| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avge | 5wI | 10wM | |
| JA Duffy | 1030 | 46 | 407 | 25 | 5-34 | 16.28 | 3 | - |
| KA Jamieson | 3558 | 187 | 1580 | 80 | 6-48 | 19.75 | 5 | 1 |
| J Cowie | 2028 | 65 | 969 | 45 | 6-40 | 21.53 | 4 | 1 |
| SE Bond | 3372 | 114 | 1922 | 87 | 6-51 | 22.09 | 5 | 1 |
| RJ Hadlee | 21918 | 809 | 9611 | 431 | 9-52 | 22.29 | 36 | 9 |
| GF Cresswell | 650 | 30 | 292 | 13 | 6-168 | 22.46 | 1 | - |
| WP O'Rourke | 1562 | 59 | 947 | 39 | 5-34 | 24.28 | 2 | - |
| BM Tickner | 883 | 17 | 583 | 22 | 5-76 | 26.50 | 1 | - |
| BR Taylor | 6334 | 206 | 2953 | 111 | 7-74 | 26.60 | 4 | - |
| MJ Henry | 7299 | 255 | 3799 | 140 | 7-23 | 27.13 | 6 | - |
| NG Smith | 692 | 24 | 491 | 18 | 6-40 | 27.27 | 1 | - |
| TA Boult | 17417 | 656 | 8717 | 317 | 6-30 | 27.49 | 10 | 1 |
| N Wagner | 13725 | 473 | 7169 | 260 | 7-39 | 27.57 | 9 | - |
| DJ Nash | 6196 | 311 | 2649 | 93 | 6-27 | 28.48 | 3 | 1 |
| GWF Overton | 729 | 23 | 258 | 9 | 3-65 | 28.66 | - | - |
| MR Gillespie | 868 | 24 | 631 | 22 | 6-113 | 28.68 | 3 | - |
| GR Larsen | 1967 | 109 | 689 | 24 | 3-57 | 28.70 | - | - |
| AY Patel | 5020 | 160 | 2623 | 91 | 10-119 | 28.82 | 7 | 2 |
| RO Collinge | 7689 | 228 | 3393 | 116 | 6-63 | 29.25 | 3 | - |
| SB Doull | 6053 | 251 | 2872 | 98 | 7-65 | 29.30 | 6 | - |
| HT Davis | 1010 | 26 | 499 | 17 | 5-63 | 29.35 | 1 | - |
| CL Cairns | 11698 | 414 | 6410 | 218 | 7-27 | 29.40 | 13 | 1 |
| FJ Cameron | 4570 | 220 | 1849 | 62 | 5-34 | 29.82 | 3 | - |
| ZG Foulkes | 918 | 35 | 451 | 15 | 5-37 | 30.06 | 1 | - |
| CJ Drum | 806 | 27 | 482 | 16 | 3-36 | 30.12 | - | - |
| TG Southee | 23490 | 888 | 11832 | 391 | 7-64 | 30.26 | 15 | 1 |
| AR MacGibbon | 5659 | 228 | 2160 | 70 | 5-64 | 30.85 | 1 | - |
| GD Phillips | 1722 | 26 | 1024 | 33 | 5-45 | 31.03 | 1 | - |
| RC Motz | 7034 | 279 | 3148 | 100 | 6-63 | 31.48 | 5 | - |
| DR Tuffey | 4877 | 209 | 2445 | 77 | 6-54 | 31.75 | 2 | - |
The list shows 30 occurrences of averages of 32 or less