| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avge | 5wI | 10wM | |
| RJ Hadlee | 21918 | 809 | 9611 | 431 | 9-52 | 22.29 | 36 | 9 |
| TG Southee | 23490 | 888 | 11832 | 391 | 7-64 | 30.26 | 15 | 1 |
| DL Vettori | 28652 | 1194 | 12330 | 361 | 7-87 | 34.15 | 20 | 3 |
| TA Boult | 17417 | 656 | 8717 | 317 | 6-30 | 27.49 | 10 | 1 |
| N Wagner | 13725 | 473 | 7169 | 260 | 7-39 | 27.57 | 9 | - |
| CS Martin | 14026 | 486 | 7878 | 233 | 6-26 | 33.81 | 10 | 1 |
| CL Cairns | 11698 | 414 | 6410 | 218 | 7-27 | 29.40 | 13 | 1 |
| DK Morrison | 10064 | 313 | 5549 | 160 | 7-89 | 34.68 | 10 | - |
| BL Cairns | 10628 | 447 | 4279 | 130 | 7-74 | 32.91 | 6 | 1 |
| EJ Chatfield | 10360 | 489 | 3958 | 123 | 6-73 | 32.17 | 3 | 1 |
| MJ Henry | 6750 | 230 | 3581 | 120 | 7-23 | 29.84 | 4 | - |
| RO Collinge | 7689 | 228 | 3393 | 116 | 6-63 | 29.25 | 3 | - |
| BR Taylor | 6334 | 206 | 2953 | 111 | 7-74 | 26.60 | 4 | - |
| JG Bracewell | 8403 | 360 | 3653 | 102 | 6-32 | 35.81 | 4 | 1 |
| RC Motz | 7034 | 279 | 3148 | 100 | 6-63 | 31.48 | 5 | - |
| SB Doull | 6053 | 251 | 2872 | 98 | 7-65 | 29.30 | 6 | - |
| DJ Nash | 6196 | 311 | 2649 | 93 | 6-27 | 28.48 | 3 | 1 |
| SE Bond | 3372 | 114 | 1922 | 87 | 6-51 | 22.09 | 5 | 1 |
| HJ Howarth | 8833 | 393 | 3178 | 86 | 5-34 | 36.95 | 2 | - |
| JR Reid | 7725 | 444 | 2835 | 85 | 6-60 | 33.35 | 1 | - |
| AY Patel | 4582 | 134 | 2487 | 85 | 10-119 | 29.25 | 7 | 2 |
| JEC Franklin | 4767 | 144 | 2786 | 82 | 6-119 | 33.97 | 3 | - |
| KA Jamieson | 3558 | 187 | 1580 | 80 | 6-48 | 19.75 | 5 | 1 |
| DR Tuffey | 4877 | 209 | 2445 | 77 | 6-54 | 31.75 | 2 | - |
| DN Patel | 6594 | 253 | 3154 | 75 | 6-50 | 42.05 | 3 | - |
| SL Boock | 6598 | 327 | 2564 | 74 | 7-87 | 34.64 | 4 | - |
| DAJ Bracewell | 5164 | 157 | 2873 | 74 | 6-40 | 38.82 | 2 | - |
| MJ Santner | 5346 | 178 | 2526 | 74 | 7-53 | 34.13 | 2 | 1 |
| IE O'Brien | 4394 | 158 | 2429 | 73 | 6-75 | 33.27 | 1 | - |
| DR Hadlee | 4883 | 114 | 2389 | 71 | 4-30 | 33.64 | - | - |
The list shows 30 occurrences of 71 wickets or more