| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avge | 4wI | 5wI | |
| TA Boult | 1650 | 24 | 1354 | 53 | 5-27 | 25.54 | 3 | 1 |
| TG Southee | 1172 | 16 | 1110 | 41 | 7-33 | 27.07 | - | 1 |
| JDP Oram | 1094 | 21 | 768 | 36 | 4-39 | 21.33 | 2 | - |
| DL Vettori | 1689 | 12 | 1168 | 36 | 4-18 | 32.44 | 2 | - |
| CZ Harris | 1166 | 10 | 861 | 32 | 4-7 | 26.90 | 1 | - |
| LH Ferguson | 826 | 6 | 710 | 31 | 4-37 | 22.90 | 1 | - |
| SE Bond | 886 | 21 | 518 | 30 | 6-23 | 17.26 | - | 1 |
| MJ Henry | 911 | 10 | 793 | 27 | 4-47 | 29.37 | 1 | - |
| RJ Hadlee | 877 | 38 | 421 | 22 | 5-25 | 19.13 | - | 1 |
| MJ Santner | 958 | 8 | 772 | 22 | 5-59 | 35.09 | - | 1 |
| GI Allott | 526 | 7 | 325 | 20 | 4-37 | 16.25 | 2 | - |
| W Watson | 792 | 14 | 571 | 19 | 3-37 | 30.05 | - | - |
| GR Larsen | 1020 | 12 | 599 | 18 | 3-16 | 33.27 | - | - |
| CL Cairns | 880 | 9 | 755 | 18 | 3-19 | 41.94 | - | - |
| SB Styris | 722 | 3 | 552 | 17 | 4-43 | 32.47 | 1 | - |
| JDS Neesham | 414 | 2 | 449 | 17 | 5-31 | 26.41 | - | 1 |
| BL Cairns | 692 | 16 | 436 | 14 | 3-36 | 31.14 | - | - |
| EJ Chatfield | 789 | 16 | 524 | 14 | 2-24 | 37.42 | - | - |
| CJ Anderson | 217 | 1 | 234 | 14 | 3-18 | 16.71 | - | - |
| BJ McKechnie | 539 | 9 | 304 | 13 | 3-24 | 23.38 | - | - |
| DN Patel | 840 | 9 | 556 | 13 | 3-36 | 42.76 | - | - |
| JV Coney | 534 | 7 | 303 | 12 | 3-28 | 25.25 | - | - |
| NJ Astle | 525 | 2 | 418 | 11 | 3-34 | 38.00 | - | - |
| JEC Franklin | 476 | 7 | 410 | 11 | 3-74 | 37.27 | - | - |
| MC Snedden | 491 | 6 | 455 | 10 | 2-36 | 45.50 | - | - |
| AR Adams | 346 | 3 | 347 | 10 | 4-44 | 34.70 | 1 | - |
| DJ Nash | 696 | 15 | 473 | 9 | 3-26 | 52.55 | - | - |
| DR Hadlee | 276 | 5 | 162 | 8 | 3-21 | 20.25 | - | - |
| DK Morrison | 474 | 2 | 396 | 8 | 3-42 | 49.50 | - | - |
| NL McCullum | 300 | 1 | 241 | 8 | 3-24 | 30.12 | - | - |
The list shows 30 occurrences of 8 wickets or more