| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merv Neagle | 1 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4.0 24 |
| Neil Clarke | 8 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Alan Stoneham | 11 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | |
| Graeme Schultz | 14 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Wayne Otway | 15 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1.4 10 |
| Stephen Carey | 17 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tony Buhagiar | 20 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Grant Fowler | 23 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephen Copping | 24 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4.2 26 |
| Roger Merrett | 25 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1.0 6 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 1.1 7 |
| Kevin Walsh | 30 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Max Crow | 31 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 3 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Glenn Hawker | 33 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Justin Madden | 44 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Krakouer | 3 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2.3 15 |
| Ross Glendinning | 4 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 0 | |
| Phil Krakouer | 8 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 24 |
| Kevin Bryant | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bruce Abernethy | 12 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| John Law | 13 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Phil Kelly | 14 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Malcolm Blight | 15 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4.3 27 |
| Stephen McCann | 16 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1.0 6 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 20 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Phil Carman | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| David Dench | 23 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gary Dempsey | 24 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 22 | |
| Xavier Tanner | 25 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | |
| Keith Greig | 27 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
| Andrew Demetriou | 28 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ross Henshaw | 34 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Graeme Atkins | 36 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| John Holt | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donald McDonald | 43 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
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