Yesterday's updated list showed jumps to No 6 in the batting and bowling lists for Kane Williamson and Trent Boult respectively, on the back of strong performances in the second-test win over Sri Lanka in Wellington last week.
Capping that off, New Zealand, as expected, have had their step up to No 5 in test team standings confirmed.
In the space of back-to-back wins over the Sri Lankans -- combined with India getting beaten by Australia in their ill-tempered rubber -- New Zealand have jumped two places.
A shame, then, that they won't don the whites again until May in England.
However, with the World Cup occupying the international stage for the next couple of months, there won't be much room for movement for anyone until April anyway.
The West Indies are due to host third-placed England before New Zealand visit Lord's and Leeds, while fourth-ranked Pakistan visit Bangladesh.
So it is conceivable the table will look much as it does now, meaning a strong New Zealand performance in England would at least close the five-point gap to England.
However, pegging back South Africa and Australia will take some time. New Zealand's eagerly awaited away and home -- in that order -- three-test series at the end of this year, and early next, against the Aussies looks to be loaded with potential significance.
Williamson's 396 runs in the two tests against Sri Lanka, at a Bradman-plus average of 198, helped him leap from 13th to sixth; Boult is up one spot on the back of his 11 wickets in the two tests.
One sleeper mover is New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling, who has risen 11 places to No 38 on the batting list after his Basin Reserve century.
New Zealand, South Africa, England and Australia have two bowlers each in the top 10; South Africa, Australia and Sri Lanka are mob-handed among the batsmen.
The allrounders are unchanged, headed by Bangladesh's Shakib al Hasan.
Test rankings
Teams
1: South Africa 124
2: Australia 119
3: England 104
4: Pakistan 103
5: New Zealand 99
6: Sri Lanka 96
7: India 93
8: West Indies 76
9: Bangladesh 32
10: Zimbabwe 18
Batsmen
1: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 909 pts
2: AB de Villiers
(South Africa) 908
3: Hashim Amla
(South Africa) 891
4: Steven Smith (Australia) 873
5: Angelo Mathews
(Sri Lanka) 841
6: Kane Williamson (NZ) 839
7: Shiv Chanderpaul (West Indies) 834
8: Younis Khan (Pakistan) 818
9: David Warner (Australia) 805
10: Joe Root
(England) 789
Also:
13: Ross Taylor
(NZ) 741
15: Brendon McCullum (NZ) 728
Bowlers
1: Dale Steyn
(South Africa) 905
2: Ryan Harris
(Australia) 826
3: Rangana Herath
(Sri Lanka) 807
4: James Anderson (England) 806
5: Mitchell Johnson (Australia) 804
6: Trent Boult (NZ) 795
7: Vernon Philander (South Africa) 780
8: Stuart Broad (England) 774
9: Kemar Roach
(West Indies) 759
10: Tim Southee
(NZ) 743
Also:
22: Neil Wagner
(NZ) 537
