| DETAILS | KI | HB | DI | MK | GL | BH | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 245 | 59 | 304 | 91 | 10 | 12 | 72 |
| Richmond | 235 | 79 | 314 | 77 | 18 | 15 | 123 |
| COMBINED | 480 | 138 | 618 | 168 | 28 | 27 | 195 |
| *SC totals do not include rushed behinds | |||||||
| THE Q | NAME | ID | NO. | TEAM | KI | HB | DI | MK | GL | BH | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87.923 | Barry Richardson | 2414 | 17 | Richmond | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 43 |
| 64.608 | Graeme Schultz | 10652 | 12 | Essendon | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| 64.484 | Kevin Bartlett | 1509 | 29 | Richmond | 20 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| 58.397 | Barry Davis | 1654 | 32 | Essendon | 23 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 50.935 | Ray Boyanich | 2583 | 19 | Richmond | 14 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 43.944 | Ken Fletcher | 1724 | 21 | Essendon | 23 | 6 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43.641 | Ian Stewart | 2193 | 2 | Richmond | 27 | 6 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 43.166 | Rex Hunt | 1825 | 5 | Richmond | 17 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42.396 | Francis Bourke | 1539 | 30 | Richmond | 21 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41.698 | Brian Roberts | 2119 | 15 | Richmond | 9 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 41.536 | Bruce Neish | 10580 | 8 | Essendon | 9 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 41.429 | Stuart Barclay | 10522 | 37 | Essendon | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 39.532 | Allan Graco | 10648 | 52 | Essendon | 15 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 35.153 | Graeme Bond | 1536 | 24 | Richmond | 16 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 34.802 | Don Gross | 2977 | 15 | Essendon | 14 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 34.713 | Craig McKellar | 2380 | 9 | Richmond | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 33.960 | Gary Parkes | 2057 | 5 | Essendon | 28 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33.531 | Wayne Headlam | 3033 | 14 | Essendon | 12 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29.533 | Greg Hollick | 3073 | 18 | Richmond | 17 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29.128 | Eddie Lake | 3189 | 38 | Essendon | 15 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 27.023 | Darryl Gerlach | 2926 | 17 | Essendon | 14 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25.568 | Colin Beard | 2538 | 16 | Richmond | 10 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24.967 | David Starbuck | 10582 | 39 | Essendon | 17 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22.819 | Daryl Cumming | 2340 | 1 | Richmond | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22.301 | Mick Bates | 10646 | 49 | Essendon | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 20.087 | Kevin Sheedy | 2163 | 10 | Richmond | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19.568 | John Williams | 2277 | 22 | Essendon | 18 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19.260 | Roger Dean | 2343 | 3 | Richmond | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19.128 | Len Halley | 10578 | 44 | Essendon | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17.609 | Royce Hart | 2367 | 4 | Richmond | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16.670 | Dick Clay | 1603 | 8 | Richmond | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.776 | John Cassin | 1591 | 42 | Essendon | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.558 | Peter Daniel | 1645 | 28 | Essendon | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.849 | Hugh Delahunty | 1666 | 40 | Essendon | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.686 | Kevin Morris | 2003 | 38 | Richmond | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.429 | Don McKenzie | 1970 | 24 | Essendon | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.883 | Grant Allford | 10626 | 42 | Richmond | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.624 | Ian Craig | 10566 | 54 | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.420 | Ray Smith | 2176 | 35 | Essendon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.268 | Eric Moore | 10309 | 7 | Richmond | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |