How to Find Second Largest Value with Criteria In Excel

In this tutorial, I am going to show you 4 quick tricks to find the second largest value with criteria in excel. You can use these methods even in large datasets to find out the second largest value by setting criteria. Throughout this tutorial, you will also learn some important excel tools and techniques which will be very useful in any excel related task.

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4 Quick Tricks to Find Second Largest Value with Criteria in Excel

We have taken a concise dataset to explain the steps clearly. The dataset has approximately 7 rows and 3 columns. Initially, we are keeping all the cells in Currency format. For all the datasets, we have 2 unique columns which are Club Name, Home Kit and Away Kit. Although we may vary the number of columns later on if that is needed.

1. Using LARGE Function

The LARGE function in excel can return a number from a list of numbers after we sorted it in descending order. Let us see how to apply this function to find the second largest value with criteria.

Steps:

• First, go to cell F7 and insert the following formula:

• Now, press Enter and this will calculate the second largest Home Kit price inside F7.

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2. Applying AGGREGATE Function

The AGGREGATE function in excel gives us the ability to perform aggregate calculations like COUNT, AVERAGE, MAX, etc. This function also ignores any hidden rows or errors. We will use this function to find the second-largest value with specific criteria. Follow the steps below to do this.

Steps:

• To begin with, double-click on cell F7 and enter the below formula:

• Next, press the Enter key and you should get the second-largest away kit price.

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3. Utilizing SUMPRODUCT Function

The SUMPRODUCT function in excel first multiplies the range of values and then gives the sum of those multiplications. We can use this function along with the LARGE function to find the second largest value with criteria.

Steps:

• To begin this method, double-click on cell F7 and insert the formula below:

• Next, press the Enter key and consequently, this will find the second largest price value for the Man City kit inside cell C10.

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4. Using VBA Code

If you are familiar with VBA in excel, you can find the second-largest value with criteria with just a few clicks. Let us see how to do this.

Steps:

• For this method, go to the Developer tab and select Visual Basic.

• Now, select Insert in the VBA window and click on Module.

• Next, type in the formula below in the new window:

Sub SecondLargest()
Range("F7").FormulaArray = "=LARGE(IF(C4:D4=F5,C5:D12),2)"
End Sub

• Then, open the macro from the Developer tab by clicking on Macros.

• Now, in the Macro window, select the SecondLargest macro and click Run.

• As a result, the VBA code will calculate the second-highest value from all the away kits inside cell F7.

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How to Find Top 5 Values and Names with Criteria in Excel

In this method, we will see the detailed steps to find the top 5 values and names with criteria in excel.

Steps:

• To begin with, double-click on cell E5 and enter the below formula:

• Then, press the Enter key and copy this formula to the cells using Fill Handle.
• Consequently, this will find the top 5 values for the home kits.

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Things to Remember

• You can use the ALT+F11 shortcut to open the VBA window and ALT+F8 to open the Macros window.
• Note that the LARGE function ignores cells that are empty or contain TRUE or FALSE values in them.
• If there is no numeric value, this function might return the #NUM! Error as a result.

Conclusion

I hope that you were able to apply the methods that I showed in this tutorial on how to find the second-largest value with criteria in excel. As you can see, there are quite a few ways to achieve this. So wisely choose the method that suits your situation best. If you get stuck in any of the steps, I recommend going through them a few times to clear up any confusion. Lastly, to learn more excel techniques, follow our ExcelDemy website. If you have any queries, please let me know in the comments.

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