The play was listed in the book and iPad app Played in Britain: Modern Theatre in 100 Plays, where it was selected as being among one hundred of the “best and most influential plays”[34] performed in Britain from 1945 - 2010.[35][36]
In 2013, the play was voted 6th in English Touring Theatre's public poll to determine the "nation's favourite play", and was one of the most popular plays with voters in London and the South East of England.[37]
In 2014, the play was voted 9th in WhatsOnStage.com's public poll to determine "The top 100 plays of all time!"[3]
In 2015, the play was included in Michael Billington's list of the "101 greatest plays" ever written in any western language.[38] Billington later made a list for The Guardian of "the 25 best British plays since Jerusalem" (to celebrate the play being revived at the Watermill Theatre 2018) where he described Butterworth's play as "the hit that transformed British theatre."[39]
In 2019, Dominic Cavendish wrote an article for The Telegraph titled "The greatest British play of the century: why Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem is a masterpiece".[1]
In 2019, the play was named as one of "The 40 best plays of all time" by The Independent.[2]
In 2019, writers for The Guardian ranked Jerusalem as the greatest theatrical work since 2000.[40]
