| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Fowler | 2 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | |
| Paul Salmon | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Frank Dunell | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Neil Clarke | 8 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 0 | |
| Alan Stoneham | 11 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Cameron Clayton | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wayne Otway | 15 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4.2 26 |
| Wayne Beddison | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Stephen Carey | 17 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 5.0 30 |
| Tony Buhagiar | 20 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Stephen Copping | 24 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 6.2 38 |
| Roger Merrett | 25 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1.1 7 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 45 | 0.1 1 |
| Paul Weston | 28 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Glenn Hawker | 33 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Michael Thomson | 34 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Flower | 2 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Gerard Healy | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Peter Giles | 4 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | |
| Alan Johnson | 9 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Peter Moore | 10 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 10 | |
| Stephen Icke | 11 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 3.2 20 |
| Roger Ellingworth | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Adrian Battiston | 16 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Michael Seddon | 17 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Russell Richards | 20 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Peter Tossol | 21 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Chris Connolly | 22 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 9 | 0 | |
| Kelly ODonnell | 23 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Glenn McLean | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kelvin Templeton | 31 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2.3 15 |
| Shane Zantuck | 32 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tony Elshaug | 33 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Steven Smith | 35 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |
| Scott Sutcliffe | 44 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Alan Jarrott | 47 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
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