Waverley Park · Fri 25 Apr 1986 · 68,151 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarltonCARL | 2.2 | 2.4 | 6.11 | 71 |
| EssendonESS | 0.0 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 55 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 71 and 55.
Carlton won by 16 points.
10.11 (71) — 8.7 (55)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Blackwell | 14 | 11 | 25 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Johnston | 23 | 1 | 24 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Tom Alvin | 13 | 9 | 22 | 1 | — |
| 2 |
| Craig Bradley | 15 | 7 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Paul Meldrum | 16 | 6 | 22 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Peter Rohde | 11 | 7 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rodney Ashman | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Brad Shine | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Spiro Kourkoumelis | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Peter Dean | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jon Dorotich | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ken Hunter | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Doull | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Motley | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Justin Madden | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Mark Maclure | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Mark Williams | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rohan Burke | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Kenny | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Kernahan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Raines | 19 | 3 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Hawker | 14 | 6 | 20 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mark Thompson | 16 | 3 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Tony Elshaug | 14 | 5 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Darren Williams | 11 | 8 | 19 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Garry Foulds | 16 | 1 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Terry Daniher | 11 | 4 | 15 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Brenton Phillips | 10 | 5 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Steven Clark | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Simon Madden | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alan Ezard | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Trevor Spencer | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Roger Merrett | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Walsh | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Frank Dunell | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Chris Waterson | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Thomson | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bryan Wood | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Paul Salmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |