| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Buhaj | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindsay McGie | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Shaw | 5 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | |
| Geoff Gosper | 6 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1.4 10 |
| Bob Greenwood | 8 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Russell Blew | 14 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 0 | |
| Don Gross | 15 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Bruce Lake | 16 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2.2 14 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ted Fordham | 20 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| John Williams | 22 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 1.0 6 |
| Ian Anderson | 25 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1.2 8 |
| Paul Sproule | 26 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Kevin Egan | 29 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Ellis | 30 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 25 | 6 | 31 | 9 | 0 | |
| Geoff Pryor | 35 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 2 | |
| Peter Daniel | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Murray | 1 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Mike Andrews | 3 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 0 | |
| Barry McKenzie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Murphy | 5 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Wayne Eastman | 6 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ian McCrae | 7 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Treva McGregor | 9 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| John Benison | 10 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Ruscuklic | 12 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0.3 3 |
| Max Cole | 12 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Barry Padley | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Sykes | 15 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3.1 19 |
| Daryl Peoples | 16 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Paul OBrien | 17 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 0 | |
| John Newnham | 20 | 25 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Brown | 23 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 1.1 7 |
| Bill Walford | 24 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Peter Wood | 30 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Lazarus | 31 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1.1 7 |
| Russell Crow | 32 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
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