| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Sullivan | 4 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Davis | 6 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | |
| Graham Osborne | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0.1 1 |
| Tassie Johnson | 8 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brian Dixon | 9 | 23 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 0 | |
| Barry Bourke | 14 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Stan Alves | 15 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| John Townsend | 16 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Neville Stone | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Lees | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bryan Kenneally | 22 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 2 | |
| Brian Roet | 23 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | |
| Greg Parke | 26 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Hassa Mann | 29 | 28 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Ray Groom | 31 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 0 | |
| Barrie Vagg | 32 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Gary Hardeman | 33 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Brent Jones | 34 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 15 | |
| Ken Osborne | 36 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Darryl Schwarz | 37 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.1 1 |
Melbourne
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Shaw | 5 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | |
| Geoff Gosper | 6 | 28 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 0 | |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5.1 31 |
| Russell Blew | 14 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Don Gross | 15 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Bruce Lake | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Brown | 18 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Robin Close | 19 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| Ted Fordham | 20 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 0 | |
| John Williams | 22 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | |
| Ken Fraser | 23 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1.0 6 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 1.0 6 |
| Alec Epis | 28 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Ellis | 30 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 9 | 0 | |
| Ian Crowley | 34 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Geoff Pryor | 35 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 0.1 1 |
| Peter Daniel | 45 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Robert Thompson | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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