- Ranked #5 in ESPN's Legends of Cricket series. He happens to be the highest placed English cricketer in the countdown.
- In 2001, Hobbs was ranked by Wisden as the 6th greatest test batsman of all-time.
- Undisputedly the greatest opening batsman in the history of cricket.
- Scored 199 First Class hundreds, including 15 test hundreds.
- One of Wisden's 5 "Cricketers of the 20th century". He is the only Englishman in the list.
- Served with the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War.
- In 1953, he became the professional cricketer to be knighted for his services to sports.
- Was selected as an opening batsman in Richie Benaud's Dream XI.
- In 2013, on the 150th anniversary of the publication of Wisden, Hobbs and fellow English great Dr. William Gilbert Grace were selected as opening batsmen for the Wisden Almanack's All-Time Dream XI.
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