Sometimes a sportsman reaches stratospheres that are totally unheard of and confronts challenges in a manner that makes people stare at him in unabashed disbelief. It is a time when he hits his ‘purple patch’, a time when he is at his absolute peak.

In the five-decade history of ODI cricket, there have been a handful of occasions when a batsman has owned an entire calendar year and has demolished every bowling attack that he encountered. And, needless to say, these willow wielders have carved a niche for themselves with their stupendous performances with the bat in hand.

In this article, let us have a look at 5 batsmen who have scored the most ODI runs in a single calendar year:

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-421819" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Matthew-Hayden.jpg" alt="Matthew Hayden" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-421819" class="wp-caption-text">Matthew Hayden. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Matthew Hayden at his best was a sight that the bowlers shuddered. Hayden’s ability to read the length quickly and the power that he possessed made him a nightmare for bowlers around the world.

In the year 2007, the big-hitting left-hander was at his marauding best. In the 30 innings that he played in that calendar year, Hayden blasted 1601 runs at an average of 59.29, including 5 hundreds and 6 fifties.

Hayden played a pivotal role in <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/august-1-1961-when-australia-retained-ashes-by-picking-nine-wickets-for-51-runs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Australia </a>winning the 2007 World Cup by emerging as the leading run-scorer of the tournament. He pummeled 659 runs during the entire competition at an average of 73.22 and also scored 3 hundreds as well. Hayden retired from the game in 2008, after the Tri-nation CB series involving Sri Lanka and India.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-230437" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sachin-Tendulkar-1.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-230437" class="wp-caption-text">Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo by Patrick Eagar/Patrick Eagar Collection via Getty Images)</figcaption>

Sachin Tendulkar and batting records are almost inseparable. The ‘Master Blaster’ is considered by many as the greatest willow wielder in ODI cricket and his fan following cuts across geographical barriers in the cricketing world.

Tendulkar is the highest run-scorer(18426) and highest century-maker(49) in the ODI format of the game, and he featured in a staggering 463 ODIs for the Indian team. In the year 1996, Tendulkar plundered 1611 runs at an average of 53.70, including 6 hundreds and 9 fifties in the 32 innings that he played for his side.

The ‘Little Master’ scored 523 runs in the 1996 World Cup and acted as the fulcrum around whom the entire Indian batting line up revolved. His battles with several illustrious bowlers like <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/sachin-tendulkar-recalls-how-he-sledged-glenn-mcgrath-and-unsettled-him-in-icc-knockout-trophy-in-2000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Glenn McGrath</a>, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram and Muttiah Muralitharan, especially during the 1990s is remembered with a sense of great nostalgia by fans even today.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-87803" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Rahul-Dravid-of-India.jpg" alt="Rahul Dravid Taunton" width="600" height="428" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-87803" class="wp-caption-text">Rahul Dravid. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

Rahul Dravid was at his best in the year 1999 for the Indian side. The right-hander scored 1761 runs at an average of 46.34 in that year. In fact, half of Dravid’s career hundreds (6) in ODI cricket came in the year 1999 alone.

Dravid stepped up for the Indian side during the 1999 World Cup. He scored as many as 461 runs during the course of the mega event, including two centuries against <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/angelo-mathews-interview-by-anis-sajan-2011-world-cup-sri-lankan-cricket-captaincy-virat-kohli-and-more/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sri Lanka</a> and Kenya. Dravid was also involved in a gargantuan partnership of 318 runs for the second wicket along with Sourav Ganguly for the Indian side against Sri Lanka in the 1999 World Cup.

Dravid played his last ODI for India in the year 2011. He is the fourth-highest run-scorer for his country in ODIs with a tally of 10889 runs to his name.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-265154" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sourav-Ganguly-1.jpg" alt="Sourav Ganguly" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-265154" class="wp-caption-text">Sourav Ganguly of India celebrates. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Edging past Rahul Dravid to take the second place is former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly is the third-highest run-scorer for India with 11363 ODI runs to his name and also has 22 centuries to his credit in ODI&#8217;s.

The elegant left-hander owned the year 1999 with some scintillating knocks with the willow for his side. Ganguly scored 1767 ODI runs for India in 1999, including 4 hundreds and 10 fifties. Ganguly also recorded his highest ODI score in that year, by smashing an effervescent 183 against Sri Lanka.

His final ODI for his county was in the year 2007, against arch-rivals <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/ashish-nehra-reveals-how-afridi-and-akhtar-helped-him-getting-tickets-for-india-pakistan-clash-in-2011-world-cup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pakistan</a>. Ganguly is currently the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-71524" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sachin-Tendulkar-2.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar" width="600" height="431" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-71524" class="wp-caption-text">India&#8217;s Sachin Tendulkar enjoys a moment of glory. (Photo by JORGE FERRARI/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption>

The ‘Little Master’ features in the list for the second time. In the year 1998, Sachin Tendulkar was at the peak of his batting prowess. He dissected the best attacks in the world with surgical mastery and ruled the cricketing world with his exploits with the willow.

Tendulkar aggregated a mammoth 1894 ODI runs in the year 1998, inclusive of 9 centuries and 7 half-centuries at an average of 65.31. The 143 that the Master Blaster scored against the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/south-africa-v-australia-1st-t20i-preview-aussies-return-to-the-shortest-format-against-a-refurbished-de-kock-led-hosts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Aussies </a>in April 1998, famously called the ‘Desert Storm innings’ in Sharjah is hailed as one of the greatest knocks in the history of the game.

22 years have passed, and the numbers that Tendulkar generated in 1998 have not yet been surpassed. Tendulkar retired from ODI cricket in the year 2012, leaving behind a legacy that will live on forever.

Note: All the stats are taken from Cricinfo and Howstat cricket and are updated as on 1st August 2020

Sometimes a sportsman reaches stratospheres that are totally unheard of and confronts challenges in a manner that makes people stare at him in unabashed disbelief. It is a time when he hits his ‘purple patch’, a time when he is at his absolute peak.
In the five-decade history of ODI cricket, there have been a handful of occasions when a batsman has owned an entire calendar year and has demolished every bowling attack that he encountered. And, needless to say, these willow wielders have carved a niche for themselves with their stupendous performances with the bat in hand.
In this article, let us have a look at 5 batsmen who have scored the most ODI runs in a single calendar year:
<h3>5. Matthew Hayden (1601 Runs)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_421819" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-421819" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-421819" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Matthew-Hayden.jpg" alt="Matthew Hayden" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-421819" class="wp-caption-text">Matthew Hayden. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Matthew Hayden at his best was a sight that the bowlers shuddered. Hayden’s ability to read the length quickly and the power that he possessed made him a nightmare for bowlers around the world.
In the year 2007, the big-hitting left-hander was at his marauding best. In the 30 innings that he played in that calendar year, Hayden blasted 1601 runs at an average of 59.29, including 5 hundreds and 6 fifties.
Hayden played a pivotal role in <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/august-1-1961-when-australia-retained-ashes-by-picking-nine-wickets-for-51-runs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Australia </a>winning the 2007 World Cup by emerging as the leading run-scorer of the tournament. He pummeled 659 runs during the entire competition at an average of 73.22 and also scored 3 hundreds as well. Hayden retired from the game in 2008, after the Tri-nation CB series involving Sri Lanka and India.

<h3>4. Sachin Tendulkar (1611 Runs)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_230437" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-230437" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-230437" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sachin-Tendulkar-1.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-230437" class="wp-caption-text">Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo by Patrick Eagar/Patrick Eagar Collection via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Sachin Tendulkar and batting records are almost inseparable. The ‘Master Blaster’ is considered by many as the greatest willow wielder in ODI cricket and his fan following cuts across geographical barriers in the cricketing world.
Tendulkar is the highest run-scorer(18426) and highest century-maker(49) in the ODI format of the game, and he featured in a staggering 463 ODIs for the Indian team. In the year 1996, Tendulkar plundered 1611 runs at an average of 53.70, including 6 hundreds and 9 fifties in the 32 innings that he played for his side.
The ‘Little Master’ scored 523 runs in the 1996 World Cup and acted as the fulcrum around whom the entire Indian batting line up revolved. His battles with several illustrious bowlers like <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/sachin-tendulkar-recalls-how-he-sledged-glenn-mcgrath-and-unsettled-him-in-icc-knockout-trophy-in-2000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Glenn McGrath</a>, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram and Muttiah Muralitharan, especially during the 1990s is remembered with a sense of great nostalgia by fans even today.

<h3>3. Rahul Dravid (1761 Runs)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_87803" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-87803" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-87803" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Rahul-Dravid-of-India.jpg" alt="Rahul Dravid Taunton" width="600" height="428" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-87803" class="wp-caption-text">Rahul Dravid. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Rahul Dravid was at his best in the year 1999 for the Indian side. The right-hander scored 1761 runs at an average of 46.34 in that year. In fact, half of Dravid’s career hundreds (6) in ODI cricket came in the year 1999 alone.
Dravid stepped up for the Indian side during the 1999 World Cup. He scored as many as 461 runs during the course of the mega event, including two centuries against <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/angelo-mathews-interview-by-anis-sajan-2011-world-cup-sri-lankan-cricket-captaincy-virat-kohli-and-more/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sri Lanka</a> and Kenya. Dravid was also involved in a gargantuan partnership of 318 runs for the second wicket along with Sourav Ganguly for the Indian side against Sri Lanka in the 1999 World Cup.
Dravid played his last ODI for India in the year 2011. He is the fourth-highest run-scorer for his country in ODIs with a tally of 10889 runs to his name.

<h3>2. Sourav Ganguly (1767 Runs)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_265154" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-265154" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-265154" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sourav-Ganguly-1.jpg" alt="Sourav Ganguly" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-265154" class="wp-caption-text">Sourav Ganguly of India celebrates. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Edging past Rahul Dravid to take the second place is former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly is the third-highest run-scorer for India with 11363 ODI runs to his name and also has 22 centuries to his credit in ODI’s.
The elegant left-hander owned the year 1999 with some scintillating knocks with the willow for his side. Ganguly scored 1767 ODI runs for India in 1999, including 4 hundreds and 10 fifties. Ganguly also recorded his highest ODI score in that year, by smashing an effervescent 183 against Sri Lanka.
His final ODI for his county was in the year 2007, against arch-rivals <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/ashish-nehra-reveals-how-afridi-and-akhtar-helped-him-getting-tickets-for-india-pakistan-clash-in-2011-world-cup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pakistan</a>. Ganguly is currently the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

<h3>1. Sachin Tendulkar (1894 Runs)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_71524" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-71524" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-71524" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sachin-Tendulkar-2.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar" width="600" height="431" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-71524" class="wp-caption-text">India’s Sachin Tendulkar enjoys a moment of glory. (Photo by JORGE FERRARI/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
The ‘Little Master’ features in the list for the second time. In the year 1998, Sachin Tendulkar was at the peak of his batting prowess. He dissected the best attacks in the world with surgical mastery and ruled the cricketing world with his exploits with the willow.
Tendulkar aggregated a mammoth 1894 ODI runs in the year 1998, inclusive of 9 centuries and 7 half-centuries at an average of 65.31. The 143 that the Master Blaster scored against the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/south-africa-v-australia-1st-t20i-preview-aussies-return-to-the-shortest-format-against-a-refurbished-de-kock-led-hosts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Aussies </a>in April 1998, famously called the ‘Desert Storm innings’ in Sharjah is hailed as one of the greatest knocks in the history of the game.
22 years have passed, and the numbers that Tendulkar generated in 1998 have not yet been surpassed. Tendulkar retired from ODI cricket in the year 2012, leaving behind a legacy that will live on forever.
Note: All the stats are taken from Cricinfo and Howstat cricket and are updated as on 1st August 2020

Sometimes a sportsman reaches stratospheres that are totally unheard of and confronts challenges in a manner that makes people stare at him in unabashed disbelief. It is a time when he hits his ‘purple patch’, a time when he is at his absolute peak.
In the five-decade history of ODI cricket, there have been a handful of occasions when a batsman has owned an entire calendar year and has demolished every bowling attack that he encountered. And, needless to say, these willow wielders have carved a niche for themselves with their stupendous performances with the bat in hand.
In this article, let us have a look at 5 batsmen who have scored the most ODI runs in a single calendar year:
<h3>5. Matthew Hayden (1601 Runs)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_421819" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-421819" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-421819" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Matthew-Hayden.jpg" alt="Matthew Hayden" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-421819" class="wp-caption-text">Matthew Hayden. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Matthew Hayden at his best was a sight that the bowlers shuddered. Hayden’s ability to read the length quickly and the power that he possessed made him a nightmare for bowlers around the world.
In the year 2007, the big-hitting left-hander was at his marauding best. In the 30 innings that he played in that calendar year, Hayden blasted 1601 runs at an average of 59.29, including 5 hundreds and 6 fifties.
Hayden played a pivotal role in <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/august-1-1961-when-australia-retained-ashes-by-picking-nine-wickets-for-51-runs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Australia </a>winning the 2007 World Cup by emerging as the leading run-scorer of the tournament. He pummeled 659 runs during the entire competition at an average of 73.22 and also scored 3 hundreds as well. Hayden retired from the game in 2008, after the Tri-nation CB series involving Sri Lanka and India.

<h3>4. Sachin Tendulkar (1611 Runs)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_230437" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-230437" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-230437" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sachin-Tendulkar-1.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-230437" class="wp-caption-text">Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo by Patrick Eagar/Patrick Eagar Collection via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Sachin Tendulkar and batting records are almost inseparable. The ‘Master Blaster’ is considered by many as the greatest willow wielder in ODI cricket and his fan following cuts across geographical barriers in the cricketing world.
Tendulkar is the highest run-scorer(18426) and highest century-maker(49) in the ODI format of the game, and he featured in a staggering 463 ODIs for the Indian team. In the year 1996, Tendulkar plundered 1611 runs at an average of 53.70, including 6 hundreds and 9 fifties in the 32 innings that he played for his side.
The ‘Little Master’ scored 523 runs in the 1996 World Cup and acted as the fulcrum around whom the entire Indian batting line up revolved. His battles with several illustrious bowlers like <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/sachin-tendulkar-recalls-how-he-sledged-glenn-mcgrath-and-unsettled-him-in-icc-knockout-trophy-in-2000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Glenn McGrath</a>, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram and Muttiah Muralitharan, especially during the 1990s is remembered with a sense of great nostalgia by fans even today.

<h3>3. Rahul Dravid (1761 Runs)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_87803" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-87803" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-87803" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Rahul-Dravid-of-India.jpg" alt="Rahul Dravid Taunton" width="600" height="428" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-87803" class="wp-caption-text">Rahul Dravid. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Rahul Dravid was at his best in the year 1999 for the Indian side. The right-hander scored 1761 runs at an average of 46.34 in that year. In fact, half of Dravid’s career hundreds (6) in ODI cricket came in the year 1999 alone.
Dravid stepped up for the Indian side during the 1999 World Cup. He scored as many as 461 runs during the course of the mega event, including two centuries against <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/angelo-mathews-interview-by-anis-sajan-2011-world-cup-sri-lankan-cricket-captaincy-virat-kohli-and-more/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sri Lanka</a> and Kenya. Dravid was also involved in a gargantuan partnership of 318 runs for the second wicket along with Sourav Ganguly for the Indian side against Sri Lanka in the 1999 World Cup.
Dravid played his last ODI for India in the year 2011. He is the fourth-highest run-scorer for his country in ODIs with a tally of 10889 runs to his name.

<h3>2. Sourav Ganguly (1767 Runs)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_265154" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-265154" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-265154" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sourav-Ganguly-1.jpg" alt="Sourav Ganguly" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-265154" class="wp-caption-text">Sourav Ganguly of India celebrates. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Edging past Rahul Dravid to take the second place is former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly is the third-highest run-scorer for India with 11363 ODI runs to his name and also has 22 centuries to his credit in ODI&#8217;s.
The elegant left-hander owned the year 1999 with some scintillating knocks with the willow for his side. Ganguly scored 1767 ODI runs for India in 1999, including 4 hundreds and 10 fifties. Ganguly also recorded his highest ODI score in that year, by smashing an effervescent 183 against Sri Lanka.
His final ODI for his county was in the year 2007, against arch-rivals <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/ashish-nehra-reveals-how-afridi-and-akhtar-helped-him-getting-tickets-for-india-pakistan-clash-in-2011-world-cup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pakistan</a>. Ganguly is currently the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

<h3>1. Sachin Tendulkar (1894 Runs)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_71524" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-71524" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-71524" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sachin-Tendulkar-2.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar" width="600" height="431" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-71524" class="wp-caption-text">India&#8217;s Sachin Tendulkar enjoys a moment of glory. (Photo by JORGE FERRARI/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
The ‘Little Master’ features in the list for the second time. In the year 1998, Sachin Tendulkar was at the peak of his batting prowess. He dissected the best attacks in the world with surgical mastery and ruled the cricketing world with his exploits with the willow.
Tendulkar aggregated a mammoth 1894 ODI runs in the year 1998, inclusive of 9 centuries and 7 half-centuries at an average of 65.31. The 143 that the Master Blaster scored against the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/south-africa-v-australia-1st-t20i-preview-aussies-return-to-the-shortest-format-against-a-refurbished-de-kock-led-hosts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Aussies </a>in April 1998, famously called the ‘Desert Storm innings’ in Sharjah is hailed as one of the greatest knocks in the history of the game.
22 years have passed, and the numbers that Tendulkar generated in 1998 have not yet been surpassed. Tendulkar retired from ODI cricket in the year 2012, leaving behind a legacy that will live on forever.
Note: All the stats are taken from Cricinfo and Howstat cricket and are updated as on 1st August 2020

Top 5 batsmen with most ODI runs in a single calendar year

In the five-decade history of ODI cricket, there have been a handful of occasions when a batsman has owned an entire calendar year.

4. Sachin Tendulkar (1611 Runs)