| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merv Neagle | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Bryan Wood | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| Leon Baker | 4 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2.2 14 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 4.0 24 |
| Frank Dunell | 7 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 25 |
| Neil Clarke | 8 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alan Ezard | 15 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Stephen Carey | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Buhagiar | 20 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Duckworth | 22 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | |
| Roger Merrett | 25 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3.1 19 |
| Mark Thompson | 26 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 33 | 1.0 6 |
| Paul Weston | 28 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| Kevin Walsh | 30 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Glenn Hawker | 33 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Chris Waterson | 35 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Peter Bradbury | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Mark Harvey | 38 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3.1 19 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Barker | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| Allan Sidebottom | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 13 | |
| Phil Cronan | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Morwood | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 0 | |
| Silvio Foschini | 6 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Robert Mace | 7 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 0 | |
| Michael Roberts | 10 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | |
| Greg Burns | 11 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Tony Lockett | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4.0 24 |
| Greg Lane | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Peter Kiel | 17 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 12 |
| Glen Brown | 19 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Cowie | 20 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | |
| Andrew Cross | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Gary Odgers | 29 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Smith | 30 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Elphinstone | 33 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1.1 7 |
| John Favier | 43 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| Danny Frawley | 49 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
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