| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avge | Econ | SR | 4 Wkt | 5 Wkt | 10 Wk |
| Shane Bond | 18 | 3372 | 1922 | 87 | 6/51 | 22.09 | 3.41 | 38.75 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Jack Cowie | 9 | 2028 | 969 | 45 | 6/40 | 21.53 | 2.86 | 45.06 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 86 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 9/52 | 22.29 | 2.63 | 50.85 | 25 | 36 | 9 |
| Chris Cairns | 62 | 11698 | 6410 | 218 | 7/27 | 29.40 | 3.28 | 53.66 | 11 | 13 | 1 |
| Bruce Taylor | 30 | 6334 | 2953 | 111 | 7/74 | 26.60 | 2.79 | 57.06 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Doug Bracewell | 15 | 2644 | 1467 | 46 | 6/40 | 31.89 | 3.32 | 57.47 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| James Franklin | 31 | 4767 | 2786 | 82 | 6/119 | 33.97 | 3.50 | 58.13 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Iain O'Brien | 22 | 4394 | 2429 | 73 | 6/75 | 33.27 | 3.31 | 60.19 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Martin | 71 | 14026 | 7878 | 233 | 6/26 | 33.81 | 3.37 | 60.19 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Simon Doull | 32 | 6053 | 2872 | 98 | 7/65 | 29.30 | 2.84 | 61.76 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Trent Boult | 14 | 2766 | 1368 | 44 | 6/68 | 31.09 | 2.96 | 62.86 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Danny Morrison | 48 | 10064 | 5549 | 160 | 7/89 | 34.68 | 3.30 | 62.90 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Daryl Tuffey | 26 | 4877 | 2445 | 77 | 6/54 | 31.75 | 3.00 | 63.33 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Southee | 25 | 5160 | 2723 | 81 | 7/64 | 33.61 | 3.16 | 63.70 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Kyle Mills | 19 | 2902 | 1453 | 44 | 4/16 | 33.02 | 3.00 | 65.95 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Collinge | 35 | 7689 | 3393 | 116 | 6/63 | 29.25 | 2.64 | 66.28 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Dion Nash | 32 | 6196 | 2649 | 93 | 6/27 | 28.48 | 2.56 | 66.62 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Dayle Hadlee | 26 | 4883 | 2389 | 71 | 4/30 | 33.64 | 2.93 | 68.77 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne O'Connor | 19 | 3667 | 1724 | 53 | 5/51 | 32.52 | 2.82 | 69.18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Motz | 32 | 7034 | 3148 | 100 | 6/63 | 31.48 | 2.68 | 70.34 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Frank Cameron | 19 | 4570 | 1849 | 62 | 5/34 | 29.82 | 2.42 | 73.70 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Daniel Vettori | 112 | 28670 | 12392 | 360 | 7/87 | 34.42 | 2.59 | 79.63 | 19 | 20 | 3 |
| Tony MacGibbon | 26 | 5659 | 2160 | 70 | 5/64 | 30.85 | 2.29 | 80.84 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Alabaster | 21 | 3992 | 1863 | 49 | 4/46 | 38.02 | 2.80 | 81.46 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Cairns | 43 | 10628 | 4280 | 130 | 7/74 | 32.92 | 2.41 | 81.75 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Bob Blair | 19 | 3525 | 1515 | 43 | 4/85 | 35.23 | 2.57 | 81.97 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Snedden | 25 | 4775 | 2199 | 58 | 5/68 | 37.91 | 2.76 | 82.32 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| John Bracewell | 41 | 8403 | 3653 | 102 | 6/32 | 35.81 | 2.60 | 82.38 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Jacob Oram | 33 | 4964 | 1983 | 60 | 4/41 | 33.05 | 2.39 | 82.73 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Cunis | 20 | 4250 | 1887 | 51 | 6/76 | 37.00 | 2.66 | 83.33 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ewen Chatfield | 43 | 10360 | 3958 | 123 | 6/73 | 32.17 | 2.29 | 84.22 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Dipak Patel | 37 | 6594 | 3154 | 75 | 6/50 | 42.05 | 2.86 | 87.92 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Stephen Boock | 30 | 6598 | 2564 | 74 | 7/87 | 34.64 | 2.33 | 89.16 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeetan Patel | 19 | 4723 | 2520 | 52 | 5/110 | 48.46 | 3.20 | 90.82 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| John Reid | 58 | 7725 | 2835 | 85 | 6/60 | 33.35 | 2.20 | 90.88 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Wiseman | 25 | 5660 | 2903 | 61 | 5/82 | 47.59 | 3.07 | 92.78 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bevan Congdon | 61 | 5620 | 2154 | 59 | 5/65 | 36.50 | 2.29 | 95.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hedley Howarth | 30 | 8833 | 3178 | 86 | 5/34 | 36.95 | 2.15 | 102.70 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Nathan Astle | 81 | 5688 | 2143 | 51 | 3/27 | 42.01 | 2.26 | 111.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
