In the year of 1998, India's Sachin Tendulkar was at his best in ODI cricket and smashed record 1894 runs at an average of 65.31 and at a strike rate of 102.15 in 34 ODIs with 9 hundred and 7 fifties - the most runs in a calendar year in this format. Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid also scored more than 1500 runs in the following year (1999) and this trio is in the top three run-getters in a calendar year in ODI cricket. And here is a list of most runs in a calendar year in ODI cricket.
Most Runs in a calendar year in ODI cricket -
| Player | Team | ODIs | Inns | Runs | Avg | Sr | HS | 100 | 50 | Year |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 34 | 33 | 1894 | 65.31 | 102.15 | 143 | 9 | 7 | 1998 |
| Sourav Ganguly | India | 41 | 41 | 1767 | 46.50 | 76.00 | 183 | 4 | 10 | 1999 |
| Rahul Dravid | India | 43 | 43 | 1761 | 46.34 | 75.16 | 153 | 6 | 8 | 1999 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 32 | 32 | 1611 | 53.70 | 82.44 | 137 | 6 | 9 | 1996 |
| Matthew Hayden | Australia | 32 | 30 | 1601 | 59.29 | 89.19 | 181* | 5 | 6 | 2007 |
| Saeed Anwar | Pakistan | 36 | 36 | 1595 | 51.45 | 91.56 | 115 | 3 | 10 | 1996 |
| Sourav Ganguly | India | 32 | 32 | 1579 | 56.39 | 82.75 | 144 | 7 | 6 | 2000 |
| Rohit Sharma | India | 28 | 27 | 1490 | 57.30 | 89.92 | 159 | 7 | 6 | 2019 |
| Martin Guptill | New Zealand | 32 | 32 | 1489 | 55.14 | 96.56 | 237* | 4 | 8 | 2015 |
| Mark Waugh | Australia | 36 | 36 | 1468 | 44.48 | 75.59 | 106 | 2 | 11 | 1999 |
| Gary Kirsten | South Africa | 36 | 36 | 1467 | 44.45 | 73.20 | 115 | 2 | 13 | 2000 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 26 | 26 | 1460 | 76.84 | 99.11 | 131 | 6 | 7 | 2017 |
| Gary Kirsten | South Africa | 29 | 29 | 1442 | 57.68 | 83.64 | 188* | 6 | 4 | 1996 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 33 | 32 | 1425 | 47.50 | 85.58 | 100* | 1 | 13 | 2007 |
| Ricky Ponting | Australia | 27 | 24 | 1424 | 79.11 | 91.69 | 134* | 5 | 8 | 2007 |
| David Warner | Australia | 23 | 23 | 1388 | 63.09 | 105.4 | 173 | 7 | 4 |
2016 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 34 | 34 | 1381 | 47.62 | 85.56 | 117 | 4 | 8 | 2011 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 26 | 25 | 1377 | 59.86 | 96.36 | 123 | 5 | 7 | 2019 |
| Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 27 | 26 | 1376 | 57.33 | 89.87 | 118 | 3 | 9 | 2015 |
| Misbah ul Haq | Pakistan | 34 | 32 | 1373 | 54.92 | 73.54 | 96* | 0 | 15 | 2013 |
Most Hundreds in a calendar year in ODI cricket -
9 - Sachin Tendulkar (India) in 1998
7 - David Warner (Australia) in 2016
7 - Sourav Ganguly (India) in 2000
7 - Rohit Sharma (India) in 2019
6 - Virat Kohli (India) in 2018
6 - Rohit Sharma (India) in 2017
6 - Virat Kohli (India) in 2017
6 - Gary Kirsten (South Africa) in 1996
6 - Sachin Tendulkar (India) in 1996
6 - Rahul Dravid (India) in 1999
