| Cox Plates by field size | |||
| Amount of starters and how many times |
Year | Winner | |
| 4 starters | Twice | 1929 | Nightmarch (NZ) |
| 1926 | Heroic | ||
| 6 starters | Five | 1962 | Aquanita |
| 1940 | Beau Vite (NZ) | ||
| 1934 | Chatham | ||
| 1930 | Phar Lap (NZ) | ||
| 1925 | Manfred | ||
| 7 starters | Four | 1967 | Tobin Bronze |
| 1933 | Rogilla | ||
| 1931 | Phar Lap (NZ) | ||
| 1924 | The Night Patrol (GB) | ||
| 8 starters | Eight | 2003 | Fields Of Omagh |
| 2001 | Northerly | ||
| 1996 | Saintly | ||
| 1966 | Tobin Bronze | ||
| 1961 | Dhaulagiri | ||
| 1955 | Kingster | ||
| 1945 | Flight | ||
| 1923 | Easingwold | ||
| 9 starters | Nine | 2002 | Northerly |
| 1997 | Dane Ripper | ||
| 1993 | The Phantom Chance (NZ) | ||
| 1957 | Redcraze (NZ) | ||
| 1948 | Carbon Copy | ||
| 1944 | Tranquil Star | ||
| 1943 | Amana | ||
| 1941 | Beau Vite (NZ) | ||
| 1928 | Highland | ||
| 10 starters | Ten | 1981 | Kingston Town |
| 1969 | Daryl's Joy (NZ) | ||
| 1964 | Sir Dane (NZ) | ||
| 1963 | Summer Regent (NZ) | ||
| 1959 | Noholme | ||
| 1958 | Yeman (NZ) | ||
| 1956 | Ray Ribbon (NZ) | ||
| 1946 | Leonard | ||
| 1932 | Chatham | ||
| 1927 | Amounis | ||
| 11 starters | Twelve | 1999 | Sunline (NZ) |
| 1998 | Might And Power (NZ) | ||
| 1990 | Better Loosen Up | ||
| 1988 | Our Poetic Prince | ||
| 1987 | Rubiton | ||
| 1965 | Star Affair | ||
| 1951 | Bronton | ||
| 1947 | Chanak | ||
| 1946 | Flight | ||
| 1938 | Ajax | ||
| 1937 | Young Idea | ||
| 1937 | Young Idea | ||
| 12 starters | Seven | 2008 | Maldivian (NZ) |
| 2006 | Fields Of Omagh | ||
| 1979 | Dulcify (NZ) | ||
| 1978 | So Called (NZ) | ||
| 1973 | Taj Rossi | ||
| 1950 | Alister | ||
| 1939 | Mosaic (NZ) | ||
| 13 starters | Twelve | 2009 | So You Think (NZ) |
| 2007 | El Segundo (NZ) | ||
| 2004 | Savabeel | ||
| 2000 | Sunline (NZ) | ||
| 1986 | Bonecrusher (NZ) | ||
| 1983 | Strawberry Road | ||
| 1975 | Fury's Order (NZ) | ||
| 1974 | Battle Heights (NZ) | ||
| 1971 | Tauto | ||
| 1968 | Rajah Sahib (NZ) | ||
| 1952 | Hydrogen | ||
| 1949 | Delta | ||
| 14 starters | Fifteen | 2005 | Makybe Diva (GB) |
| 1995 | Octagonal (NZ) | ||
| 1994 | Solvit (NZ) | ||
| 1992 | Super Impose (NZ) | ||
| 1991 | Surfers Paradise (NZ) | ||
| 1989 | Almaarad (Ire.) | ||
| 1985 | Rising Prince | ||
| 1984 | Red Anchor (NZ) | ||
| 1982 | Kingston Town | ||
| 1980 | Kingston Town | ||
| 1977 | Family Of Man | ||
| 1976 | Surround (NZ) | ||
| 1972 | Gunsynd | ||
| 1935 | Garrio | ||
| 1922 | Violoncello (GB) | ||
| 15 starters | Twice | 1953 | Hydrogen |
| 1960 | Tulloch (NZ) | ||
| 16 starters | Twice | 1954 | Rising Fast (NZ) |
| 1970 | Abdul (NZ) | ||
| 17 starters | None | 00 | 00 |
| 18 starters | None | 00 | 00 |
| 19 starters | Once | 1942 | Tranquil Star |