A straight ranking result is easy using one of Microsoft Excel’s ranking functions. Calculating a conditional rank is even easier if you let an Excel PivotTable do all the work.

Learn how to correctly use the Excel Ranking function to help improve your data analysis. Microsoft Excel spreadsheets can be a fantastic ...

Microsoft Excel’s RANK.EQ () function ranks a set of values, but in a busy sheet, the top-ranking items might get lost. You can combine RANK.EQ () with a conditional formatting rule to highlight ...

Limitations of Standard Ranking: Excel’s built-in ranking functions often create gaps in rankings for duplicate values, which dense ranking resolves by making sure tied values share the same rank.