Stadium Australia · Sat 25 May 2002 · 54,129 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 3.7 | 4.11 | 8.12 | 83 |
| EssendonESS | 6.1 | 7.6 | 9.9 | 85 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 83 and 85.
Essendon won by 2 points.
11.17 (83) — 12.13 (85)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Williams | 16 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Daryn Cresswell | 15 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Mathews | 14 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 6 |
| 0 |
| Ricky Mott | 10 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael OLoughlin | 13 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Jared Crouch | 13 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Barry Hall | 13 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Matthew Nicks | 12 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Wayne Schwass | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Brad Seymour | 8 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Schauble | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Rowan Warfe | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Stuart Maxfield | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Jason Saddington | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Goodes | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Jude Bolton | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Fixter | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brett Kirk | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nic Fosdike | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel McPherson | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Leigh Brockman | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Gerrard Bennett | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Alessio | 18 | 5 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Danny Jacobs | 16 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Dustin Fletcher | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark McVeigh | 13 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Heffernan | 14 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Blake Caracella | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Barnard | 14 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Mark Johnson | 13 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Mark Mercuri | 9 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Damien Peverill | 10 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Dean Rioli | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Ramanauskas | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Johnson | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Lucas | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Justin Blumfield | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Sean Wellman | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Salmon | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Forster-Knight | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Joel Reynolds | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Harvey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Welsh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Hille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |