| Player | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avge | Econ | SR | 4 Wkt | 5 Wkt | 10 Wk |
| Shaun Pollock | 108 | 24353 | 9733 | 421 | 7/87 | 23.11 | 2.39 | 57.84 | 23 | 16 | 1 |
| Makhaya Ntini | 87 | 17863 | 9583 | 344 | 7/37 | 27.85 | 3.21 | 51.92 | 17 | 17 | 4 |
| Allan Donald | 72 | 15519 | 7344 | 330 | 8/71 | 22.25 | 2.83 | 47.02 | 11 | 20 | 3 |
| Jacques Kallis | 119 | 15413 | 7200 | 230 | 6/54 | 31.30 | 2.80 | 67.01 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Hugh Tayfield | 37 | 13568 | 4405 | 170 | 9/113 | 25.91 | 1.94 | 79.81 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| Paul Adams | 45 | 8850 | 4405 | 134 | 7/128 | 32.87 | 2.98 | 66.04 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Trevor Goddard | 41 | 11736 | 3226 | 123 | 6/53 | 26.22 | 1.64 | 95.41 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Dale Steyn | 23 | 4301 | 2592 | 120 | 6/49 | 21.60 | 3.61 | 35.84 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Andre Nel | 34 | 7262 | 3716 | 119 | 6/32 | 31.22 | 3.07 | 61.02 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Peter Pollock | 28 | 6522 | 2806 | 116 | 6/38 | 24.18 | 2.58 | 56.22 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Neil Adcock | 26 | 6391 | 2195 | 104 | 6/43 | 21.10 | 2.06 | 61.45 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Nicky Boje | 43 | 8620 | 4265 | 100 | 5/62 | 42.65 | 2.96 | 86.20 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Fanie de Villiers | 18 | 4805 | 2063 | 85 | 6/23 | 24.27 | 2.57 | 56.52 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Cyril Vincent | 25 | 5851 | 2631 | 84 | 6/51 | 31.32 | 2.69 | 69.65 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Aubrey Faulkner | 25 | 4227 | 2180 | 82 | 7/84 | 26.58 | 3.09 | 51.54 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Lance Klusener | 49 | 6887 | 3033 | 80 | 8/64 | 37.91 | 2.64 | 86.08 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian McMillan | 38 | 6048 | 2537 | 75 | 4/65 | 33.82 | 2.51 | 80.64 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Vogler | 15 | 2764 | 1455 | 64 | 7/94 | 22.73 | 3.15 | 43.18 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Jimmy Sinclair | 25 | 3598 | 1996 | 63 | 6/26 | 31.68 | 3.32 | 57.11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Blanckenberg | 18 | 3888 | 1817 | 60 | 6/76 | 30.28 | 2.80 | 64.80 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Peter Heine | 14 | 3890 | 1455 | 58 | 6/58 | 25.08 | 2.24 | 67.06 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | 19 | 5796 | 1920 | 58 | 6/59 | 33.10 | 1.98 | 99.93 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Reggie Schwarz | 20 | 2639 | 1417 | 55 | 6/47 | 25.76 | 3.22 | 47.98 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Nantie Hayward | 16 | 2821 | 1609 | 54 | 5/56 | 29.79 | 3.42 | 52.24 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Athol Rowan | 15 | 5193 | 2084 | 54 | 5/68 | 38.59 | 2.40 | 96.16 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Craig Matthews | 18 | 3980 | 1502 | 52 | 5/42 | 28.88 | 2.26 | 76.53 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Buster Nupen | 17 | 4159 | 1788 | 50 | 6/46 | 35.76 | 2.57 | 83.18 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Charlie Llewellyn | 15 | 2292 | 1421 | 48 | 6/92 | 29.60 | 3.71 | 47.75 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Sandy Bell | 16 | 3342 | 1567 | 48 | 6/99 | 32.64 | 2.81 | 69.62 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Sid Pegler | 16 | 2989 | 1572 | 47 | 7/65 | 33.44 | 3.15 | 63.59 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Hall | 21 | 3001 | 1617 | 45 | 3/1 | 35.93 | 3.23 | 66.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Partridge | 11 | 3684 | 1373 | 44 | 7/91 | 31.20 | 2.23 | 83.72 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Hansie Cronje | 68 | 3800 | 1288 | 43 | 3/14 | 29.95 | 2.03 | 88.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Procter | 7 | 1514 | 616 | 41 | 6/73 | 15.02 | 2.44 | 36.92 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Nourse | 45 | 3234 | 1553 | 41 | 4/25 | 37.87 | 2.88 | 78.87 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
