In the previous post, we talked that how to get the nth smallest value in a range and how to get the relative value of the same row of the nth smallest value in a range or array. And this post will guide you how to get the nth largest value in a range in excel. How to extract the relative value based on the position of the nth largest value in a single column.

Find the nth Largest Value

To get the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or nth largest value in a range (single column, or row), you can use the LARGE function.

For example:

Find the First Largest Value

You can use the following formula to get the first largest value in the range C2:C5:

=LARGE(C2:C5,1)

Find the Second Largest Value

To get the second largest value in the range C2:C5, you can use the following LARGE function:

=LARGE(C2:C5,2)

Find the nth Largest Value

you just need to modify the second argument (nth) of the LARGE function to a numeric value that you want. Refer to the below formula:

=LARGE(C2:C5,nth)

 

Get the Relative value

If you want to get the relative value of the same row of the nth largest value, you can use a combination with the LARGE function, the INDEX function and MATCH function. For example, to get the name value in the same relative row position of the second largest salary value in the range C2:C5, you can use the following excel formula:

=INDEX(B2:B5,MATCH(LARGE(C2:C5,2),C2:C5,0))

 

Let’s see how this formula works:

=LARGE(C2:C5,2)

As described above, This LARGE function returns the second largest value in the range C2:C5.

 

=MATCH(LARGE(C2:C5,2),C2:C5,0)

The MATCH function will perform an exact searching in the range C2:C5, then returns the position number of the second largest value in the range C2:C5. It returns 2.

 

=INDEX(B2:B5,MATCH(LARGE(C2:C5,2),C2:C5,0))

The INDEX function extract the value based on the position number that returned by the above MATCH function, so it returns one value in the range B2:B5 based on the returned position. It returns “jenny”.

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