Most runs scored in One-Day Internationals in a calendar year (male)

In 33 innings (34 matches), Sachin Tendulkar (India) scored 1,894 runs in One-Day International matches in 1998. The legendary batsman's prolific ODI year featured nine hundreds and seven fifties, and his runs came at an average of 65.31 runs per innings. Tendulkar's strike rate in his 33 ODIs in 1998 was 102.15 (102.15 runs scored for every 100 balls faced). In the top 50 calendar-year run-makers of all time, only Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya (113.59 in 1997) had a better strike rate.

Indian batsmen dominate the top ODI run-scorers in a calendar year list, with Sourav Ganguly (1,767 runs in 1999) and Rahul Dravid (1,761, also in 1999) completing the top three positions, with Tendulkar (1,611 ODI runs in 1996) in fourth.