| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Keenan | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1.0 6 |
| Alan Reid | 2 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7.3 45 |
| Neale Daniher | 6 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 0 | |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Ken Mansfield | 13 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Wayne Primmer | 15 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| Colin Boyd | 17 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2.1 13 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 0 | |
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0.4 4 |
| Robert Shaw | 26 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2.1 13 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0.3 3 |
| Merv Neagle | 34 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 0 | |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Flower | 2 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Graham Hunnibell | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Robert Elliott | 6 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | |
| Barry Denny | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| Laurie Fowler | 9 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 0 | |
| Carl Ditterich | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 2.1 13 |
| Greg Wells | 11 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Michael Byrne | 14 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1.0 6 |
| Robert Walters | 16 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Shane Grambeau | 17 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
| Maurice Wingate | 18 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Graham Gaunt | 20 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| Kelly ODonnell | 23 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 3 |
| Tony Martyn | 24 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Stewart Gull | 26 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 9 |
| Don Whitford | 27 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | |
| Andrew Moir | 29 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Peter Hamilton | 30 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gerard Healy | 39 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Peter Thorne | 40 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 4 |
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