Batters with most 1000+ ODI runs in calendar year

Virat Kohli | 8 times

Indian batter Virat Kohli now has the most 1000+ ODI runs in a calendar year, at eight, surpassing the great Sachin Tendulkar. He has now scored 1000+ from 2011-14 and then again from 2017-19, after which there a slump in form.

Sachin Tendulkar | 7 times

None other than Sachin Tendulkar is second on the list, with seven instances of scoring 1000+ ODI runs in calendar year. He has scored over 1000 runs in 1994, from 1996-98, 2000,2003 and 2007

Sourav Ganguly | 6 times

Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly is third on the list, with six instances of 1000+ ODI runs in calendar year. He has scored 1000+ ODI runs from 1997-2000 and then in 2002 and 2007.

Kumar Sangakkara | 6 times

Like Sourav Ganguly, Kumar Sangakkara also has six instances of scoring 1000+ ODI runs in calendar year. He has scored 1000+ ODI runs in 2004, 2006 and then from 2001-14. He also became the first player to scored three successive World Cup centuries in 2015.

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Like Ganguly and Sangakkara, Ricky Ponting also has six instances of scoring 1000+ ODI runs in a calendar year. He has scored 1000+ ODI runs from 1998-99 and then in 2003, 2007 and 2009