a preference in terms of bowling to right- or left-hand batsmen - he averaged 27.33 against right-hand batsmen and 28.33 against the lefties - but the list below shows he had a mixed record against some of the top batsmen he bowled to. He dominated Jacques Kallis, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Smith, Ian Bell and Rahul Dravid, but didn't do so well against Kumar Sangakkara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Mahela Jayawardene. He has dismissed Alastair Cook and AB de Villiers a fair number of times, but they've also scored runs against him. Among the next lot of top batsmen, Virat Kohli and Joe Root both average in the 40s against him, but Kane Williamson has been outstanding against him, scoring 138 runs from 134 balls, withoutAshes series - the fourth-best for any bowler who bowled at least 120 overs in an Ashes series.

2065 Test runs by Johnson in addition to his 313 wickets; he is one of the only two Australia players, and one of the 13 overall, with 2000 runs and 300 wickets in Tests.

8/61 Johnson's bowling figures in the first innings of the Perth Test in 2008 - the best figures ever by a left-arm fast bowler in a Test innings.

64 Wickets by Mitchell Johnson against South Africa in Tests - equals the highest by any fast bowler against them since their return to Test cricket.

80 Wickets by Mitchell Johnson in the fourth innings of Tests in just 39 innings - the second-highest by any fast bowler after Glenn McGrath's 103