RANK Function in Excel: The Old Ranking Function

⏱ 1 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

StatisticsLevel: BeginnerAvailable in: Excel 2007+

In this article
  1. Syntax
  2. Examples
  3. Example 1
  4. Related functions

RANK still works for compatibility and behaves exactly like RANK.EQ. New workbooks should use RANK.EQ or RANK.AVG.

Syntax

=RANK(number, ref, [order])
Argument What it means
order 0 = largest is 1.

Examples

Example 1

=RANK(C2, $C$2:$C$50)

Leaderboard position.

RANK.EQ · RANK.AVG

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