A question of sorts

[ballb0y]

I have been using Excel to track my golf society scores for a couple o
years and it has served me well, however I would like to know if th
following is possible in Excel:

My players play a total of 10 events. After 6 events are completed eac
player's scores are added together and a leaderboard is formed. As the
play more rounds, players who better their 6th worst score can move u
the table.

Although I can successfully calculate and sort the table of scores t
form a list (leaderboard) below in the spreadsheet, I do not know ho
to link the player's name (which is in a separate cell) with the scor
so it would appear as below. I have to do this manually.

John 199
Steve 196
Colin 188

Basically, is this possible? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[Biff]

Hi!

This would require being able to see what you're actually doing. If you want
me to take a look at your file let me know how to contact you.

Biff

 

[JR]

....you could use a VLOOKUP formula based on the players' names. Type the
player names on the leader board tab, use the VLOOKUP to find the total score

 

[Biff]

What if there are duplicates?

More than one player with the same score?

Biff

 

[ballb0y]

I should expand a little. The way I order the Leaderboard is by using
the MAX formula (of a set of cells) for the leader and then the LARGE
formula (2nd thru to the end) for the rest. This gives me the correct
list.

What I would like to do is place the player name in the adjacent cell
so that it reads like a true leaderboard. So, in effect I need to link
2 explict cells, for example where Column A is player names; A1 for
John Kelleher, link it to cell K1, which is John's current score, and
be able to do this for each player/score.

Thanks for the posts.

 

[Biff]

Hi!

Assume you have the leaderboard scores in the range AA1:AAn

To return the players names:

=INDEX(A$1:A$n,MATCH(AA$1,K$1:K$n,0))

Copy down as needed.

Note: this will not work properly if there are players with the same score.

Biff