Between 1960 and 1987, Amiss established himself as Warwickshire's best ever home grown batsman. batsman in a calendar year. At his retirement aged 44 he had scored the most runs (35146) and most centuries (78) for the county.

Twenty times he had scored 1000 runs in a season to make him equal record holder with WG Quaife, and uniquely for a Warwickshire player had scored at least one century, and more than 1000 runs against every other first-class county.

At Test level Amiss scored 3612 runs, average 46.30, with 11 centuries. His 1379 runs in Test matches in 1974 remains a record for an English batsman in a calendar year.