RANK

RANK(number, ref [,order])

Returns the rank of a value in descending order (equal ranking).

number	The number whose rank you want to find.
ref	The array, or a reference to, a list of numbers.
order	(Optional) The number indicating how the list of numbers is sorted: 0 = Descending order, Largest number has a rank of 1 (default) 1 = Ascending order, Smallest number has a rank of 1

REMARKS

* RANK.EQ was added in Excel 2010 to replace this function.
* This function is only available for backwards compatibility and should not be used.
* For an illustrated example refer to the page under Advanced Functions
* The "ref" does not have to be sorted into any particular order.
* If "ref" contains any non numeric values, then these are ignored. See Example 12.
* If "order" = "0", then the smallest numbers are given the largest rank.
* If "order" = "1", then the largest numbers are given the largest rank.
* If "order" is left blank, then 0 is used.
* Any duplicate numbers are given the same rank. See Example 4.
* You can use the RANK.AVG function to return average ranking when more than one value has the same rank.
* For the Microsoft documentation refer to support.microsoft.com

	A	B	C
1	=RANK(10, B1:B6) = 6	10	60
2	=RANK(10, B1:B6, 0) = 6	20	10
3	=RANK(10, B1:B6, 1) = 1	30	30
4	=RANK(20, C1:C8) = 6	30	20
5	=RANK(20, C1:C8, 0) = 6	40	50
6	=RANK(20, C1:C8, 1) = 2	50	30
7	=RANK(30, B1:B6, 0) = 3	some text	20
8	=RANK(20, B1:B6, 0) = 5	60	30
9	=RANK(30, B1:B6, 1) = 3
10	=RANK(20, B1:B6, 1) = 2
11	=RANK(20, B1:B8, 0) = 6
12	=RANK(40, B1:B2, 1) = #N/A

1 - What is the rank of the number 10 in the list "B1:B6". By default the smallest numbers are ranked at the bottom.
2 - What is the rank of the number 10 in the list "B1:B6" when the largest number has a rank of 1.
3 - What is the rank of the number 10 in the list "B1:B6" when the smallest number has a rank of 1.
4 - What is the rank of the number 20 in the list "C1:C8". There are two 20's taking positions 6 and 7.
5 - What is the rank of the number 20 in the list "C1:C8" when the largest number has a rank of 1. There are two 20's taking positions 6 and 7.
6 - What is the rank of the number 20 in the list "C1:C8" when the smallest number has a rank of 1. There are two 20's taking positons 2 and 3.
7 - What is the rank of the number 30 in the list "B1:B6" {50,40,30,30,20,10} when the largest number has a rank of 1. There are two 30's taking positions 3 and 4.
8 - What is the rank of the number 20 in the list "B1:B6" {50,40,30,30,20,10} when the largest number has a rank of 1. The first 30 is used.
9 - What is the rank of the number 30 in the list "B1:B6" {10,20,30,30,40,50} when the smallest number has a rank of 1. There are two 30's taking positions 3 and 4.
10 - What is the rank of the number 20 in the list "B1:B6" {10,20,30,30,40,50} when the smallest number has a rank of 1.
11 - What is the rank of the number 30 in the list "B1:B8" {60,"some text",50,40,30,30,20,10} when the largest number has a rank of 1.
12 - What is the rank of the number 40 in the list "B1:B2" {10,20}. This number is not in the list.