Star India opener Gautam Gambhir emerged No 1 Test batsman again after Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Clarke slipped down the rankings following not-too-good showing in recent matches.
Gambhir, who was ranked third before the chart was updated, moved up two rungs after leader Sangakkara failed to fire in the first Test against New Zealand at Galle.
Clarke could have benefitted from Sangakkara's no-show, but a disappointing showing by Australia's vice-captain in the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval opened the door for Gambhir to return to the No 1 spot.
Sangakkara, who was No 1 prior to the Galle Test, scored eight and 46 runs in the match, which was not enough to keep him at the top.
Clarke could only aggregate three runs in the Oval Test, a disappointing return for him and one that dropped him three places to fifth in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.
Gambhir became the top-ranked batsman in July.
For the Ashes-winning England side, off-spinner Graeme Swann jumped 17 places and into the top 10 in the ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers for the first time in his career.
The 30-year-old took eight wickets in the match underlying his position as England's top slow bowler and moving to 10th in the latest rankings.
Another England bowler to make an upward move is man of the match Stuart Broad, whose inspired five-wicket haul in the first innings set up the victory for the home team as Australia collapsed to 160 all out.
Broad gains 11 places to 13th spot in the rankings, level with Australia's fast bowler Peter Siddle, who moves up four places after another consistent performance from the 24-year-old Victorian.
The bowling list is still headed by South Africa's Dale Steyn with Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka second and Australia's Mitchell Johnson hanging on to third.
Harbhajan Singh (5th) and Zaheer Khan (8th) are the two Indian bowlers in the top 10 chart.
Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena moved up two places to seventh in the batting list following his first-innings century against New Zealand.
Australia's Ricky Ponting may have scored a battling half-century in the second innings but his overall match contribution did not save him from losing two places and he slipped to ninth in the rankings.
Victorious captain Andrew Strauss was the stand-out England batsman of the series and his two half-centuries at the Oval were enough to move him up three spots to 12th, level with South Africa's AB de Villiers.
