| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avge | Econ | SR | 4 Wkt | 5 Wkt |
| Daniel Vettori | 215 | 10188 | 7111 | 223 | 5/7 | 31.88 | 4.18 | 45.68 | 6 | 2 |
| Chris Harris | 250 | 10667 | 7613 | 203 | 5/42 | 37.50 | 4.28 | 52.54 | 2 | 1 |
| Chris Cairns | 215 | 8168 | 6594 | 201 | 5/42 | 32.80 | 4.84 | 40.63 | 3 | 1 |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 115 | 6182 | 3407 | 158 | 5/25 | 21.56 | 3.30 | 39.12 | 1 | 5 |
| Ewen Chatfield | 114 | 6065 | 3618 | 140 | 5/34 | 25.84 | 3.57 | 43.32 | 3 | 1 |
| Danny Morrison | 96 | 4586 | 3470 | 126 | 5/34 | 27.53 | 4.53 | 36.39 | 1 | 2 |
| Shane Bond | 67 | 3446 | 2416 | 125 | 6/19 | 19.32 | 4.20 | 27.56 | 6 | 4 |
| Jacob Oram | 115 | 4975 | 3718 | 119 | 5/26 | 31.24 | 4.48 | 41.80 | 2 | 2 |
| Scott Styris | 147 | 5133 | 4041 | 119 | 6/25 | 33.95 | 4.72 | 43.13 | 4 | 1 |
| Kyle Mills | 79 | 3952 | 3067 | 115 | 5/25 | 26.66 | 4.65 | 34.36 | 5 | 1 |
| Martin Snedden | 93 | 4525 | 3237 | 114 | 4/34 | 28.39 | 4.29 | 39.69 | 1 | 0 |
| Gavin Larsen | 121 | 6368 | 4000 | 113 | 4/24 | 35.39 | 3.76 | 56.35 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Pringle | 64 | 3314 | 2459 | 103 | 5/45 | 23.87 | 4.45 | 32.17 | 2 | 1 |
| Nathan Astle | 223 | 4850 | 3809 | 99 | 4/43 | 38.47 | 4.71 | 48.98 | 1 | 0 |
| Daryl Tuffey | 80 | 3674 | 2910 | 91 | 4/24 | 31.97 | 4.75 | 40.37 | 2 | 0 |
| Lance Cairns | 78 | 4015 | 2717 | 89 | 5/28 | 30.52 | 4.06 | 45.11 | 2 | 1 |
| Willie Watson | 61 | 3251 | 2247 | 74 | 4/27 | 30.36 | 4.14 | 43.93 | 1 | 0 |
| James Franklin | 65 | 2804 | 2392 | 64 | 5/42 | 37.37 | 5.11 | 43.81 | 0 | 1 |
| Dion Nash | 81 | 3416 | 2622 | 64 | 4/38 | 40.96 | 4.60 | 53.37 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeremy Coney | 88 | 2931 | 2039 | 54 | 4/46 | 37.75 | 4.17 | 54.27 | 1 | 0 |
| Andre Adams | 42 | 1885 | 1643 | 53 | 5/22 | 31.00 | 5.22 | 35.56 | 2 | 1 |
| Geoff Allott | 31 | 1528 | 1207 | 52 | 4/35 | 23.21 | 4.73 | 29.38 | 4 | 0 |
| Craig McMillan | 197 | 1879 | 1717 | 49 | 3/20 | 35.04 | 5.48 | 38.34 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne O'Connor | 38 | 1487 | 1396 | 46 | 5/39 | 30.34 | 5.63 | 32.32 | 1 | 2 |
| Dipak Patel | 75 | 3251 | 2261 | 45 | 3/22 | 50.24 | 4.17 | 72.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Thomson | 56 | 2121 | 1602 | 42 | 3/14 | 38.14 | 4.53 | 50.50 | 0 | 0 |
