| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Walsh | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Rob Newton | 2 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | |
| Geoff Burdett | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ken Mansfield | 13 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Bernie Jones | 14 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 1.0 6 |
| Wayne Primmer | 15 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5.1 31 |
| Colin Boyd | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1.1 7 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | |
| Larry Watson | 22 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 0 | |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 0.1 1 |
| Neil Besanko | 30 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Max Crow | 31 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Neil Clarke | 39 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Paul McDonald | 43 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 0 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Barker | 1 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 2 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 0.1 1 |
| Rex Hunt | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4.1 25 |
| Robert Elliott | 8 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Val Perovic | 9 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 0 | |
| Carl Ditterich | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0.1 1 |
| Gary Colling | 12 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| Phil Stevens | 13 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 0 | |
| Jim ODea | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Maurice OKeefe | 15 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| Gary Lofts | 16 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Russell Tweeddale | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Graeme Gellie | 24 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 25 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| George Young | 27 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| Jeff Sarau | 31 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4.3 27 |
| Graeme Bond | 34 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Paul Callery | 35 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Jeff Dunne | 48 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ian Sartori | 49 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
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