List of South African batsmen and Sri Lankan batsmen aggregating 1000 plus runs in a calendar year
DA Elgar’s feat of 1000 runs in 2017 provides the 16th occasion of a South African batsman aggregating 1000 plus runs in a calendar year while FDM Karunaratne’s feat provides the 15th 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 |