JM Bairstow of England scored his fifth test century in the calendar year 2022 when he scored 106 against India in the ongoing test at Birmingham. His five centuries in the calendar year 2022 are listed below.

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	113	2	Aus	Sydney	05 Jan 2022
2	140	1	Win	North Sound	8 Mar 2022
3	136	4	NZl	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022
4	162	2	NZl	Leeds	23 Jun 2022
5	106	2	Ind	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022

JM Bairstow’s feat of scoring five centuries in calendar year 2022 provides the 55^th occasion of a batsman scoring five or more centuries in a calendar year in the history of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	Year
1	DG Bradman	Aus	5	5	0	880	226	5	1931
2	DCS Compton	Eng	5	6	1	849	208	6	1947
3	DG Bradman	Aus	4	5	2	771	201	5	1948
4	ED Weekes	Win	4	5	0	726	194	5	1948
5	CL Walcott	Win	3	5	0	609	155	5	1955
6	GS Sobers	Win	5	6	4	1045	365*	6	1958
7	KD Walters	Aus	4	5	0	675	242	5	1969
8	DL Amiss	Eng	5	5	1	925	262*	5	1974
9	IVA Richards	Win	7	7	0	1208	291	7	1976
10	SM Gavaskar	Ind	3	5	1	742	205	5	1978
11	GR Viswanath	Ind	5	5	1	708	179	5	1979
12	SM Gavaskar	Ind	5	5	4	734	236*	5	1983
13	AR Border	Aus	4	5	2	585	140	5	1986
14	PA de Silva	Srl	5	7	3	911	168	7	1997
15	SR Tendulkar	Ind	5	5	2	719	217	5	1999
16	ML Hayden	Aus	5	5	0	727	203	5	2001
17	R Dravid	Ind	5	5	2	724	217	5	2002
18	ML Hayden	Aus	5	6	0	748	197	6	2002
19	RT Ponting	Aus	5	5	1	668	154	5	2002
20	MP Vaughan	Eng	6	6	0	929	197	6	2002
21	ML Hayden	Aus	5	5	2	894	380	5	2003
22	BC Lara	Win	5	5	0	834	209	5	2003
23	RT Ponting	Aus	6	6	0	1104	257	6	2003
24	JH Kallis	SAF	5	5	3	693	162	5	2004
25	JL Langer	Aus	5	5	0	851	215	5	2004
26	DR Martyn	Aus	6	6	1	731	161	6	2004
27	ML Hayden	Aus	5	5	0	614	138	5	2005
28	BC Lara	Win	5	5	0	881	226	5	2005
29	RT Ponting	Aus	5	6	1	838	207	6	2005
30	Mohd Yousuf	Pak	8	9	0	1430	202	9	2006
31	RT Ponting	Aus	5	7	2	938	196	7	2006
32	M Jayawardene	Srl	5	5	1	804	213*	5	2007
33	JH Kallis	SAF	4	5	2	679	186	5	2007
34	KP Pietersen	Eng	5	5	0	640	152	5	2008
35	GC Smith	SAF	6	6	1	905	232	6	2008
36	TM Dilshan	Srl	5	6	1	794	162	6	2009
37	HM Amla	SAF	4	5	3	748	253*	5	2010
38	AN Cook	Eng	5	5	2	775	235*	5	2010
39	JH Kallis	SAF	6	6	2	832	201*	6	2010
40	V Sehwag	INd	5	5	0	665	173	5	2010
41	SR Tendulkar	Ind	7	7	2	982	214	7	2010
42	IR Bell	Eng	5	5	2	731	235	5	2011
43	R Dravid	Ind	5	5	2	597	146*	5	2011
44	MJ Clarke	Aus	5	5	2	1134	329*	5	2012
45	SPD Smith	Aus	5	5	1	702	192	5	2014
46	DA Warner	Aus	4	6	0	775	145	6	2014
47	Younis Khan	Pak	4	5	2	699	213	5	2014
48	SPD Smith	Aus	6	6	1	946	215	6	2015
49	KS Williamson	NZl	5	5	2	788	242*	5	2015
50	D Elgar	SAF	5	5	0	717	199	5	2017
51	V Kohli	Ind	5	5	2	867	243	5	2017
52	SPD Smith	Aus	6	6	3	880	239	6	2017
53	V Kohli	Ind	5	5	0	667	153	5	2018
54	JE Root	Eng	6	6	1	1042	228	6	2021
55	JM Bairstow	Eng	5	5	0	657	162	5	2022

It also provides the eighth occasion of an England batsman scoring five or more centuries in a calendar year in the history of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	Year
1	DCS Compton	Eng	5	6	1	849	208	6	1947
2	DL Amiss	Eng	5	5	1	925	262*	5	1974
3	MP Vaughan	Eng	6	6	0	929	197	6	2002
4	KP Pietersen	Eng	5	5	0	640	152	5	2008
5	AN Cook	Eng	5	5	2	775	235*	5	2010
6	IR Bell	Eng	5	5	2	731	235	5	2011
7	JE Root	Eng	6	6	1	1042	228	6	2021
8	JM Bairstow	Eng	5	5	0	657	162	5	2022

ML Hayden {04}, RT Ponting {04}, JH Kallis {03} and SPD Smith {03} are the four batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score five or more centuries in three or more calendar years.

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	Year
1	ML Hayden	Aus	5	5	0	727	203	5	2001
2	ML Hayden	Aus	5	6	0	748	197	6	2002
3	ML Hayden	Aus	5	5	2	894	380	5	2003
4	ML Hayden	Aus	5	5	0	614	138	5	2005
1	RT Ponting	Aus	5	5	1	668	154	5	2002
2	RT Ponting	Aus	6	6	0	1104	257	6	2003
3	RT Ponting	Aus	5	6	1	838	207	6	2005
4	RT Ponting	Aus	5	7	2	938	196	7	2006
1	JH Kallis	SAF	5	5	3	693	162	5	2004
2	JH Kallis	SAF	4	5	2	679	186	5	2007
3	JH Kallis	SAF	6	6	2	832	201*	6	2010
1	SPD Smith	Aus	5	5	1	702	192	5	2014
2	SPD Smith	Aus	6	6	1	946	215	6	2015
3	SPD Smith	Aus	6	6	3	880	239	6	2017

ML Hayden is the only batsman to score five or more centuries in three consecutive calendar years in the annals of test cricket. He performed the feat in calendar years 2001, 2002 and 2003.

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	Year
1	ML Hayden	Aus	5	5	0	727	203	5	2001
2	ML Hayden	Aus	5	6	0	748	197	6	2002
3	ML Hayden	Aus	5	5	2	894	380	5	2003