Many cricketers come and go but there are only a few who leave a permanent mark with their presence in the team. Be it with bat or ball, playing well consistently and impacting the winning of the team is a great accomplishment. There are some legendary batters who proved or continue to prove their gravity in the team every time they step on the ground. Let's take a look at the players with the most runs in a calendar year in ODI Cricket History.
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Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most runs in a calendar year in ODIs. In 1998 he scored 1,894 runs in just 34 matches at an average of 65.31. He scored 9 centuries and 7 fifties that year with a top score of 143.
His inning of 143 against Australia at Sharjah in 1998 is still one of the most impactful ODI innings of his career. It was a dream year for Sachin when he scored nine ODI hundreds in a year in 1998.
Even after more than 20 years, Sachin's record for most ODI runs in a calendar year remains unchanged. On a couple of occasions, players reached their tally of ODI runs in a year, but could never overhaul Sachin's figures achieved in 1998.
Most runs in a calendar year in ODI format:
| Player | Year | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| SR Tendulkar (IND) | 1998 | 34 | 33 | 4 | 1894 | 143 | 65.31 | 9 | 7 | - | 188 | 40 |
| SC Ganguly (IND) | 1999 | 41 | 41 | 3 | 1767 | 183 | 46.50 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 183 | 26 |
| R Dravid (IND) | 1999 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 1761 | 153 | 46.34 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 164 | 12 |
| SR Tendulkar (IND) | 1996 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 1611 | 137 | 53.70 | 6 | 9 | - | 163 | 17 |
| ML Hayden (AUS) | 2007 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 1601 | 181* | 59.29 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 168 | 35 |
| Saeed Anwar (PAK) | 1996 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 1595 | 115 | 51.45 | 3 | 10 | - | 159 | 20 |
| SC Ganguly (IND) | 2000 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 1579 | 144 | 56.39 | 7 | 6 | - | 151 | 35 |
| RG Sharma (IND) | 2019 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 1490 | 159 | 57.30 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 146 | 36 |
| MJ Guptill (NZ) | 2015 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 1489 | 237* | 55.14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 162 | 42 |
| ME Waugh (AUS) | 1999 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 1468 | 106 | 44.48 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 135 | 6 |
| G Kirsten (SA) | 2000 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 1467 | 115 | 44.45 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 141 | 0 |
| V Kohli (IND) | 2017 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 1460 | 131 | 76.84 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 136 | 22 |
| G Kirsten (SA) | 1996 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 1442 | 188* | 57.68 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 133 | 10 |
| SR Tendulkar (IND) | 2007 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 1425 | 100* | 47.50 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 192 | 12 |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | 2007 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 1424 | 134* | 79.11 | 5 | 8 | - | 144 | 16 |