SPD Smith became the eleventh batsman to score 1000 plus runs in four or more calendar years in the annals of test cricket. The performance of these eleven batsmen is furnished below.

No	No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	100	50	0	Year
1	1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	12	17	1	1000	169	4	3	0	1997
	2	SR Tendulkar	Ind	10	19	3	1088	217	5	4	3	1999
	3	SR Tendulkar	Ind	10	18	2	1003	155	3	6	0	2001
	4	SR Tendulkar	Ind	16	26	1	1392	193	4	5	3	2002
	5	SR Tendulkar	Ind	13	25	3	1063	154*	4	3	1	2008
	6	SR Tendulkar	Ind	14	23	3	1562	214	7	5	0	2010
2	1	AN Cook	Eng	13	24	2	1013	127	4	3	0	2006
	2	AN Cook	Eng	14	24	2	1287	235*	5	4	0	2010
	3	AN Cook	Eng	15	29	3	1249	190	4	3	2	2012
	4	AN Cook	Eng	14	26	1	1364	263	3	8	1	2015
	5	AN Cook	Eng	17	33	3	1270	130	2	7	0	2016
3	1	ML Hayden	Aus	14	25	3	1391	203	5	5	2	2001
	2	ML Hayden	Aus	11	17	1	1160	197	6	3	1	2002
	3	ML Hayden	Aus	12	21	4	1312	380	5	3	0	2003
	4	ML Hayden	Aus	14	27	1	1123	132	3	6	0	2004
	5	ML Hayden	Aus	15	29	3	1380	138	5	4	2	2005
4	1	JH Kallis	SAF	13	23	7	1120	189*	2	7	1	2001
	2	JH Kallis	SAF	11	21	5	1288	162	5	7	2	2004
	3	JH Kallis	SAF	11	18	4	1011	149	4	4	2	2005
	4	JH Kallis	SAF	9	17	3	1210	186	5	6	1	2007
	5	JH Kallis	SAF	11	19	4	1198	201*	6	2	0	2010
5	1	BC Lara	Win	12	20	2	1222	179	4	6	1	1995
	2	BC Lara	Win	9	18	0	1151	221	3	4	1	2001
	3	BC Lara	Win	10	19	1	1344	209	5	5	0	2003
	4	BC Lara	Win	12	21	1	1178	400*	3	4	3	2004
	5	BC Lara	Win	9	17	0	1110	226	5	0	1	2005
6	1	RT Ponting	Aus	11	16	1	1064	154	5	2	0	2002
	2	RT Ponting	Aus	11	18	3	1503	257	6	4	1	2003
	3	RT Ponting	Aus	15	28	5	1544	207	6	6	1	2005
	4	RT Ponting	Aus	10	18	3	1333	196	7	4	0	2006
	5	RT Ponting	Aus	14	25	0	1182	158	4	5	1	2008
7	1	KC Sangakkara	Srl	11	20	0	1114	270	3	5	1	2004
	2	KC Sangakkara	Srl	11	20	2	1242	287	4	4	1	2006
	3	KC Sangakkara	Srl	11	20	1	1083	137	4	5	0	2009
	4	KC Sangakkara	Srl	11	21	0	1034	211	4	4	1	2011
	5	KC Sangakkara	Srl	11	21	1	1438	319	4	8	1	2014
8	1	MJ Clarke	Aus	13	23	2	1063	118	4	5	2	2008
	2	MJ Clarke	Aus	13	23	4	1042	138	3	5	3	2009
	3	MJ Clarke	Aus	11	18	3	1595	329*	5	3	0	2012
	4	MJ Clarke	Aus	13	26	3	1093	187	4	3	2	2013
9	1	SM Gavaskar	Ind	11	20	1	1024	156	4	4	0	1976
	2	SM Gavaskar	Ind	8	14	2	1099	205	5	3	1	1978
	3	SM Gavaskar	Ind	17	26	0	1407	221	4	8	0	1979
	4	SM Gavaskar	Ind	18	32	4	1310	236*	5	5	3	1983
10	1	KP Pietersen	Eng	14	26	1	1343	158	4	6	1	2006
	2	KP Pietersen	Eng	11	21	1	1007	226	4	1	1	2007
	3	KP Pietersen	Eng	12	20	0	1015	152	5	1	0	2008
	4	KP Pietersen	Eng	14	25	1	1053	186	3	4	2	2012
11	1	SPD Smith	Aus	9	17	3	1146	192	5	4	2	2014
	2	SPD Smith	Aus	13	24	4	1474	215	6	5	0	2015
	3	SPD Smith	Aus	11	18	3	1079	165*	4	5	1	2016
	4	SPD Smith	Aus	11	20	3	1305	239	6	3	0	2017

ML Hayden and SPD Smith are the only two batsmen to accomplish the feat in four or more consecutive calendar years in the annals of test cricket. ML Hayden accomplished the feat in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, while SPD Smith accomplished the feat in 2014, 2015, 2016 and  2017

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	100	50	0	Year
1	ML Hayden	14	25	3	1391	203	5	5	2	2001
2	ML Hayden	11	17	1	1160	197	6	3	1	2002
3	ML Hayden	12	21	4	1312	380	5	3	0	2003
4	ML Hayden	14	27	1	1123	132	3	6	0	2004
5	ML Hayden	15	29	3	1380	138	5	4	2	2005
1	SPD Smith	9	17	3	1146	192	5	4	2	2014
2	SPD Smith	13	24	4	1474	215	6	5	0	2015
3	SPD Smith	11	18	3	1079	165*	4	5	1	2016
4	SPD Smith	11	20	3	1305	239	6	3	0	2017