How can I sort by numbers and not text?

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Arsenal

I'm trying to sort my list (column B) but it sorts it like this:

A1
A10
A2

how do I sort it like this:

A1
A2
A10

without padding the numbers (A01, A02, etc)?

MS Word has sort by numbers but Excel doesn't seem to have tha
option.

Thanks
 
Assuming data in col B, from row1 down
(data as posted is assumed representative in structure)

Use a helper column, say col C
Put in C1: =MID(B1,2,99)+0
Copy down

Then just select both cols B and C, and sort by col C, ascending
 

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