| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 1 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Rob Newton | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ken Roberts | 6 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brian Walsh | 12 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| Ken Mansfield | 13 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Steven Taubert | 16 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | |
| Colin Boyd | 17 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1.0 6 |
| Robin Close | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Phillip Early | 25 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 1.1 7 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2.3 15 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Garry Foulds | 38 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Russell Muir | 42 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Hudson | 1 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 7.9 51 |
| Geoff Ablett | 2 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Leigh Matthews | 3 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 6.3 39 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| David OHalloran | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| David Polkinghorne | 10 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Peter Welsh | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Leon Rice | 13 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Alan Martello | 14 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 1.0 6 |
| Kelvin Moore | 15 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | |
| Michael Tuck | 17 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Barry Rowlings | 22 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Don Scott | 23 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 36 | |
| Peter Knights | 24 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1.0 6 |
| John Hendrie | 25 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 0 | |
| Rodney Eade | 26 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Stuart Trott | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Steel | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Ablett | 35 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Ian Paton | 42 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1.1 7 |
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