The feat of scoring 1000 runs in a calendar year has now been performed by 46 batsmen on 66 occasions. Australia's Clem Hill was the first batsman aggregate 1000 runs in a calendar year. India's Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar have done so on four occasions apiece. Four batsmen, Australia's Allan Border, Mark Taylor and Matthew Hayden and West Indian Brian Lara have performed this feat thrice each, while six batsmen -- England's Ken Barrington, David Gower, Graham Gooch and Mike Atherton, Australia's Ricky Ponting and South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs have done so twice each. Hayden is the only batsman to aggregate 1000 runs for three consecutive calendar years, while India's Mohinder Amarnath holds the distinction of being the fastest to complete 1000 runs in a calendar year. Amarnath completed his 1000 runs in 1983 on May 3. He needed only 123 days to accomplish the feat.
| Runs | Batsman | Country | Year | Tests | Inns | NO | Hs | 100s | 50s | Ave. |
| 1710 | IVA Richards | West Indies | 1976 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 291 | 7 | 5 | 90.00 |
| 1503 | RT Ponting | Australia | 2003 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 257 | 6 | 4 | 100.20 |
| 1481 | MP Vaughan | England | 2002 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 197 | 6 | 2 | 61.71 |
| 1407 | SM Gavaskar | India | 1979 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 221 | 4 | 8 | 54.12 |
| 1392 | SR Tendulkar | India | 2002 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 193 | 4 | 5 | 55.68 |
| 1391 | ML Hayden | Australia | 2001 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 203 | 5 | 5 | 63.23 |
| 1388 | GR Viswanath | India | 1979 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 179 | 5 | 6 | 57.83 |
| 1381 | RB Simpson | Australia | 1964 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 311 | 3 | 7 | 60.04 |
| 1379 | DL Amiss | England | 1974 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 262* | 5 | 3 | 68.95 |
| 1357 | R Dravid | India | 2002 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 217 | 5 | 5 | 59.00 |
| 1344 | BC Lara | West Indies | 2003 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 209 | 5 | 5 | 74.67 |
| 1312 | ML Hayden | Australia | 2003 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 380 | 5 | 3 | 77.18 |
| 1310 | SM Gavaskar | India | 1983 | 18 | 32 | 4 | 236* | 5 | 5 | 46.79 |
| 1299 | G St A Sobers | West Indies | 1958 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 365* | 6 | 3 | 144.33 |
| 1271 | ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 1997 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 340 | 3 | 7 | 66.89 |
| 1264 | GA Gooch | England | 1990 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 333 | 4 | 5 | 79.00 |
| 1241 | DC Boon | Australia | 1993 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 164* | 4 | 7 | 62.05 |
| 1222 | BC Lara | West Indies | 1995 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 179 | 4 | 6 | 67.89 |
| 1222 | AJ Stewart | England | 1998 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 164 | 2 | 7 | 43.64 |
| 1220 | PA de Silva | Sri Lanka | 1997 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 168 | 7 | 2 | 76.25 |
| 1219 | MA Taylor | Australia | 1989 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 219 | 4 | 5 | 64.16 |
| 1198 | GC Smith | South Africa | 2003 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 277 | 4 | 2 | 63.05 |
| 1179 | CG Greenidge | West Indies | 1984 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 223 | 4 | 2 | 58.95 |
| 1160 | ML Hayden | Australia | 2002 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 197 | 6 | 3 | 72.50 |
| 1159 | DCS Compton | England | 1947 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 208 | 6 | 3 | 82.79 |
| 1156 | HH Gibbs | South Africa | 2003 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 228 | 4 | 3 | 64.22 |
| 1152 | KJ Hughes | Australia | 1979 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 130* | 2 | 8 | 48.00 |
| 1151 | BC Lara | West Indies | 2001 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 221 | 3 | 4 | 63.94 |
| 1136 | MA Atherton | England | 1994 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 144 | 4 | 5 | 49.39 |
| 1129 | MA Atherton | England | 1995 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 185* | 2 | 7 | 49.09 |
| 1124 | HH Gibbs | South Africa | 2001 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 196 | 3 | 6 | 53.52 |
| 1120 | JH Kallis | South Africa | 2001 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 189* | 2 | 7 | 70.00 |
| 1112 | MA Taylor | Australia | 1998 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 334* | 3 | 4 | 58.53 |
| 1106 | MA Taylor | Australia | 1993 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 170 | 4 | 5 | 52.67 |
| 1099 | SM Gavaskar | India | 1978 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 205 | 5 | 3 | 91.58 |
| 1099 | DM Jones | Australia | 1989 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 216 | 4 | 4 | 73.27 |
| 1099 | AR Border | Australia | 1985 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 196 | 4 | 2 | 64.65 |
| 1095 | IT Botham | England | 1982 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 208 | 3 | 6 | 49.77 |
| 1090 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 2000 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 142 | 4 | 6 | 60.56 |
| 1088 | SR Tendulkar | India | 1999 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 217 | 5 | 4 | 68.00 |
| 1085 | KWR Fletcher | England | 1973 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 178 | 2 | 9 | 63.82 |
| 1077 | M Amarnath | India | 1983 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 120 | 4 | 7 | 46.83 |
| 1073 | AR Border | Australia | 1979 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 162 | 3 | 6 | 46.65 |
| 1067 | GS Blewett | Australia | 1997 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 214 | 2 | 6 | 42.68 |
| 1065 | S Chanderpaul | West Indies | 2002 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 140 | 4 | 6 | 66.56 |
| 1064 | RT Ponting | Australia | 2002 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 154 | 5 | 2 | 70.93 |
| 1061 | DI Gower | England | 1982 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 114 | 1 | 8 | 46.13 |
| 1060 | C Hill | Australia | 1902 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 142 | 2 | 7 | 55.79 |
| 1059 | DI Gower | England | 1986 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 136 | 2 | 6 | 44.12 |
| 1056 | WM Lawry | Australia | 1964 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 157 | 2 | 6 | 42.24 |
| 1053 | DPM Jayawerdene | Sri Lanka | 2001 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 150 | 4 | 4 | 55.42 |
| 1051 | MJ Slater | Australia | 1999 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 169 | 3 | 4 | 45.70 |
| 1045 | A Flower | Zimbabwe | 2000 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 232* | 3 | 5 | 80.38 |
| 1044 | DB Vengsarkar | India | 1979 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 146* | 4 | 6 | 45.39 |
| 1040 | GA Gooch | England | 1991 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 174 | 3 | 5 | 65.00 |
| 1040 | WJ Cronje | South Africa | 1998 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 126 | 1 | 9 | 47.27 |
| 1035 | KF Barrington | England | 1961 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 172 | 4 | 5 | 73.93 |
| 1034 | ME Waugh | Australia | 1998 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 153* | 4 | 3 | 64.63 |
| 1029 | Mohsin Khan | Pakistan | 1982 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 200 | 4 | 4 | 73.50 |
| 1025 | DG Bradman | Australia | 1948 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 201 | 5 | 2 | 113.89 |
| 1024 | SM Gavaskar | India | 1976 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 156 | 4 | 4 | 53.89 |
| 1015 | KF Barrington | England | 1963 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 132* | 3 | 5 | 53.42 |
| 1003 | SR Tendulkar | India | 2001 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 155 | 3 | 6 | 62.69 |
| 1003 | ME Trescothick | England | 2003 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 219 | 2 | 6 | 47.76 |
| 1000 | AR Border | Australia | 1986 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 140 | 5 | 3 | 62.50 |
| 1000 | SR Tendulkar | India | 1997 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 169 | 4 | 3 | 62.50 |
