| 0.50 (20-13-10-0) | NBF Mann | v England at Nottingham, 1st Test, 1947 [285] |
| 0.58 (17-14-10-1) | TL Goddard | v New Zealand at Dunedin, 2nd Test, 1963/64 [559] |
| 0.65 (25.2-15-22-1) | TL Goddard | v England at Johannesburg, 4th Test, 1956/57 [437] |
| 0.65 (24-17-21-1) | HJ Tayfield | v England at Durban, 3rd Test, 1956/57 [436] |
| 0.66 (15-6-10-2) | N Boje | v India at Bangalore, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1486] |
| 0.69 (14-7-13-6) | HJ Tayfield | v New Zealand at Johannesburg, 4th Test, 1953/54 [381] |
| 0.75 (13-8-13-2) | TL Goddard | v England at Port Elizabeth, 5th Test, 1956/57 [438] |
| 0.78 (23-13-18-1) | AA Donald | v Australia at Port Elizabeth, 2nd Test, 1996/97 [1360] |
| 0.81 (23-12-25-2) | TL Goddard | v Australia at Durban, 3rd Test, 1957/58 [447] |
| 0.81 (11-4-9-0) | WJ Cronje | v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, 1993/94 [1253] |
| 0.89 (29.3-15-35-1) | HJ Tayfield | v New Zealand at Port Elizabeth, 5th Test, 1953/54 [382] |
| 0.90 (10-6-9-4) | MG Melle | v England at The Oval, 5th Test, 1951 [338] |
| 0.91 (18.4-8-17-2) | WJ Cronje | v India at Cape Town, 4th Test, 1992/93 [1209] |
| 0.93 (31-16-29-1) | ARA Murray | v New Zealand at Auckland, 2nd Test, 1952/53 [370] |
| 0.93 (16-7-15-1) | HD Bromfield | v New Zealand at Port Elizabeth, 5th Test, 1961/62 [524] |
| 0.94 (35.5-18-34-2) | TL Goddard | v England at Port Elizabeth, 5th Test, 1964/65 [578] |
| 1.00 (12-5-16-1) | JC Watkins | v Australia at Sydney, 3rd Test, 1952/53 [362] |
| 1.00 (13-6-13-0) | KC Bland | v New Zealand at Auckland, 3rd Test, 1963/64 [560] |
| 1.00 (10-5-10-0) | AA Donald | v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1468] |
| 1.04 (26.5-17-28-5) | SM Pollock | v West Indies at Jamaica, 5th Test, 2000/01 [1544] |
| 1.07 (28-15-30-3) | ARA Murray | v New Zealand at Wellington, 1st Test, 1952/53 [368] |
| 1.07 (14-5-20-2) | DEJ Ironside | v New Zealand at Johannesburg, 4th Test, 1953/54 [381] |
| 1.07 (27-17-29-1) | JC Watkins | v New Zealand at Wellington, 1st Test, 1952/53 [368] |
| 1.08 (24-16-26-3) | TL Goddard | v England at Manchester, 4th Test, 1960 [495] |
| 1.09 (14.4-6-16-4) | SM Pollock | v England at Johannesburg, 1st Test, 1999/00 [1471] |
| 1.09 (11-5-12-3) | CE Eksteen | v England at Johannesburg, 2nd Test, 1995/96 [1315] |
| 1.10 (15-6-22-4) | PS Heine | v England at Port Elizabeth, 5th Test, 1956/57 [438] |
| 1.10 (10-5-11-2) | WJ Cronje | v India at Kanpur, 3rd Test, 1996/97 [1344] |
| 1.10 (38-21-42-0) | TL Goddard | v New Zealand at Wellington, 1st Test, 1963/64 [558] |
| 1.11 (45-24-50-2) | JT Partridge | v New Zealand at Wellington, 1st Test, 1963/64 [558] |
| 1.11 (62-37-69-5) | TL Goddard | v England at Leeds, 4th Test, 1955 [411] |
| 1.12 (20-4-30-0) | HJ Tayfield | v England at Johannesburg, 1st Test, 1956/57 [434] |
| 1.12 (22.1-11-25-2) | SM Pollock | v West Indies at St John's, 4th Test, 2000/01 [1542] |
| 1.13 (19-9-18-4) | J Middleton | v England at Cape Town, 2nd Test, 1898/99 [59] |
| 1.14 (28-12-32-3) | CR Matthews | v India at Cape Town, 4th Test, 1992/93 [1209] |
| 1.14 (14.5-10-17-1) | SM Pollock | v India at Durban, 2nd Test, 2006/07 [1825] |
| 1.14 (27-11-31-1) | ERH Fuller | v England at The Oval, 5th Test, 1955 [412] |
| 1.15 (28.3-14-33-5) | SM Pollock | v New Zealand at Wellington, 3rd Test, 1998/99 [1452] |
| 1.18 (37.4-14-59-6) | NBF Mann | v England at Durban, 1st Test, 1948/49 [306] |
| 1.19 (25.1-11-30-3) | MJ Procter | v Australia at Port Elizabeth, 4th Test, 1969/70 [673] |
| 1.20 (15-7-18-0) | PS de Villiers | v India at Kanpur, 3rd Test, 1996/97 [1344] |
| 1.23 (26-14-32-1) | WJ Cronje | v Sri Lanka at Moratuwa, 1st Test, 1993/94 [1232] |
| 1.23 (26-17-32-0) | TL Goddard | v New Zealand at Auckland, 3rd Test, 1963/64 [560] |
| 1.24 (24.5-9-31-2) | AE Hall | v England at Durban, 5th Test, 1922/23 [152] |
| 1.25 (16-5-20-0) | WJ Cronje | v England at Port Elizabeth, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1475] |
| 1.26 (25-11-42-1) | TL Goddard | v England at Durban, 3rd Test, 1956/57 [436] |
| 1.26 (15-9-19-5) | M Ntini | v Bangladesh at East London, 1st Test, 2002/03 [1619] |
| 1.28 (24-8-41-4) | JC Watkins | v Australia at Brisbane, 1st Test, 1952/53 [359] |
| 1.28 (17.4-4-30-2) | PS Heine | v Australia at Durban, 3rd Test, 1957/58 [447] |
