| # | Player | Mat | Inn | Runs | Highest | Avg | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kane Williamson | 105 | 186 | 9,276 | 251 | 54.88 | 33 | 37 |
| 2 | Ross Taylor | 112 | 196 | 7,683 | 290 | 44.66 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Stephen Fleming | 111 | 189 | 7,172 | 274* | 40.06 | 9 | 46 |
| 4 | Brendon McCullum | 101 | 176 | 6,453 | 302 | 38.64 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Tom Latham | 88 | 158 | 5,834 | 264* | 38.38 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Martin Crowe | 77 | 131 | 5,444 | 299 | 45.36 | 17 | 18 |
| 7 | John Wright | 82 | 148 | 5,334 | 185 | 37.82 | 12 | 23 |
| 8 | Nathan Astle | 81 | 137 | 4,702 | 222 | 37.02 | 11 | 24 |
| 9 | Daniel Vettori | 112 | 172 | 4,523 | 140 | 30.15 | 6 | 23 |
| 10 | BJ Watling | 75 | 117 | 3,790 | 205 | 37.52 | 8 | 19 |
| 11 | Bevan Congdon | 61 | 114 | 3,448 | 176 | 32.22 | 7 | 19 |
| 12 | JR Reid | 58 | 108 | 3,428 | 142 | 33.28 | 6 | 22 |
| 13 | Chris Cairns | 62 | 104 | 3,320 | 158 | 33.53 | 5 | 22 |
| 14 | Sir RJ Hadlee | 86 | 134 | 3,124 | 151* | 27.16 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | Craig McMillan | 55 | 91 | 3,116 | 142 | 38.46 | 6 | 19 |
| 16 | Glenn Turner | 41 | 73 | 2,991 | 259 | 44.64 | 7 | 14 |
| 17 | Henry Nicholls | 56 | 87 | 2,973 | 200* | 37.16 | 9 | 12 |
| 18 | AH Jones | 39 | 74 | 2,922 | 186 | 44.27 | 7 | 11 |
| 19 | Peter Such | 78 | 128 | 2,865 | 110 | 26.28 | 2 | 14 |
| 20 | MH Richardson | 38 | 65 | 2,776 | 145 | 44.77 | 4 | 19 |
| 21 | Bert Sutcliffe | 42 | 76 | 2,727 | 230* | 40.10 | 5 | 15 |
| 22 | MG Burgess | 50 | 92 | 2,684 | 119* | 31.20 | 5 | 14 |
| 23 | Jeremy Coney | 52 | 85 | 2,668 | 174* | 37.57 | 3 | 16 |
| 24 | Martin Guptill | 47 | 89 | 2,586 | 189 | 29.38 | 3 | 17 |
| 25 | Geoff Howarth | 47 | 83 | 2,531 | 147 | 32.44 | 6 | 11 |
| 26 | Ken Rutherford | 56 | 99 | 2,465 | 107* | 27.08 | 3 | 18 |
| 27 | Graham Dowling | 39 | 77 | 2,306 | 239 | 31.16 | 3 | 11 |
| 28 | Tim Southee | 107 | 156 | 2,245 | 77* | 15.48 | - | 7 |
| 29 | Tom Blundell | 40 | 69 | 2,138 | 138 | 34.48 | 5 | 11 |
| 30 | Daryl Mitchell | 31 | 52 | 2,059 | 190 | 43.80 | 5 | 14 |
| 31 | BA Young | 35 | 68 | 2,034 | 267* | 31.78 | 2 | 12 |
| 32 | Mark Greatbatch | 41 | 71 | 2,021 | 146* | 30.62 | 3 | 10 |
| 33 | Bruce Edgar | 39 | 68 | 1,958 | 161 | 30.59 | 3 | 12 |
| 34 | Devon Conway | 27 | 51 | 1,836 | 200 | 36.72 | 4 | 11 |
| 35 | Ian Smith | 63 | 88 | 1,815 | 173 | 25.56 | 2 | 6 |
| 36 | Matthew Horne | 35 | 65 | 1,788 | 157 | 28.38 | 4 | 5 |
| 37 | Jacob Oram | 33 | 59 | 1,780 | 133 | 36.32 | 5 | 6 |
| 38 | Matthew Sinclair | 33 | 56 | 1,635 | 214 | 32.05 | 3 | 4 |
| 39 | Jeffrey Crowe | 39 | 65 | 1,601 | 128 | 26.24 | 3 | 6 |
| 40 | Scott Styris | 29 | 48 | 1,586 | 170 | 36.04 | 5 | 6 |
| 41 | Brian Hastings | 31 | 56 | 1,510 | 117* | 30.20 | 4 | 7 |
| 42 | John Parker | 36 | 63 | 1,498 | 121 | 24.55 | 3 | 5 |
| 43 | Colin de Grandhomme | 29 | 44 | 1,432 | 120* | 38.70 | 2 | 8 |
| 44 | Lou Vincent | 23 | 40 | 1,332 | 224 | 34.15 | 3 | 9 |
| 45 | John Reid | 19 | 31 | 1,296 | 180 | 46.28 | 6 | 2 |
| 46 | JD Ryder | 18 | 33 | 1,269 | 201 | 40.93 | 3 | 6 |
| 47 | Victor Pollard | 32 | 59 | 1,266 | 116 | 24.34 | 2 | 7 |
| 48 | Dipak Patel | 37 | 66 | 1,200 | 99 | 20.68 | - | 5 |
| 49 | Barry Sinclair | 21 | 40 | 1,148 | 138 | 29.43 | 3 | 3 |
| 50 | JA Raval | 24 | 39 | 1,143 | 132 | 30.07 | 1 | 7 |
| 51 | Mitchell Santner | 30 | 43 | 1,066 | 126 | 26.00 | 1 | 4 |
| 52 | Will Young | 20 | 36 | 1,063 | 89 | 31.26 | - | 10 |
| 53 | Rachin Ravindra | 15 | 30 | 1,057 | 240 | 37.75 | 2 | 4 |
| 54 | Daniel Flynn | 24 | 45 | 1,038 | 95 | 25.95 | - | 6 |
| 55 | Kenneth Wadsworth | 33 | 51 | 1,010 | 80 | 21.48 | - | 5 |
| 56 | John Bracewell | 41 | 60 | 1,001 | 110 | 20.42 | 1 | 4 |
| 57 | Peter Fulton | 23 | 39 | 967 | 136 | 25.44 | 2 | 5 |
| 58 | Shane Thomson | 19 | 35 | 958 | 120* | 30.90 | 1 | 5 |
| 59 | BL Cairns | 43 | 65 | 928 | 64 | 16.28 | - | 2 |
| 60 | Craig Spearman | 19 | 37 | 922 | 112 | 26.34 | 1 | 3 |
| 61 | BR Taylor | 30 | 50 | 898 | 124 | 20.40 | 2 | 2 |
| 62 | SN McGregor | 25 | 47 | 892 | 111 | 19.82 | 1 | 3 |
| 63 | Neil Wagner | 64 | 84 | 875 | 66* | 14.58 | - | 1 |
| 64 | Timothy McIntosh | 17 | 33 | 854 | 136 | 27.54 | 2 | 4 |
| 65 | TJ Franklin | 21 | 37 | 828 | 101 | 23.00 | 1 | 4 |
| 66 | Anthony MacGibbon | 26 | 46 | 814 | 66 | 19.85 | - | 3 |
| 67 | James Franklin | 31 | 46 | 808 | 122* | 20.71 | 1 | 2 |
| 68 | WK Lees | 21 | 37 | 778 | 152 | 23.57 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 | Chris Harris | 23 | 42 | 777 | 71 | 20.44 | - | 5 |
| 70 | Jamie How | 19 | 35 | 772 | 92 | 22.70 | - | 4 |
| 71 | Trent Boult | 78 | 94 | 759 | 52* | 15.81 | - | 1 |
| 72 | Hamish Rutherford | 16 | 29 | 755 | 171 | 26.96 | 1 | 1 |
| 73 | RW Morgan | 20 | 34 | 734 | 97 | 22.24 | - | 5 |
| 74 | Matthew Bell | 18 | 32 | 729 | 107 | 24.30 | 2 | 3 |
| 75 | Dion Nash | 32 | 45 | 729 | 89* | 23.51 | - | 4 |