| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Fowler | 2 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Salmon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ron Andrews | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1.1 7 |
| Frank Dunell | 7 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | |
| Neil Clarke | 8 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | |
| Wayne Beddison | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Stephen Carey | 17 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tony Buhagiar | 20 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Stephen Copping | 24 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 4.0 24 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 0.1 1 |
| Paul Weston | 28 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 1 | |
| Tony West | 29 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 26 |
| Kevin Walsh | 30 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 12 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Glenn Hawker | 33 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Michael Thomson | 34 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Michael Davis | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Cowton | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | |
| Jim Krakouer | 3 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Ross Glendinning | 4 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | |
| Doug Smith | 5 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Kerry Good | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2.4 16 |
| Phil Krakouer | 8 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Kevin Bryant | 9 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bruce Abernethy | 12 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1.1 7 |
| John Law | 13 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Stephen McCann | 16 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1.2 8 |
| Kym Hodgeman | 17 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Peter Jonas | 18 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 20 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2.3 15 |
| Tony Furey | 21 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| Gary Dempsey | 24 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 36 | 1.0 6 |
| Keith Greig | 27 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | |
| Andrew Demetriou | 28 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Roy Ramsay | 30 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| Kevin McGuire | 31 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brad Nimmo | 40 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
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