Create a leaderboard in excel?

[Guest]

I want to create a leaderborad in Excel, wich displays the current position
of a contestent. If his score changes (due to data input) his position at the
leaderborad changes. How do i do that?

I got a list of names and thier value starting at 0 then each round they
will get points. I enter the points after each name and the leaderbord auto.
shows positions, else i need to sort after each input to have the board up to
date.

 

[Jon Peltier]

Suppose the players and scores are in columns A:B

Player Score
Bill 3
Mike 9
Fred 6
John 5

Add an extra column, which will help us deal with duplicate scores:

Player Score Score2
Bill 3 3.02
Mike 9 9.03
Fred 6 6.04
John 5 5.05

The formula in C2 is =B2+ROW()/100, which you should fill down as far as you
have players.

Now set up another range, Say E1:G5 (use as many rows as in the original
range for the ranks):

Rank Player Score
1
2
3
4

In F2, enter this formula

=INDEX(A$2:A$5,MATCH(LARGE($C$2:$C$5,E2),$C$2:$C$5,0))

and fill it down, and in G2, enter this formula

=INDEX(B$2:B$5,MATCH(LARGE($C$2:$C$5,E2),$C$2:$C$5,0))

and fill it down. Here is the range now:

Rank Player Score
1 Mike 9
2 Fred 6
3 John 5
4 Bill 3

- Jon
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