Jim,

See the LARGE function. For example, to return the second largest
number, use

=LARGE(P4:P65536,2)


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com



"Jim" wrote in message
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Returning Descending Values

I currently use the following to find the max number is a
column:
=MAX($P$4:$P$65536). If I wanted to find the second highest,
then the third
highest, etc.. how would this be written?

Thanks for the help