Question: I run a small golf eclectic with excel. One of the things we have is a points system. I would like to get the 5 highest points scored over the season and have them ranked from 1 (being the highest points scored) to 5.

My knowledge of excel "sums" goes only a wee bit further than add and subtract.

Thanks!

Answer: 
If you have a column containing the scores, you could add a filter (Data->Filter I think) and sort descending.

Though, if you just have rows that are something like [Date][Person][Score] you'll need to go to another sheet and SUM the scores for each person then sort that... Unfortunately my Excel skills aren't up to par to pull a score for each person like that.
If you have Excel 2007,

Check that your data is continuous, with no blank rows or columns. Click on your scores and then select **'Data - Filter'**

Using the dropdown that the filter creates at the top of your scores column and select **'Number filters - Top ten'**

A **'Top ten Autofilter'** dialog will be displayed, reduce the show 10 to 5 and then click on OK.

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For earlier versions of Excel add a RANK formula in a new column. Be careful as the scores need to be sorted, usually into descending order. If there are any ties, they will be given the same ranking number and the subsequent rank number will be incremented by the number of ties. (E.g. If there are two scores of 2, ranked as 5. The next score will be ranked as 7, not 6)