| 8-30 | RE East | Essex v Nottinghamshire | 1977 | f31566 |
| 8-58 | DS Atkinson | West Indians v Essex | 1957 | f21700 |
| 8-67 | BA Langford | Somerset v Essex | 1958 | f22178 |
| 7-14 | GA Gooch | Essex v Worcestershire | 1982 | f34118 |
| 7-22 | JC White | Somerset v Essex | 1924 | f10834 |
| 7-27 | JK Lever | Essex v Lancashire | 1979 | f32570 |
| 7-28 | JM Sims | Middlesex v Essex | 1935 | f15094 |
| 7-36 | DL Acfield | Essex v Sussex | 1973 | f29646 |
| 7-37 | D Shackleton | Hampshire v Essex | 1967 | f26735 |
| 7-38 | JH Childs | Essex v Hampshire | 1989 | f38153 |
| 7-44 | DR Pringle | Essex v Warwickshire | 1989 | f38160 |
| 7-45 | MW Tate | Sussex v Essex | 1924 | f10842 |
| 7-56 | JK Lever | Essex v Northamptonshire | 1978 | f32076 |
| 7-65 | AH Latchman | Nottinghamshire v Essex | 1975 | f30608 |
| 7-77 | DP Hughes | Lancashire v Essex | 1975 | f30601 |
| 7-81 | TE Bailey | Essex v South Africans | 1960 | f23177 |
| 7-84 | JC Laker | Surrey v Essex | 1952 | f19548 |
| 7-85 | DV Lawrence | Gloucestershire v Essex | 1988 | f37569 |