| 1 | 243 | NFM Popplewell & PM Roebuck | Somerset v Essex | 1985 | f35844 |
| 2 | 314 | H Sutcliffe & E Oldroyd | Yorkshire v Essex | 1924 | f10950 |
| 3 | 209 | MS Nichols & J O'Connor | Essex v Kent | 1936 | f15525 |
| 4 | 239* | DJ Insole & TE Bailey | Essex v Nottinghamshire | 1955 | f21092 |
| 5 | 251 | DM Smith & P Moores | Sussex v Essex | 1992 | f40027 |
| 6 | 181 | Essex v South Africans | 1947 | f17712 | |
| 7 | 150 | C Hallows & RK Tyldesley | Lancashire v Essex | 1923 | f10698 |
| 8 | 263 | DR Wilcox & RM Taylor | Essex v Warwickshire | 1946 | f17309 |
| 9 | 160 | DR Wilcox & R Smith | Essex v Yorkshire | 1947 | f17721 |
| 10 | 105 | RC Irani & SA Brant | Essex v Nottinghamshire | 2004 | f48056 |