| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 1 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1 | |
| Rob Newton | 2 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ken Roberts | 6 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Brian Walsh | 12 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Ken Mansfield | 13 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steven Taubert | 16 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0.1 1 |
| Colin Boyd | 17 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2.1 13 |
| Robin Close | 19 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 7.0 42 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Larry Watson | 22 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Phillip Early | 25 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 9 | 27 | 0.3 3 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3.3 21 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0.1 1 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Foulds | 38 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Russell Muir | 42 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Cassin | 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 1 |
| Arnold Briedis | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 12 |
| Brent Crosswell | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Barry Cable | 9 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ken Montgomery | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Malcolm Blight | 15 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Graeme Melrose | 17 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Kerry Good | 18 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 20 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| John Byrne | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Mick Nolan | 22 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 1.1 7 |
| David Dench | 23 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Xavier Tanner | 25 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Terry Moore | 28 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Ross Henshaw | 34 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bill Nettlefold | 35 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | |
| Stephen Icke | 36 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dennis Munari | 37 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Williams | 39 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | |
| Roy Ramsay | 45 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
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