SPD Smith of Australia became the second captain in the annals of test cricket to score five hundreds in a season after RT Ponting. RT Ponting  on his  part had scored eight centuries  in 2005-06 season.

No	Captain	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Season
1	RT Ponting	Aus	5	8	3	970	149	194.00	8	2005/06
2	SPD Smith	Aus	5	5	2	693	178*	231.00	5	2016/17

The following table lists the performance of RT Ponting and SPD Smith with details of hundreds scored by them in 2005-06 and 2016-17 seasons

RT PONTING OF AUSTRALIA
No	Runs	Pos	Dismissal	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	149	3	caught	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
2	104*	3	not out	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
3	117	3	caught	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005
4	120	3	lbw	2	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
5	143*	3	not out	4	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
6	103	3	caught	1	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006
7	116	3	caught	3	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006
8	118*	3	not out	4	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	09 Apr 2006
SPD SMITH OF AUSTRALIA
No	Runs	Pos	Dismissal	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	130	4	caught	1	v Pakistan	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
2	165*	4	not out	2	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
3	109	3	lbw	3	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017
4	178*	3	not out	1	v India	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
5	111	3	caught	1	v India	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017