The Swans kicked 13 goals to five in the second half on the way to registering their highest score of the season, winning 18.13 (121) to 9.5 (59).
It was Sydney's seventh straight win over Port, whose season record dipped to 1-7 with a fourth straight defeat.
Port dominated much of the first half, racking up far more possessions and marks, but did not make Sydney pay on the scoreboard.
Sydney had 12 goalkickers, young forward Sam Reid kicking three and four other players booting two.
Warhorse midfielder Jude Bolton tallied 33 possessions for Sydney and Josh Kennedy 31.
Hard-working Travis Boak, who finished with 28 touches, was one of the few Port players to shine.
The visitors started the better in each of the first two quarters, but still trailed by margins of three and nine points at the first two breaks.
Sydney kicked four of the first five second-half goals to lead 62-33 early in the third term but Port hit back with the next three to once again get within nine points.
The Swans produced a decisive surge, notching the last three goals of the term to enter the final quarter with a 30-point buffer.
Among the goals in that second surge was one from Lewis Roberts-Thomson, who took a spectacular pack mark in his first senior game in 10 months.
Port showed little fight in the final term in which Sydney slammed on six goals to one.
It was a different story early on, as Port, whose last win over Sydney was in round two of the 2006 season at the SCG, settled quicker.
They kicked the first two goals through Daniel Motlop and Jay Schulz.
Andrejs Everitt sparked Sydney, kicking a goal and setting up another for Craig Bird.
Co-captain Adam Goodes also goaled to put Sydney up by nine, but a major to Boak restricted the home team to a 3.5 to 3.2 advantage the first change.
The visitors regained the lead early in the second quarter with a goal to Matt Thomas, who kicked straight from about 45 metres after taking a mark.
They continued to push the Swans back but gleaned no reward on the scoreboard.
Sydney made them pay, as it grabbed the lead with goals late in the quarter to co-captain Jarrad McVeigh and Reid.
Sydney: 18.13 (121) - S Reid 3, A Everitt 2, A Goodes 2, D Hannebery 2, J Kennedy 2, B McGlynn, C Bird, J Bolton, J McVeigh, L Jetta, L Roberts-Thomson, N Smith
Port Adelaide: 9.5 (59) - D Motlop 2, J Schulz 2, M Thomas, S Phillips, T Boak, T Chaplin, T Logan
- AAP
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