| DETAILS | KI | HB | DI | MK | GL | BH | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 223 | 34 | 257 | 64 | 12 | 9 | 81 |
| Richmond | 239 | 63 | 302 | 70 | 15 | 19 | 109 |
| COMBINED | 462 | 97 | 559 | 134 | 27 | 28 | 190 |
| *SC totals do not include rushed behinds | |||||||
| THE Q | NAME | ID | NO. | TEAM | KI | HB | DI | MK | GL | BH | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77.706 | John Northey | 3432 | 9 | Richmond | 15 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 64.705 | Bill Barrot | 2524 | 24 | Richmond | 27 | 6 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 63.457 | Kevin Bartlett | 1509 | 29 | Richmond | 23 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| 62.765 | Royce Hart | 2367 | 4 | Richmond | 21 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 59.182 | Barry Davis | 1654 | 32 | Essendon | 15 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 56.560 | Geoff Pryor | 2087 | 35 | Essendon | 17 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50.728 | Paul Sproule | 2431 | 26 | Essendon | 18 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 50.594 | Charlie Payne | 3514 | 7 | Essendon | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 44.699 | Alan Richardson | 3586 | 12 | Richmond | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 43.960 | Rex Hunt | 1825 | 5 | Richmond | 10 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 42.924 | Eric Moore | 10309 | 7 | Richmond | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 42.319 | David Collins | 10524 | 31 | Essendon | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 40.691 | Geoff Gosper | 2948 | 6 | Essendon | 16 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 38.758 | Geoff Blethyn | 2319 | 11 | Essendon | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 38.630 | Mike Green | 1766 | 37 | Richmond | 8 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33.748 | Kevin Egan | 2833 | 29 | Essendon | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 31.852 | Francis Bourke | 1539 | 30 | Richmond | 17 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30.792 | Ken Fletcher | 1724 | 21 | Essendon | 15 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 29.230 | Don McKenzie | 1970 | 24 | Essendon | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25.363 | Roger Dean | 2343 | 3 | Richmond | 18 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21.831 | Peter Daniel | 1645 | 28 | Essendon | 12 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19.379 | Des McKenzie | 3321 | 48 | Richmond | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18.977 | John Ellis | 2838 | 30 | Essendon | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18.380 | John Ronaldson | 3617 | 2 | Richmond | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.233 | Greg Brown | 2604 | 18 | Essendon | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.569 | Billy Brown | 2602 | 40 | Richmond | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15.606 | John Williams | 2277 | 22 | Essendon | 20 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.491 | Kevin Sheedy | 2163 | 10 | Richmond | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.256 | Darryl Gerlach | 2926 | 17 | Essendon | 16 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.665 | Tony Jewell | 10163 | 1 | Richmond | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.316 | Dick Clay | 1603 | 8 | Richmond | 15 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.889 | Eddie Lake | 3189 | 38 | Essendon | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.773 | Bruce Lake | 10452 | 16 | Essendon | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.873 | Barry Richardson | 2414 | 17 | Richmond | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.855 | Mike Perry | 3529 | 22 | Richmond | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.973 | John Sinclair | 10526 | 14 | Essendon | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.942 | Robin Close | 1607 | 19 | Essendon | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.632 | Gary Crouch | 10525 | 5 | Essendon | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.445 | Don Davenport | 2758 | 19 | Richmond | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.253 | George McInnes | 10437 | 20 | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |