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.