| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avge | 4wI | 5wI | |
| LH Ferguson | 967 | 5 | 1169 | 68 | 5-21 | 17.19 | 2 | 1 |
| JA Duffy | 860 | 1 | 1124 | 60 | 4-14 | 18.73 | 5 | - |
| SB Styris | 309 | 0 | 349 | 18 | 3-5 | 19.38 | - | - |
| DL Vettori | 787 | 1 | 748 | 38 | 4-20 | 19.68 | 1 | - |
| JEC Franklin | 327 | 0 | 417 | 20 | 4-15 | 20.85 | 1 | - |
| IG Butler | 358 | 1 | 481 | 23 | 3-19 | 20.91 | - | - |
| R Ravindra | 282 | 1 | 319 | 15 | 3-22 | 21.26 | - | - |
| TA Boult | 1389 | 4 | 1779 | 83 | 4-13 | 21.43 | 2 | - |
| SE Bond | 465 | 2 | 543 | 25 | 3-18 | 21.72 | - | - |
| MG Bracewell | 624 | 1 | 771 | 35 | 3-5 | 22.02 | - | - |
| NL McCullum | 1123 | 0 | 1278 | 58 | 4-16 | 22.03 | 2 | - |
| TG Southee | 2753 | 7 | 3671 | 164 | 5-18 | 22.38 | 2 | 2 |
| IS Sodhi | 2726 | 0 | 3702 | 162 | 4-12 | 22.85 | 4 | - |
| MJ Henry | 716 | 1 | 1015 | 44 | 3-26 | 23.06 | - | - |
| DAJ Bracewell | 310 | 0 | 470 | 20 | 3-25 | 23.50 | - | - |
| MJ Santner | 2628 | 3 | 3177 | 135 | 4-11 | 23.53 | 3 | - |
| JDS Neesham | 907 | 0 | 1361 | 56 | 5-22 | 24.30 | 1 | 1 |
| AF Milne | 1157 | 3 | 1602 | 65 | 5-26 | 24.64 | 2 | 1 |
| BV Sears | 397 | 0 | 569 | 23 | 3-22 | 24.73 | - | - |
| MJ McClenaghan | 590 | 2 | 758 | 30 | 3-17 | 25.26 | - | - |
| MR Gillespie | 210 | 3 | 255 | 10 | 4-7 | 25.50 | 1 | - |
| BM Tickner | 341 | 0 | 536 | 19 | 4-27 | 28.21 | 1 | - |
| KD Mills | 897 | 1 | 1228 | 43 | 3-26 | 28.55 | - | - |
| BG Lister | 221 | 0 | 316 | 11 | 3-35 | 28.72 | - | - |
| SC Kuggeleijn | 323 | 0 | 471 | 16 | 3-27 | 29.43 | - | - |
| ZG Foulkes | 363 | 0 | 569 | 19 | 3-20 | 29.94 | - | - |
| HK Bennett | 215 | 0 | 331 | 10 | 3-54 | 33.10 | - | - |
| RM Hira | 254 | 1 | 337 | 10 | 2-42 | 33.70 | - | - |
| CJ Anderson | 360 | 0 | 495 | 14 | 2-17 | 35.35 | - | - |
| KA Jamieson | 535 | 1 | 868 | 24 | 3-8 | 36.16 | - | - |
The list shows 30 occurrences of averages of 37 or less