |
| David McLeish | 29 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| Peter Brown | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Lambert | 33 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Stewart Gull | 34 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Colin Hounsell | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Browning | 43 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
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