Here’s how to use it.

Let’s look into this in more detail.

We can use the RANK function toyou guessed itrank the employees based on their total sales.

Excel sheet with a table showing seven employees, their sales for each of the first six months, and their total sales.

To do this, we need to create a ranking column in our existing table.

and click “Insert”.

You will then see a new, blank column appear at the left-hand side of your table.

Excel sheet showing the ‘Insert’ option by right-clicking on the header of column A.

Format this column as you wish and name the column “Rank”.

We’re now ready to begin our RANK formula.

Finally,use Excel’s AutoFill functionto find the rankings for the remaining data in your table.

Excel sheet showing the new column at the left-hand side of the table, renamed ‘Rank’.

Your table now clearly tells you where each value ranks within your set of data.

For tidiness, you canrename your worksheet"Totals".

What are RANK.EQ and RANK.AVG?

Excel sheet showing the result of using the RANK function for the first total.

They both follow exactly the same syntax and processes as RANK in Excel.

We’re now ready to create the league table.

To do this, we need touse Excel’s VLOOKUP function.

Excel sheet with the ‘Rank’ column completed.

In this case, we’re sourcing data from the Totals sheet in our workbook.

In this example, we want to see the name of the person who ranks first.

Use Excel’s AutoFill function to complete the rest of the employees' names.

Excel sheet showing the layout for what will be the league table, with the rank numbers manually added to column A.

Excel sheet showing the result of using VLOOKUP to find the highest-ranked employee.

Excel sheet showing the ‘Employee’ column filled in based on their rank, using VLOOKUP and AutoFill.

Excel sheet showing the result of using VLOOKUP to find the highest-ranked employee’s total sales.

Excel sheet showing the completed league table.