indexing - (Excel) How to return column header of the nth highest values with formula

Question

Given a table like this one below:

	David	Mike	Lisa
David	50	10	40
Mike	0	50	50
Lisa	10	40	50

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65922062/excel-how-to-return-column-header-of-the-nth-highest-values-with-formula

Answer 1

If one has the dynamic formula in Office 365 then we can use SORT:

=SORT(CHOOSE({1,2},TRANSPOSE(B1:D1),TRANSPOSE(INDEX(B2:D4,MATCH(H1,A2:A4,0),0))),2,-1)

And Excel will spill the results correctly.

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For older we need two formula:

First get the values in order:

=LARGE(INDEX($B$2:$D$4,MATCH($H$1,$A$2:$A$4,0),0),ROW(ZZ1))

Put that in H2 and copy down.

Then we need to reference those value to get the correct name:

=INDEX($B$1:$D$1,AGGREGATE(15,7,(COLUMN(INDEX($B$2:$D$4,MATCH($H$1,$A$2:$A$4,0),0))-MIN(COLUMN(INDEX($B$2:$D$4,MATCH($H$1,$A$2:$A$4,0),0)))+1)/(INDEX($B$2:$D$4,MATCH($H$1,$A$2:$A$4,0),0)=H2),COUNTIF($H$2:H2,H2)))

Put that in G2 and copy down.