| 1 | 152 | L Hutton & WG Keighley | Yorkshire v Essex | 1951 | f19169 |
| 2 | 352 | WH Ashdown & FE Woolley | Kent v Essex | 1934 | f14572 |
| 3 | 313 | DE Davies & WE Jones | Glamorgan v Essex | 1948 | f17955 |
| 4 | 199 | Essex v Somerset | 1956 | f21321 | |
| 5 | 287 | J O'Connor & CT Ashton | Essex v Surrey | 1934 | f14581 |
| 6 | 206 | BR Knight & RAG Luckin | Essex v Middlesex | 1962 | f24322 |
| 7 | 148* | Lancashire v Essex | 1963 | f24704 | |
| 8 | 214 | JA Cutmore & TPB Smith | Essex v Indians | 1936 | f15338 |
| 9 | 111 | Essex v Sussex | 1947 | f17526 | |
| 10 | 64 | Essex v Cambridge University | 1939 | f16560 |