RT Ponting completed 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009 when he was on 69 during his knock of 74 in the first one day game between India and Australia at Vadodara on 25.10.09. At the end of the game he had an aggregate of 1005.

With the aggregate of 1005 runs in 2009, RT Ponting has aggregate 1000 plus runs in six calendar years – in 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009.

RT Ponting became the first Australian batsman and third batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 1000 plus runs in six or more calendar years. The other two are SR Tendulkar {seven} and SC Ganguly {six}. SR Tendulkar’s 1000 plus runs in seven calendar years remains the world record for a batsman aggregating 1000 plus runs in most calendar years in the history of one day games.

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	Ganguly	Ind	38	1338	113	41.81	1997
2	Ganguly	Ind	36	1328	124	41.50	1998
3	Ganguly	Ind	41	1767	183	46.50	1999
4	Ganguly	Ind	32	1579	144	56.39	2000
5	Ganguly	Ind	32	1114	117*	38.41	2002
6	Ganguly	Ind	32	1240	098	44.28	2007
1	Ponting	Aus	24	1166	145	53.00	1998
2	Ponting	Aus	32	1038	87*	39.92	1999
3	Ponting	Aus	34	1154	140*	46.16	2003
4	Ponting	Aus	29	1191	141*	45.80	2005
5	Ponting	Aus	27	1424	134*	79.11	2007
6	Ponting	Aus	24	1005	126	43.69	2009
1	Tendulkar	Ind	25	1089	115	47.34	1994
2	Tendulkar	Ind	32	1611	137	53.70	1996
3	Tendulkar	Ind	39	1011	117	30.63	1997
4	Tendulkar	Ind	34	1894	143	65.31	1998
5	Tendulkar	Ind	34	1328	146	39.05	2000
6	Tendulkar	Ind	21	1141	152	57.05	2003
7	Tendulkar	Ind	33	1425	100*	47.50	2007