| 53y 337d | AW Nourse | Western Province (1) v Natal | Newlands, Cape Town | 1932/33 |
| 52y 75d | JH King | Leicestershire (1) v Hampshire | Aylestone Road, Leicester | 1923 |
| 51y 29d | AC MacLaren | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) v New Zealand | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1922/23 |
| 50y 162d | JB Hobbs | Surrey (1) v West Indians | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1933 |
| 50y 142d | CK Nayudu | Holkar (1) v Baroda | Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore | 1945/46 |
| 48y 306d | DB Deodhar | Maharashtra (1) v Bombay | Poona Club Ground, Poona | 1940/41 |
| 48y 61d | FE Woolley | Kent (1) v Surrey | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1935 |
| 48y 16d | WG Grace | Gloucestershire (1) v Sussex | Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | 1896 |
| 47y 312d | WG Grace | Gloucestershire (1) v Sussex | County Ground, Hove | 1896 |
| 47y 91d | EH Hendren | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) v Surrey | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1936 |
| 46y 341d | A Sandham | Surrey (1) v Glamorgan | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1937 |
| 46y 325d | AW Nourse | Transvaal (1) v Griqualand West | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg | 1925/26 |
| 46y 309d | WG Grace | Gloucestershire (1) v Kent | Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend | 1895 |
| 46y 302d | WG Grace | Gloucestershire (1) v Somerset | Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | 1895 |
| 46y 213d | JB Hobbs | Surrey (1) v Somerset | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1929 |
| 46y 163d | CP Mead | Hampshire (1) v Derbyshire | Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | 1933 |
| 45y 344d | HHL Kortlang | Wellington (1) v Auckland | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1925/26 |
| 45y 334d | D Denton | Yorkshire (1) v Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | 1920 |
| 45y 236d | JB Hobbs | Surrey (2) v Warwickshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 1928 |
| 45y 208d | JT Tyldesley | Lancashire (1) v Derbyshire | Queen's Park, Chesterfield | 1919 |
| 45y 203d | P Holmes | Yorkshire (1) v Essex | County Ground, Leyton | 1932 |
| 45y 114d | GE Tyldesley | Lancashire (1) v Glamorgan | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | 1934 |
| 45y 91d | J Vine | Sussex (1) v Northamptonshire | Central Recreation Ground, Hastings | 1920 |
| 44y 195d | H Sutcliffe | Yorkshire (1) v Leicestershire | The Circle, Hull | 1939 |
| 44y 183d | P Holmes | Yorkshire (1) v Warwickshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 1931 |
| 44y 178d | EH Hendren | Middlesex (1) v Essex | County Ground, Leyton | 1933 |
| 44y 167d | EH Hendren | Middlesex (1) v Worcestershire | Tipton Road, Dudley | 1933 |
| 44y 112d | A Ducat | Surrey (1) v Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1930 |
| 44y 91d | FE Woolley | Kent (1) v New Zealanders | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | 1931 |
| 44y 67d | WW Keeton | Nottinghamshire (1) v Glamorgan | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1949 |
| 44y 56d | WW Keeton | Nottinghamshire (1) v Yorkshire | Bramall Lane, Sheffield | 1949 |
| 44y 50d | JG Greig | England (1) v India | Gymkhana Ground, Bombay | 1915/16 |
| 43y 355d | DE Davies | Glamorgan (1) v Essex | Old County Ground, Brentwood | 1948 |
| 43y 333d | G Gunn | Nottinghamshire (1) v Derbyshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1923 |
| 43y 328d | A Sandham | Surrey (1) v Australians | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1934 |
| 43y 272d | R Abel | Surrey (1) v Middlesex | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1901 |
| 43y 255d | JB Hobbs | Surrey (1) v Middlesex | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1926 |
| 43y 225d | W Rhodes | Yorkshire (1) v Leicestershire | Headingley, Leeds | 1921 |
| 43y 223d | R Abel | Players (1) v Gentlemen | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1901 |
| 43y 199d | JB Hobbs | Surrey (1) v Hampshire | County Ground, Southampton | 1926 |
| 43y 189d | JB Hobbs | Surrey (1) v Oxford University | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1926 |
| 43y 139d | DI Stevens | Kent (1) v Yorkshire | Emerald Headingley Cricket Stadium, Leeds | 2019 |
| 43y 133d | W Rhodes | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) v South Australia | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1920/21 |
| 43y 131d | GE Tyldesley | Lancashire (1) v Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | 1932 |
| 43y 126d | WE Bates | Glamorgan (1) v Worcestershire | Chester Road North, Kidderminster | 1927 |
| 43y 114d | WR Hammond | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) v Western Australia | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth | 1946/47 |
| 43y 86d | JH King | Leicestershire (1) v Worcestershire | Fox and Goose Ground, Coalville | 1914 |
| 43y 60d | EH Bowley | Sussex (1) v Middlesex | County Ground, Hove | 1933 |
| 43y 45d | WR Hammond | Gloucestershire (1) v Somerset | Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | 1946 |
| 43y 17d | NVH Riches | Wales (1) v Ireland | Ormeau, Belfast | 1926 |
| 43y 16d | GA Gooch | Essex (1) v Somerset | County Ground, Taunton | 1996 |
| 43y 14d | WR Hammond | Gloucestershire (1) v Nottinghamshire | Ashley Down Ground, Bristol | 1946 |
| 43y 2d | VS Hazare | Baroda (1) v Services | Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda | 1957/58 |
| 42y 288d | D Davies | Glamorgan (1) v Somerset | Rodney Parade, Newport | 1939 |
| 42y 286d | WW Whysall | Nottinghamshire (1) v Northamptonshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1930 |
| 42y 282d | G Boycott | Yorkshire (1) v Nottinghamshire | Town Ground, Worksop | 1983 |
| 42y 275d | BL D'Oliveira | Worcestershire (1) v Yorkshire | The Circle, Hull | 1974 |
| 42y 260d | JB Hobbs | Players (1) v Gentlemen | North Marine Road, Scarborough | 1925 |
| 42y 259d | LEG Ames | Kent (1) v Gloucestershire | Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover | 1948 |
| 42y 243d | TN Pearce | Essex (1) v Leicestershire | Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea | 1948 |
| 42y 230d | P Holmes | Yorkshire (1) v Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1929 |
| 42y 223d | W Gunn | Nottinghamshire (1) v Derbyshire | County Ground, Derby | 1901 |
| 42y 202d | EH Hendren | Middlesex (1) v Northamptonshire | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1931 |
| 42y 192d | LB Fishlock | Surrey (1) v Somerset | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1949 |
| 42y 190d | JB Hobbs | Surrey (1) v Warwickshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 1925 |
| 42y 186d | CB Harris | Nottinghamshire (1) v Hampshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1950 |
| 42y 182d | CP Mead | Marylebone Cricket Club Australian Touring Team (1) v Lord Hawke's XI | North Marine Road, Scarborough | 1929 |
| 42y 179d | FE Woolley | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) v New South Wales | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1929/30 |
| 42y 172d | R Abel | Surrey (1) v Worcestershire | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1900 |
| 42y 142d | EH Hendren | Middlesex (1) v Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1931 |
| 42y 122d | A Ducat | Surrey (1) v Essex | County Ground, Leyton | 1928 |
| 42y 109d | HTW Hardinge | Kent (1) v Warwickshire | The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells | 1928 |
| 42y 109d | RE Marshall | Hampshire (1) v Derbyshire | County Ground, Derby | 1972 |
| 42y 99d | WE Alley | Somerset (2) v Warwickshire | Griff and Coton Ground, Nuneaton | 1961 |
| 42y 88d | HTW Hardinge | Kent (1) v Gloucestershire | Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester | 1928 |
| 42y 6d | EAB Rowan | South Africa (1) v England | Headingley, Leeds | 1951 |
| 41y 348d | A Sandham | Surrey (1) v Somerset | County Ground, Taunton | 1932 |
| 41y 344d | JWH Makepeace | Lancashire (1) v Northamptonshire | Aigburth, Liverpool | 1923 |
| 41y 328d | EAB Rowan | South Africans (2) v Northamptonshire | County Ground, Northampton | 1951 |
| 41y 295d | JWH Makepeace | Lancashire (1) v Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | 1923 |
| 41y 294d | WW Whysall | Nottinghamshire (1) v Gloucestershire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1929 |
| 41y 267d | AE Dipper | Gloucestershire (1) v Worcestershire | Fry's Ground, Bristol | 1927 |
| 41y 260d | P Holmes | Yorkshire (1) v Warwickshire | Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford | 1928 |
| 41y 248d | H Sutcliffe | Yorkshire (1) v Middlesex | North Marine Road, Scarborough | 1936 |
| 41y 241d | A Jones | Glamorgan (1) v Hampshire | May's Bounty, Basingstoke | 1980 |
| 41y 195d | JB Hobbs | England (1) v South Africa | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1924 |
| 41y 188d | WW Armstrong | Victoria (2) v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1920/21 |
| 41y 186d | LEG Ames | Kent (1) v Nottinghamshire | Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend | 1947 |
| 41y 180d | R Abel | Surrey (1) v Somerset | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1899 |
| 41y 174d | JB Hobbs | Surrey (1) v Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1924 |
| 41y 172d | ER Mayne | Victoria (1) v Queensland | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1923/24 |
| 41y 171d | EJ Barlow | Boland (1) v Eastern Province B | Uitenhage Cricket Club A Ground, Uitenhage | 1981/82 |
| 41y 157d | GE Tyldesley | Lancashire (1) v Warwickshire | Old Trafford, Manchester | 1930 |
| 41y 146d | EAB Rowan | Transvaal (1) v Griqualand West | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 1950/51 |
| 41y 138d | LB Fishlock | Surrey (1) v Leicestershire | Grace Road, Leicester | 1948 |
| 41y 116d | IVA Richards | Glamorgan (1) v Middlesex | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | 1993 |
| 41y 105d | W Bardsley | New South Wales (1) v Auckland | Eden Park, Auckland | 1923/24 |
| 41y 102d | W Watson | Leicestershire (1) v Somerset | County Ground, Taunton | 1961 |
| 41y 95d | JG Langridge | Sussex (2) v Derbyshire | County Ground, Derby | 1951 |
| 41y 72d | CT Radley | Middlesex (1) v Northamptonshire | Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge | 1985 |
| 41y 68d | AW Nourse | Natal (1) v Transvaal | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg | 1919/20 |
| 41y 20d | MW Gatting | Middlesex (1) v Essex | John Walker's Ground, Southgate | 1998 |
| 41y 5d | EH Hendren | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) v British Guiana | Bourda, Georgetown | 1929/30 |
| 41y 0d | P Holmes | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) v Orange Free State | Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein | 1927/28 |
| 40y 363d | S Coe | Leicestershire (1) v Northamptonshire | Aylestone Road, Leicester | 1914 |
| 40y 361d | EH Hendren | England (2) v West Indies | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 1929/30 |
| 40y 356d | EIM Barrett | Hampshire (1) v Gloucestershire | County Ground, Southampton | 1920 |
| 40y 335d | EH Hendren | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) v Barbados | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 1929/30 |
| 40y 333d | W Jaffer | Vidarbha (1) v Uttarakhand | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur | 2018/19 |
| 40y 330d | EH Hendren | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) v Barbados | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 1929/30 |
| 40y 323d | DL Haynes | Western Province (1) v Eastern Province | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | 1996/97 |
| 40y 321d | GA Gooch | Essex (2) v Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | 1994 |
| 40y 318d | MR Ramprakash | Surrey (1) v Northamptonshire | The Brit Oval, Kennington | 2010 |
| 40y 314d | GA Gooch | England (1) v New Zealand | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1994 |
| 40y 301d | D Brookes | Northamptonshire (1) v Somerset | County Ground, Taunton | 1956 |
| 40y 293d | GA Gooch | Essex (1) v Kent | County Ground, Chelmsford | 1994 |
| 40y 272d | MH Mankad | Rajasthan (1) v Vidarbha | Bhupal Noble's College Ground, Udaipur | 1957/58 |
| 40y 268d | JT Tyldesley | Lancashire (1) v Kent | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | 1914 |
| 40y 258d | R Abel | Surrey (1) v Kent | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1898 |
| 40y 256d | H Sutcliffe | Yorkshire (1) v Leicestershire | Aylestone Road, Leicester | 1935 |
| 40y 254d | MR Ramprakash | Surrey (1) v Middlesex | The Brit Oval, Kennington | 2010 |
| 40y 245d | WL Murdoch | Sussex (1) v Cambridge University | County Ground, Hove | 1895 |
| 40y 230d | FL Bowley | Worcestershire (1) v Hampshire | Tipton Road, Dudley | 1914 |
| 40y 207d | AD Nourse | South Africa (1) v England | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1951 |
| 40y 205d | ME Trescothick | Somerset (1) v Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 2016 |
| 40y 202d | TF Shepherd | Surrey (1) v Cambridge University | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1930 |
| 40y 191d | A Ducat | Surrey (1) v Leicestershire | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1926 |
| 40y 186d | H Sutcliffe | Yorkshire (1) v Worcestershire | Bramall Lane, Sheffield | 1935 |
| 40y 152d | JDB Robertson | Middlesex (1) v Essex | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1957 |
| 40y 148d | JG Langridge | Sussex (1) v Somerset | The Manor Sports Ground, Worthing | 1950 |
| 40y 117d | TW Hayward | Surrey (1) v Derbyshire | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1911 |
| 40y 112d | RC Fredericks | Guyana (1) v Jamaica | Bourda, Georgetown | 1982/83 |
| 40y 103d | FC Thompson | Queensland (1) v New South Wales | Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | 1930/31 |
| 40y 94d | CP Mead | Hampshire (2) v Essex | County Ground, Southampton | 1927 |
| 40y 92d | HS Squires | Surrey (1) v Derbyshire | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1949 |
| 40y 70d | CB Fry | Hampshire (1) v Oxford University | County Ground, Southampton | 1912 |
| 40y 58d | WJ Edrich | Middlesex (1) v Derbyshire | Queen's Park, Chesterfield | 1956 |
| 40y 47d | S Kinneir | Warwickshire (1) v Hampshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 1911 |
| 40y 41d | A Sandham | Surrey (1) v Warwickshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 1930 |
| 40y 26d | W Jaffer | Vidarbha (1) v Rest of India | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | 2017/18 |
| 40y 3d | N Kilner | Warwickshire (1) v Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | 1935 |
