| Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Avg | HS | SR | 50s | 100s | 0s | Gold 0s | 4s | 6s | ct | st |
| Herbert Sutcliffe | 54 | 84 | 9 | 4555 | 60.73 | 194 | 87.59 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 247 | 6 | 23 | 0 |
| Eddie Paynter | 20 | 31 | 5 | 1540 | 59.23 | 243 | 63.29 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken Barrington | 82 | 131 | 15 | 6806 | 58.67 | 256 | 62.19 | 35 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 614 | 27 | 58 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | 85 | 140 | 16 | 7249 | 58.45 | 336 | 74.27 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 503 | 27 | 110 | 0 |
| Jack Hobbs | 61 | 102 | 7 | 5410 | 56.94 | 211 | 18.97 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 316 | 8 | 17 | 0 |
| Len Hutton | 79 | 138 | 15 | 6971 | 56.67 | 364 | 114.63 | 33 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 468 | 7 | 57 | 0 |
| Ernest Tyldesley | 14 | 20 | 2 | 990 | 55.00 | 122 | 21.27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 78 | 131 | 15 | 5807 | 50.06 | 278 | 117.50 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 440 | 3 | 49 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 36 | 69 | 3 | 3283 | 49.74 | 226 | 63.08 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 377 | 41 | 24 | 0 |
| Phil Mead | 17 | 26 | 2 | 1185 | 49.37 | 182 | 37.41 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stanley Jackson | 20 | 33 | 4 | 1415 | 48.79 | 144 | 18.97 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 118 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Douglas Jardine | 22 | 33 | 6 | 1296 | 48.00 | 127 | 61.42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ted Dexter | 62 | 102 | 8 | 4502 | 47.89 | 205 | 129.11 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 496 | 16 | 29 | 0 |
| Geoff Boycott | 108 | 193 | 23 | 8114 | 47.72 | 246 | 77.64 | 42 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 771 | 8 | 33 | 0 |
| Patsy Hendren | 51 | 83 | 9 | 3525 | 47.63 | 205 | 21.29 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 271 | 9 | 33 | 0 |
| Raman Subba Row | 13 | 22 | 1 | 984 | 46.85 | 137 | 129.11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Peter May | 66 | 106 | 9 | 4537 | 46.77 | 285 | 276.63 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 406 | 12 | 42 | 0 |
| Joe Hardstaff | 23 | 38 | 3 | 1636 | 46.74 | 205 | 59.37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 119 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Robertson | 11 | 21 | 2 | 881 | 46.36 | 133 | 233.33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Dennis Amiss | 50 | 88 | 10 | 3612 | 46.30 | 262 | 77.64 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 427 | 3 | 24 | 0 |
| Philip Sharpe | 12 | 21 | 4 | 786 | 46.23 | 111 | 84.69 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Maurice Leyland | 41 | 65 | 5 | 2764 | 46.06 | 187 | 64.79 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 204 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ranji | 15 | 26 | 4 | 989 | 44.95 | 175 | 18.97 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Graham Thorpe | 100 | 179 | 28 | 6744 | 44.66 | 200 | 45.89 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 778 | 9 | 105 | 0 |
| Tom Graveney | 79 | 123 | 13 | 4882 | 44.38 | 258 | 276.63 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 425 | 7 | 80 | 0 |
| David Gower | 117 | 204 | 18 | 8231 | 44.25 | 215 | 50.59 | 39 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 979 | 10 | 74 | 0 |
| Colin Cowdrey | 114 | 188 | 15 | 7624 | 44.06 | 182 | 62.19 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 752 | 13 | 120 | 0 |
| Geoff Pullar | 28 | 49 | 4 | 1974 | 43.86 | 175 | 130.64 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 131 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Marcus Trescothick | 76 | 143 | 10 | 5825 | 43.79 | 219 | 54.51 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 831 | 42 | 95 | 0 |
| Robin Smith | 62 | 112 | 15 | 4236 | 43.67 | 175 | 45.65 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 558 | 11 | 39 | 0 |
| John Edrich | 77 | 127 | 9 | 5138 | 43.54 | 310 | 44.51 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 549 | 11 | 43 | 0 |
| Alastair Cook | 27 | 51 | 2 | 2130 | 43.46 | 127 | 45.83 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 245 | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| Ian Bell | 36 | 66 | 7 | 2546 | 43.15 | 162 | 50.33 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 295 | 11 | 36 | 0 |
| Cyril Washbrook | 37 | 66 | 6 | 2569 | 42.81 | 195 | 117.50 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 154 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Graham Gooch | 118 | 215 | 6 | 8900 | 42.58 | 333 | 49.19 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1079 | 25 | 103 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 33 | 63 | 6 | 2425 | 42.54 | 206 | 44.70 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 276 | 14 | 43 | 0 |
| Michael Vaughan | 76 | 138 | 9 | 5479 | 42.47 | 197 | 51.54 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 712 | 22 | 43 | 0 |
| Andrew Strauss | 46 | 87 | 2 | 3497 | 41.14 | 177 | 49.93 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 445 | 6 | 57 | 0 |
| Peter Parfitt | 37 | 52 | 6 | 1882 | 40.91 | 131 | 78.86 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 200 | 2 | 42 | 0 |
| Les Ames | 47 | 72 | 12 | 2434 | 40.56 | 149 | 202.64 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 172 | 6 | 74 | 23 |
| Allan Watkins | 15 | 24 | 4 | 810 | 40.50 | 137 | 5,062.50 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Greig | 58 | 93 | 4 | 3599 | 40.43 | 148 | 49.63 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 437 | 19 | 87 | 0 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 44 | 70 | 8 | 2484 | 40.06 | 158 | 77.64 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 298 | 14 | 29 | 0 |
| George Gunn | 15 | 29 | 1 | 1120 | 40.00 | 122 | 18.97 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 39 | 63 | 2 | 2440 | 40.00 | 219 | 117.50 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 244 | 9 | 39 | 0 |
| Keith Fletcher | 59 | 96 | 14 | 3272 | 39.90 | 216 | 31.89 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 355 | 6 | 54 | 0 |
| Mike Denness | 28 | 45 | 3 | 1667 | 39.69 | 188 | 43.01 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 192 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
| Chris Broad | 25 | 44 | 2 | 1661 | 39.54 | 162 | 37.86 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 173 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Alec Stewart | 133 | 235 | 21 | 8463 | 39.54 | 190 | 48.66 | 45 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1121 | 10 | 263 | 14 |
| Andy Sandham | 14 | 23 | 0 | 879 | 38.21 | 325 | 21.27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| David Sheppard | 22 | 33 | 2 | 1172 | 37.80 | 119 | 66.79 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
