- He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Cricket. He is the youngest Englishman to reach 5,000 Test runs.
- He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Cricket. He is the Captain of the England Cricket Squad and lives in Bedfordshire, England.
- On September 3, 2018, he announced his retirement from his twelve-year international career as an English cricketer.
- He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Cricket in Bedfordshire, England.
- First English cricketer to score over 10000 test runs.
- His tally of 8818 runs during the 2010s is the second highest number of runs scored by any cricketer during a particular decade, behind Australia's Ricky Ponting who scored 9458 runs during the 2000s.[February, 2023].
- On the occasion of England's 1000th Test in August 2018, he was named in the country's greatest Test XI by the ECB.
- Broke Allan Border's record for highest consecutive test appearances in 2018 when he played in 154th successive test during the series against Pakistan.
- Amongst batsmen with over 10000 runs, Cook and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene are the only cricketers to average below 50, with Cook's average of 45.36 being the lowest of them all.[As of February 2023].
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