| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merv Neagle | 1 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Alan Reid | 2 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Paul Salmon | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 2.1 13 |
| Ron Andrews | 4 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 0 | |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 0 | |
| Neil Clarke | 8 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0 | |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alan Stoneham | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Graeme Schultz | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wayne Otway | 15 | 25 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 11 |
| Wayne Beddison | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephen Carey | 17 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Stephen Copping | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Roger Merrett | 25 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 1.1 7 |
| Mark Thompson | 26 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 3.1 19 |
| Paul Weston | 28 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0.1 1 |
| Kevin Walsh | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 25 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Glenn Hawker | 33 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 5.0 30 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Barker | 1 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 0 | |
| Geoff Cunningham | 5 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 0 | |
| Robert Mace | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jeff Dunne | 8 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 0 | |
| Max Crow | 9 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2.0 12 |
| Michael Roberts | 10 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Greg Burns | 11 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | |
| Mark Jackson | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| Greg Lane | 15 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Peter Kiel | 17 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | |
| Grant Thomas | 18 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | |
| Darryl Cowie | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Simon ODonnell | 22 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| Peter Melesso | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Michael Nettlefold | 25 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Rod Owen | 27 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Simon Meehan | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Sarau | 31 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 0.1 1 |
| Geoff Fidler | 36 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 0 | |
| Greg Packham | 38 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1.1 7 |
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