| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Walsh | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Ron Andrews | 4 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 0 | |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| Geoff Burdett | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bernie Jones | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Wayne Primmer | 15 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7.2 44 |
| Colin Boyd | 17 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | |
| Robin Close | 19 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 24 |
| Terry Cahill | 20 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 0 | |
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Roger Merrett | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Shaw | 26 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Allan Davis | 29 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Rantall | 5 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | |
| Colin Hounsell | 6 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Gary Brice | 7 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| John Scarlett | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brian Woodman | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Neville Fields | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Graham Dempster | 13 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| David Young | 14 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Bernie Evans | 15 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ricky Quade | 16 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 1 | |
| Robert Dean | 18 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 2 | |
| Terry ONeill | 19 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| Graham Teasdale | 20 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 1.2 8 |
| Barry Round | 25 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 1.3 9 |
| Max James | 27 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| David McLeish | 29 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Shane Zantuck | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francis Jackson | 31 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | |
| Peter Morrison | 35 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Mark Browning | 43 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
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