DA Elgar’s feat of 1000 runs in 2017 provides the 16^th occasion of a South African batsman aggregating 1000 plus runs in a calendar year while FDM Karunaratne’s feat provides the 15^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman accomplishing such a feat. All  such feats are tabulated below

South African Batsmen
No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	Year
1	WJ Cronje	14	24	2	1040	126	47.27	1	9	1	1998
2	HH Gibbs	13	22	1	1124	196	53.52	3	6	1	2001
3	JH Kallis	13	23	7	1120	189*	70.00	2	7	1	2001
4	HH Gibbs	12	19	1	1156	228	64.22	4	3	1	2003
5	GC Smith	12	19	0	1198	277	63.05	4	2	0	2003
6	JH Kallis	11	21	5	1288	162	80.50	5	7	2	2004
7	AB de Villiers	11	19	0	1008	178	53.05	3	5	0	2005
8	JH Kallis	9	17	3	1210	186	86.42	5	6	1	2007
9	HM Amla	15	24	2	1161	159	52.77	3	6	1	2008
10	AB de Villiers	15	22	4	1061	217*	58.94	4	2	1	2008
11	ND McKenzie	14	23	3	1073	226	53.65	3	3	2	2008
12	GC Smith	15	25	2	1656	232	72.00	6	6	1	2008
13	HM Amla	11	19	3	1249	253*	78.06	5	4	0	2010
14	JH Kallis	11	19	4	1198	201*	79.86	6	2	0	2010
15	HM Amla	10	17	2	1064	311*	70.93	4	2	0	2012
16	D Elgar	11	20	0	1097	199	54.85	5	4	1	2017
Sri Lankan batsmen
No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	Year
1	PA de Silva	11	19	3	1220	168	76.25	7	2	2	1997
2	ST Jayasuriya	11	19	0	1271	340	66.89	3	7	2	1997
3	M Jayawardene	13	19	0	1053	150	55.42	4	4	1	2001
4	ST Jayasuriya	11	20	0	1130	253	56.50	4	3	0	2004
5	KC Sangakkara	11	20	0	1114	270	55.70	3	5	1	2004
6	KC Sangakkara	11	20	2	1242	287	69.00	4	4	1	2006
7	TM Dilshan	11	18	1	1097	162	64.52	6	1	2	2009
8	M Jayawardene	11	20	1	1194	275	62.84	3	3	1	2009
9	TT Samaraweera	11	20	3	1234	231	72.58	4	4	1	2009
10	KC Sangakkara	11	20	1	1083	137	57.00	4	5	0	2009
11	KC Sangakkara	11	21	0	1034	211	49.23	4	4	1	2011
12	M Jayawardene	10	18	1	1003	203*	59.00	3	5	1	2014
13	AD Mathews	11	20	5	1160	160	77.33	2	8	0	2014
14	KC Sangakkara	11	21	1	1438	319	71.90	4	8	1	2014
15	FDM Karunaratne	12	23	0	1000	196	43.47	3	4	1	2017