| 1 | 233 | TC Dodds & AV Avery | Essex v Somerset | 1952 | f19688 |
| 2 | 231 | FC Gardner & AVG Wolton | Warwickshire v Essex | 1954 | f20387 |
| 3 | 161 | Worcestershire v Essex | 1976 | f31159 | |
| 4 | 170 | Essex v Worcestershire | 1976 | f31159 | |
| 5 | 137 | Gloucestershire v Essex | 1939 | f16594 | |
| 6 | 160 | TE Bailey & BR Knight | Essex v Hampshire | 1956 | f21382 |
| 7 | 140 | TN Pearce & FH Vigar | Essex v Hampshire | 1946 | f17238 |
| 8 | 119 | Warwickshire v Essex | 1955 | f20926 | |
| 9 | 132 | GFH Heane & H Larwood | Nottinghamshire v Essex | 1935 | f14978 |
| 10 | 75 | Essex v Kent | 1937 | f15842 |