| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | SRate | 4wI | 5wI | |
| JA Duffy | 736 | 1 | 905 | 53 | 4-14 | 13.88 | 5 | - |
| LH Ferguson | 919 | 5 | 1088 | 64 | 5-21 | 14.35 | 2 | 1 |
| DAJ Bracewell | 310 | 0 | 470 | 20 | 3-25 | 15.50 | - | - |
| IG Butler | 358 | 1 | 481 | 23 | 3-19 | 15.56 | - | - |
| JDS Neesham | 889 | 0 | 1328 | 56 | 5-22 | 15.87 | 1 | 1 |
| MJ Henry | 644 | 1 | 895 | 40 | 3-26 | 16.10 | - | - |
| JEC Franklin | 327 | 0 | 417 | 20 | 4-15 | 16.35 | 1 | - |
| TA Boult | 1389 | 4 | 1779 | 83 | 4-13 | 16.73 | 2 | - |
| TG Southee | 2753 | 7 | 3671 | 164 | 5-18 | 16.78 | 2 | 2 |
| IS Sodhi | 2636 | 0 | 3508 | 157 | 4-12 | 16.78 | 4 | - |
| SB Styris | 309 | 0 | 349 | 18 | 3-5 | 17.16 | - | - |
| BV Sears | 397 | 0 | 569 | 23 | 3-22 | 17.26 | - | - |
| AF Milne | 1157 | 3 | 1602 | 65 | 5-26 | 17.80 | 2 | 1 |
| MG Bracewell | 624 | 1 | 771 | 35 | 3-5 | 17.82 | - | - |
| BM Tickner | 341 | 0 | 536 | 19 | 4-27 | 17.94 | 1 | - |
| ZG Foulkes | 327 | 0 | 473 | 18 | 3-20 | 18.16 | - | - |
| SE Bond | 465 | 2 | 543 | 25 | 3-18 | 18.60 | - | - |
| MJ Santner | 2514 | 3 | 2976 | 130 | 4-11 | 19.33 | 3 | - |
| NL McCullum | 1123 | 0 | 1278 | 58 | 4-16 | 19.36 | 2 | - |
| MJ McClenaghan | 590 | 2 | 758 | 30 | 3-17 | 19.66 | - | - |
| R Ravindra | 276 | 1 | 305 | 14 | 3-22 | 19.71 | - | - |
| BG Lister | 221 | 0 | 316 | 11 | 3-35 | 20.09 | - | - |
| SC Kuggeleijn | 323 | 0 | 471 | 16 | 3-27 | 20.18 | - | - |
| DL Vettori | 787 | 1 | 748 | 38 | 4-20 | 20.71 | 1 | - |
| KD Mills | 897 | 1 | 1228 | 43 | 3-26 | 20.86 | - | - |
| MR Gillespie | 210 | 3 | 255 | 10 | 4-7 | 21.00 | 1 | - |
| HK Bennett | 215 | 0 | 331 | 10 | 3-54 | 21.50 | - | - |
| KA Jamieson | 481 | 1 | 738 | 21 | 3-8 | 22.90 | - | - |
| RM Hira | 254 | 1 | 337 | 10 | 2-42 | 25.40 | - | - |
| CJ Anderson | 360 | 0 | 495 | 14 | 2-17 | 25.71 | - | - |
The list shows 30 occurrences of strike rates of 26 or less