Highest Individual Innings Decade by Decade

England and Wales

Decade	Started	Ended	Score	Player	Team For	Team Against	Venue	Season
1st	1772	1781	167	J Aylward	Hampshire	England	Sevenoaks Vine	1777
2nd	1782	1791	117	T Taylor	White Conduit Club	Kent	Bishopsbourne	1786
3rd	1792	1801	144	W Beldam	MCC	Middlesex	Lord’s Old Ground	1792
4th	1802	1811	132*	W Lambert	E Bligh’s XI	Lord F Beauclerk’s XI	Lord’s Old Ground	1810
5th	1812	1821	278	W Ward	MCC	Norfolk	Lord’s	1820
6th	1822	1831	227	T Marsden	Sheffield and Leicester	Nottingham	Sheffield (Darnall)	1826
7th	1832	1841	153*	F Pilch	Norfolk	Yorkshire	Sheffield (Hyde Park)	1834
8th	1842	1851	117	F Pilch	West	MCC	Bath (Cricket Down)	1845
9th	1852	1861	148	J Wisden	Sussex	Yorkshire	Sheffield (Bramall La)	1855
10th	1862	1871	268	WG Grace	South	North	Oval	1871
11th	1872	1881	344	WG Grace	Gentlemen of MCC	Kent	Canterbury	1876
12th	1882	1891	338	WW Read	Surrey	Oxford University	Oval	1888
13th	1892	1901	424	AC MacLaren	Lancashire	Somerset	Taunton	1895
14th	1902	1911	343*	PA Perrin	Essex	Derbyshire	Chesterfield	1904
15th	1912	1921	345	CG Macartney	Australians	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	1921
16th	1922	1931	334	DG Bradman	Australia	England	Leeds	1930
17th	1932	1941	364	L Hutton	England	Australia	Oval	1938
18th	1942	1951	331*	JDB Robertson	Middlesex	Worcestershire	Worcester	1949
19th	1952	1961	300	R Subba Row	Northamptonshire	Surrey	Oval	1958
20th	1962	1971	311	RB Simpson	Australia	England	Manchester	1964
21st	1972	1981	291	IVA Richards	West Indies	England	Oval	1976
22nd	1982	1991	405*	GA Hick	Worcestershire	Somerset	Taunton	1988
23rd	1992	2001	501*	BC Lara	Warwickshire	Durham	Birmingham	1994
24th	2002	2011	344*	MW Goodwin	Sussex	Somerset	Taunton	2009
25th	2012	2021	355*	KP Pietersen	Surrey	Leicestershire	Oval	2015

International

Decade	Started	Ended	Score	Player	Team For	Team Against	Venue	Season
1st	1772	1781	167	J Aylward	Hampshire	England	Sevenoaks Vine	1777
2nd	1782	1791	117	T Taylor	White Conduit Club	Kent	Bishopsbourne	1786
3rd	1792	1801	144	W Beldham	MCC	Middlesex	Lord’s Old Ground	1792
4th	1802	1811	132*	W Lambert	E Bligh’s XI	Lord F Beauclerk’s XI	Lord’s Old Ground	1810
5th	1812	1821	278	W Ward	MCC	Norfolk	Lord’s	1820
6th	1822	1831	227	T Marsden	Sheffield and Leicester	Nottingham	Sheffield (Darnall)	1826
7th	1832	1841	153*	F Pilch	Norfolk	Yorkshire	Sheffield (Hyde Park)	1834
8th	1842	1851	117	F Pilch	West	MCC	Bath (Cricket Down)	1845
9th	1852	1861	148	J Wisden	Sussex	Yorkshire	Sheffield (Bramall La)	1855
10th	1862	1871	268	WG Grace	South	North	Oval	1871
11th	1872	1881	344	WG Grace	Gentlemen of MCC	Kent	Canterbury	1876
12th	1882	1891	338	WW Read	Surrey	Oxford University	Oval	1888
13th	1892	1901	424	AC MacLaren	Lancashire	Somerset	Taunton	1895
14th	1902	1911	383	CW Gregory	New South Wales	Queensland	Brisbane	1906/07
15th	1912	1921	345	CG Macartney	Australians	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	1921
16th	1922	1931	452*	DG Bradman	New South Wales	Queensland	Sydney	1929/30
17th	1932	1941	369	DG Bradman	South Australia	Tasmania	Adelaide	1935/36
18th	1942	1951	443*	BB Nimbalkar	Maharashtra	Kathiawar	Poona	1948/49
19th	1952	1961	499	Hanif Mohammad	Karachi	Bahawalpur	Karachi (Parsi Inst)	1958/59
20th	1962	1971	359	RB Simpson	New South Wales	Queensland	Brisbane	1963/64
21st	1972	1981	428	Aftab Baloch	Sind	Baluchistan	Karachi	1973/74
22nd	1982	1991	405*	GA Hick	Worcestershire	Somerset	Taunton	1988
23rd	1992	2001	501*	BC Lara	Warwickshire	Durham	Birmingham	1994
24th	2002	2011	400*	BC Lara	West Indies	England	St John’s	2003/04
25th	2012	2021	359*	SB Gohel	Gujarat	Orissa	Jaipur	2016/17

Thanks to Pelham Barton