| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Redenbach | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2.2 14 |
| Geoff Burdett | 7 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 0 | |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Michael Sheldon | 12 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Steven Taubert | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Colin Boyd | 17 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0.1 1 |
| Terry Cahill | 20 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 0 | |
| Larry Watson | 22 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 26 | 3 | 29 | 8 | 0 | |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 2.0 12 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1.1 7 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 0 | |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 4 | 0 | |
| Neil Clarke | 39 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Keenan | 1 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 14 | |
| John Cassin | 3 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Ross Glendinning | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | |
| Darryl Sutton | 5 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | |
| Arnold Briedis | 6 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Mark Dawson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Burns | 11 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Gary Cowton | 13 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Malcolm Blight | 15 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 4.3 27 |
| Stephen McCann | 16 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0.2 2 |
| Graeme Melrose | 17 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 20 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Byrne | 21 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Keith Greig | 27 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bill Nettlefold | 35 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Stephen Icke | 36 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | |
| Roy Ramsay | 38 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | |
| Maurice Boyse | 44 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | |
| Doug Smith | 46 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 0 | |
| Stephen Easton | 55 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 6 |
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