This is a list of Essex List A cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in List A cricket for Essex. Records for Essex in first-class cricket, the longer form of the game, are found at List of Essex first-class cricket records.
Notation
Team notation: When a team score is listed as "300-3", this indicates that they have scored 300 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. If it is followed by a "d", this indicates that the side declared. When the team score is listed as "300", this means the side was all out.
Batting notation: When a batsman's score is listed as "100", the batsman scored 100 runs and was out. If it followed by an asterisk *, the batsman was not out.
Bowling notation: "5/100" indicates that the bowler took 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs.
Team records
| Total Runs | Opponents | Venue | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest for Essex | 391-5 | v Surrey | The Oval | 2008 |
| Highest against Essex | 373-5 | by Notts | Chelmsford | 2017 |
| Lowest for Essex | 57 | v Lancashire | Lord's | 1996 |
| Lowest against Essex | 41 | by Middlesex | Westcliff-on-Sea | 1972 |
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 5 June 2008. | ||||
Batting records
| Runs | Batsman | Opponents | Venue | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest individual innings | 201* |  Ravi Bopara | v Leicestershire | Grace Road | 2008 |
| Most runs in a season for Essex | 1,169 |  Ken McEwan | 1980 | ||
| Most runs in a career for Essex | 16,536 | Graham Gooch | 1973–1997 | ||
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 5 June 2008. | |||||
Bowling records
| Analysis | Bowler | Opponents | Venue | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best innings analysis for Essex | 8/26 |  Keith Boyce | v Lancashire | Manchester | 1971 |
| Wickets | Bowler | Season | |||
| Most wickets in a season for Essex | 47 | John Lever | 1976 | ||
| Most career wickets for Essex | 616 | John Lever | 1968–1989 | ||
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 5 June 2008. | |||||
Partnership records
| Wicket Partnership | Runs | Batsmen | Opponents | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 269 | Mark Pettini Jason Gallian | v Surrey | The Oval | 2008 |
| 2nd | 273 | Graham Gooch Ken McEwan | v Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | 1983 |
| 3rd | 268* | Graham Gooch Keith Fletcher | v Sussex | Hove | 1982 |
| 4th | 151 | Ronnie Irani Paul Grayson | v Northamptonshire | Northampton | 1999 |
| 5th | 190 | Ravi Bopara James Foster | v Leicestershire | Leicester | 2008 |
| 6th | 127 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Stuart Law Robert Rollins | v Hampshire | Southampton | 1996 |
| 7th | 92 | Brian Edmeades Stuart Turner | v Nottinghamshire | Chelmsford | 1969 |
| 8th | 109 | Ray East Neil Smith | v Northamptonshire | Chelmsford | 1977 |
| 9th | 67 | Stuart Turner Ray East | v Gloucestershire | Chelmsford | 1973 |
| 10th | 81 | Stuart Turner Ray East | v Yorkshire | Leeds | 1982 |
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 5 June 2008. | |||||