Highest hundreds in a calendar year:
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | 100's | YEAR | HIGHEST |
| SR Tendulkar | India | 9 | 1998 | 143 |
| SC Ganguly | India | 7 | 2000 | 144 |
| SR Tendulkar | India | 6 | 1996 | 137 |
| G Kirsten | South Africa | 6 | 1996 | 188 |
| R Dravid | India | 6 | 1999 | 153 |
| HM Amla | South Africa | 5 | 2010 | 129 |
| GC Smith | South Africa | 5 | 2005 | 134 |
| WU Tharanga | Sri Lanka | 5 | 2006 | 120 |
| RT Ponting | Australia | 5 | 2003 | 140 |
| ML Hayden | Australia | 5 | 2007 | 181 |
| HH Gibbs | South Africa | 5 | 2002 | 153 |
| Yousuf Youhana | Pakistan | 5 | 2002 | 141 |
| RT Ponting | Australia | 5 | 2007 | 134 |
| ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 5 | 2006 | 157 |
| AB de Villiers | South Africa | 5 | 2010 | 114 |
| SC Ganguly | India | 4 | 1999 | 183 |
| DL Haynes | West Indies | 4 | 1989 | 152 |
| DL Haynes | West Indies | 4 | 1984 | 133 |
| VVS Laxman | India | 4 | 2004 | 131 |
| SR Tendulkar | India | 4 | 2001 | 146 |
| S Chanderpaul | West Indies | 4 | 2007 | 149 |
| TM Dilshan | Sri Lanka | 4 | 2009 | 160 |
| BC Lara | West Indies | 4 | 1993 | 153 |
| DI Gower | England | 4 | 1983 | 158 |
| ME Waugh | Australia | 4 | 2001 | 173 |
| Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan | 4 | 1982 | 123 |
| ME Waugh | Australia | 4 | 1996 | 130 |
| KC Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 4 | 2008 | 128 |
| DM Jones | Australia | 4 | 1990 | 145 |
| SC Ganguly | India | 4 | 1998 | 124 |
