| Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Avg | HS | SR | 50s | 100s | 0s | Gold 0s | 4s | 6s | ct | st |
| Graeme Pollock | 23 | 41 | 4 | 2256 | 60.97 | 274 | 126.60 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 289 | 11 | 17 | 0 |
| Jacques Kallis | 125 | 211 | 33 | 9801 | 55.06 | 189 | 43.87 | 48 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1100 | 63 | 132 | 0 |
| Dudley Nourse | 34 | 62 | 7 | 2960 | 53.81 | 231 | 43.65 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Graeme Smith | 72 | 126 | 7 | 5945 | 49.95 | 277 | 60.97 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 777 | 18 | 95 | 0 |
| Colin Bland | 21 | 39 | 5 | 1669 | 49.08 | 144 | 43.65 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 137 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| Bruce Mitchell | 42 | 80 | 9 | 3471 | 48.88 | 189 | 43.65 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 1 | 56 | 0 |
| Eddie Barlow | 30 | 57 | 2 | 2516 | 45.74 | 201 | 43.65 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 274 | 5 | 35 | 0 |
| Ashwell Prince | 47 | 76 | 12 | 2924 | 45.68 | 162 | 43.79 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 323 | 9 | 27 | 0 |
| Gary Kirsten | 101 | 176 | 15 | 7289 | 45.27 | 275 | 43.35 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 922 | 12 | 83 | 0 |
| Daryll Cullinan | 70 | 115 | 12 | 4554 | 44.21 | 275 | 48.93 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 548 | 25 | 67 | 0 |
| Eric Rowan | 26 | 50 | 5 | 1965 | 43.66 | 236 | 43.65 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jackie McGlew | 34 | 64 | 6 | 2440 | 42.06 | 255 | 43.65 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 154 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Herschelle Gibbs | 90 | 154 | 7 | 6167 | 41.95 | 228 | 50.26 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 887 | 47 | 94 | 0 |
| Kepler Wessels | 40 | 71 | 3 | 2788 | 41.00 | 179 | 46.35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 304 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Aubrey Faulkner | 25 | 47 | 4 | 1754 | 40.79 | 204 | 100.00 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| Herbie Taylor | 42 | 76 | 4 | 2936 | 40.77 | 176 | 43.65 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 7 | 19 | 0 |
| AB de Villiers | 46 | 79 | 6 | 2958 | 40.52 | 217 | 53.30 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 379 | 9 | 62 | 1 |
| Hashim Amla | 31 | 54 | 3 | 2054 | 40.27 | 176 | 49.19 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 270 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
| Brian McMillan | 38 | 62 | 12 | 1968 | 39.36 | 113 | 42.85 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 206 | 11 | 49 | 0 |
| Neil McKenzie | 53 | 84 | 6 | 3030 | 38.84 | 226 | 43.07 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 382 | 21 | 48 | 0 |
| Bob Catterall | 24 | 43 | 2 | 1555 | 37.92 | 120 | 43.65 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Denis Lindsay | 19 | 31 | 1 | 1130 | 37.66 | 182 | 43.65 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 13 | 57 | 2 |
| Hansie Cronje | 68 | 111 | 9 | 3714 | 36.41 | 135 | 44.49 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 409 | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| Jacques Rudolph | 35 | 63 | 7 | 2028 | 36.21 | 222 | 42.95 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 288 | 6 | 22 | 0 |
| Jonty Rhodes | 52 | 80 | 9 | 2532 | 35.66 | 117 | 45.73 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 256 | 22 | 34 | 0 |
| Trevor Goddard | 41 | 78 | 5 | 2516 | 34.46 | 112 | 43.65 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 154 | 6 | 48 | 0 |
| Russell Endean | 28 | 52 | 4 | 1630 | 33.95 | 162 | 43.65 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 1 | 41 | 0 |
| Andrew Hudson | 35 | 63 | 3 | 2007 | 33.45 | 163 | 38.79 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 254 | 5 | 36 | 0 |
| Lance Klusener | 49 | 69 | 11 | 1906 | 32.86 | 174 | 59.80 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 236 | 20 | 34 | 0 |
| Billy Zulch | 16 | 32 | 2 | 985 | 32.83 | 150 | 117.68 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Ali Bacher | 12 | 22 | 1 | 679 | 32.33 | 73 | 157.89 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 10 | 0 | |
| Shaun Pollock | 108 | 156 | 39 | 3781 | 32.31 | 111 | 52.52 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 412 | 35 | 72 | 0 |
| Eric Dalton | 15 | 24 | 2 | 698 | 31.72 | 117 | 43.65 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Pithey | 17 | 27 | 1 | 819 | 31.50 | 154 | 43.65 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Peter Kirsten | 12 | 22 | 2 | 626 | 31.30 | 104 | 30.03 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Waite | 50 | 86 | 7 | 2405 | 30.44 | 134 | 43.65 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 137 | 1 | 124 | 17 |
| Mark Boucher | 120 | 169 | 21 | 4504 | 30.43 | 125 | 50.10 | 28 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 549 | 15 | 437 | 20 |
| Roy McLean | 40 | 73 | 3 | 2120 | 30.28 | 142 | 43.65 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 225 | 12 | 23 | 0 |
| Jock Cameron | 26 | 45 | 4 | 1239 | 30.21 | 90 | 43.65 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 11 | 39 | 12 |
| Boeta Dippenaar | 38 | 62 | 5 | 1718 | 30.14 | 177 | 41.61 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 237 | 5 | 27 | 0 |
| Gordon White | 17 | 31 | 2 | 872 | 30.06 | 147 | 100.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Nourse | 45 | 83 | 8 | 2234 | 29.78 | 111 | 100.00 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Jack Siedle | 18 | 34 | 0 | 977 | 28.73 | 141 | 43.65 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Pat Symcox | 20 | 27 | 1 | 741 | 28.50 | 108 | 56.09 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Viljoen | 27 | 50 | 2 | 1365 | 28.43 | 124 | 43.65 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tiger Lance | 13 | 22 | 1 | 591 | 28.14 | 70 | 43.65 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Clive van Ryneveld | 19 | 33 | 6 | 724 | 26.81 | 83 | 43.65 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Andrew Hall | 21 | 33 | 4 | 760 | 26.20 | 163 | 46.06 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 96 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Adam Bacher | 19 | 33 | 1 | 833 | 26.03 | 96 | 40.47 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 108 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken Funston | 18 | 33 | 1 | 824 | 25.75 | 92 | 43.65 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Peter van der Merwe | 15 | 23 | 2 | 533 | 25.38 | 76 | 103.70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
