| Player | Mat | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Steyn | 90 | 3001.1 | 9,661 | 431 | 22.42 | 3.22 |
| Kagiso Rabada | 72 | 2239.2 | 7,489 | 340 | 22.03 | 3.34 |
| Morne Morkel | 86 | 2749.5 | 8,550 | 309 | 27.67 | 3.11 |
| Makhaya Ntinipartial | 57 | 1972.4 | 6,545 | 225 | 29.09 | 3.32 |
| Vernon Philander | 64 | 1898.3 | 5,000 | 224 | 22.32 | 2.63 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 59 | 2051.2 | 6,370 | 218 | 29.22 | 3.11 |
| Jacques Kallispartial | 84 | 1636.3 | 4,760 | 140 | 34.00 | 2.91 |
| Paul Harris | 36 | 1434.5 | 3,835 | 99 | 38.74 | 2.67 |
| Shaun Pollockpartial | 27 | 1012.3 | 2,586 | 92 | 28.11 | 2.55 |
| Marco Jansen | 21 | 568.0 | 1,879 | 89 | 21.11 | 3.31 |
| Andre Nelpartial | 24 | 823.3 | 2,528 | 77 | 32.83 | 3.07 |
| Anrich Nortje | 19 | 509.3 | 1,870 | 70 | 26.71 | 3.67 |
| Simon Harmerpartial | 14 | 522.2 | 1,504 | 69 | 21.80 | 2.88 |
| Duanne Olivier | 16 | 382.0 | 1,432 | 59 | 24.27 | 3.75 |
| Lungi Ngidi | 20 | 429.4 | 1,356 | 58 | 23.38 | 3.16 |
| Imran Tahir | 20 | 654.1 | 2,294 | 57 | 40.25 | 3.51 |
| JP Duminy | 39 | 450.4 | 1,606 | 42 | 38.24 | 3.56 |
| Kyle Abbottpartial | 11 | 346.5 | 886 | 39 | 22.72 | 2.55 |
| Wiaan Mulder | 23 | 337.0 | 987 | 38 | 25.97 | 2.93 |
| Dane Piedtpartial | 11 | 404.3 | 1,521 | 37 | 41.11 | 3.76 |
| Nicky Bojepartial | 17 | 568.3 | 1,854 | 35 | 52.97 | 3.26 |
| Robin Petersonpartial | 14 | 383.2 | 1,348 | 33 | 40.85 | 3.52 |
| Andrew Hallpartial | 11 | 301.2 | 973 | 29 | 33.55 | 3.23 |
| Dane Paterson | 7 | 219.5 | 656 | 25 | 26.24 | 2.98 |
| Senuran Muthusamy | 8 | 160.0 | 606 | 23 | 26.35 | 3.79 |
| Monde Zondekipartial | 5 | 104.0 | 385 | 19 | 20.26 | 3.70 |
| Johan Botha | 5 | 169.3 | 573 | 17 | 33.71 | 3.38 |
| Corbin Bosch | 4 | 86.4 | 302 | 16 | 18.88 | 3.48 |
| Wayne Parnell | 6 | 92.4 | 414 | 15 | 27.60 | 4.47 |
| Dean Elgarpartial | 34 | 172.4 | 673 | 15 | 44.87 | 3.90 |
| Nandre Burger | 3 | 62.4 | 237 | 14 | 16.93 | 3.78 |
| Gerald Coetzee | 4 | 77.0 | 330 | 14 | 23.57 | 4.29 |
| Paul Adamspartial | 4 | 147.3 | 487 | 13 | 37.46 | 3.30 |
| Chris Morrispartial | 4 | 103.5 | 459 | 12 | 38.25 | 4.42 |
| Andile Phehlukwayo | 4 | 41.4 | 147 | 11 | 13.36 | 3.53 |
| Lutho Sipamla | 3 | 69.5 | 245 | 11 | 22.27 | 3.51 |
| Charl Langeveldtpartial | 4 | 91.3 | 311 | 11 | 28.27 | 3.40 |
| Codi Yusuf | 2 | 47.0 | 122 | 10 | 12.20 | 2.60 |
| Nantie Haywardpartial | 2 | 49.4 | 219 | 10 | 21.90 | 4.41 |
| Rory Kleinveldt | 4 | 111.1 | 422 | 10 | 42.20 | 3.80 |