| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avge | 5wI | 10wM | |
| GD Phillips | 606 | 16 | 297 | 17 | 5-45 | 17.47 | 1 | - |
| 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 | - |
| BR Taylor | 6334 | 206 | 2953 | 111 | 7-74 | 26.60 | 4 | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 |
| TG Southee | 22614 | 867 | 11255 | 380 | 7-64 | 29.61 | 15 | 1 |
| AY Patel | 3573 | 109 | 1845 | 62 | 10-119 | 29.75 | 4 | 1 |
| FJ Cameron | 4570 | 220 | 1849 | 62 | 5-34 | 29.82 | 3 | - |
| CJ Drum | 806 | 27 | 482 | 16 | 3-36 | 30.12 | - | - |
| AR MacGibbon | 5659 | 228 | 2160 | 70 | 5-64 | 30.85 | 1 | - |
| RC Motz | 7034 | 279 | 3148 | 100 | 6-63 | 31.48 | 5 | - |
| DR Tuffey | 4877 | 209 | 2445 | 77 | 6-54 | 31.75 | 2 | - |
| EJ Chatfield | 10360 | 489 | 3958 | 123 | 6-73 | 32.17 | 3 | 1 |
| MJ Henry | 5943 | 210 | 3079 | 95 | 7-23 | 32.41 | 3 | - |
| SB O'Connor | 3667 | 149 | 1724 | 53 | 5-51 | 32.52 | 1 | - |
| BL Cairns | 10628 | 447 | 4279 | 130 | 7-74 | 32.91 | 6 | 1 |
| C de Grandhomme | 4054 | 163 | 1615 | 49 | 6-41 | 32.95 | 1 | - |
| GA Bartlett | 1768 | 64 | 792 | 24 | 6-38 | 33.00 | 1 | - |
The list shows 30 occurrences of averages of 33 or less