| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merv Neagle | 1 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bryan Wood | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4.1 25 |
| Neil Clarke | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 12 |
| Cameron Clayton | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Stephen Carey | 17 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tony Buhagiar | 20 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 3.0 18 |
| Bill Duckworth | 22 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Merrett | 25 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 2.1 13 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 0.2 2 |
| Paul Weston | 28 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| Kevin Walsh | 30 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Glenn Hawker | 33 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 0 | |
| Peter Bradbury | 36 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 0 | |
| Darren Williams | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Alan Ezard | 43 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Jones | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Ken Sheldon | 5 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1.5 11 |
| Wayne Johnston | 7 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Ross Ditchburn | 8 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1.1 7 |
| Ken Hunter | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2.2 14 |
| Mark Buckley | 10 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Bruce Doull | 11 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | |
| Phil Maylin | 13 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Rodney Ashman | 14 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Allan Montgomery | 18 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rohan Burke | 19 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Geoff Southby | 20 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rod Austin | 21 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rene Kink | 23 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2.1 13 |
| Frank Marchesani | 25 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Des English | 27 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Spiro Kourkoumelis | 28 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| David Glascott | 32 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alex Marcou | 34 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1.2 8 |
| Wayne Harmes | 37 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
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