10 batsmen who are ahead of Virat Kohli in the ICC All-Time Test rankings list

(3) Leonard Hutton (England): 945

Leonard Hutton holds the record for the highest individual score by an England batsman.

The debate for England's greatest batsmen will always rage on, and while this offers no conclusion, it is worth noting that Sir Leonard Hutton is the highest ranked England batsman of all time. Hutton also holds the record for the highest individual score by an England batsman: a magnificent 364* scored against Australia at The Oval in 1938, which was only his 6th test. Hutton was the mainstay of the England team for almost 2 decades, and was widely considered the most technically correct batsman of his generation.

Hutton played 79 tests in his career, and scored 6971 runs at an average of 56.67. It included 19 hundreds and 33 half-centuries. Hutton scored most of his runs opening the batting, and formed one of the most successful opening partnerships of all time alongside Cyril Washbrook. Hutton was the first professional England captain of the 20th century. He captained England in 23 tests, winning 11 and losing 4 of them. Hutton scored 1825 runs in those tests at an average of 52. The Yorkshireman is one of the few batsmen to have scored 100 first class centuries. He scored 40140 runs in first class cricket at an average of 55 which included 129 centuries.

Hutton's highest rating of 945 was achieved in April 1954 at the age of 38, after Hutton had scored a double hundred against West Indies at Sabina Park. Hutton had displaced Jack Hobbs for the second spot in this list. His career came to a close soon after, thereby nullifying any chances of him chasing Sir Donald Bradman for the pole position.