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Default Vlookup Error #N/A

=VLOOKUP(MAX(B2:B16),A2:B16,2,FALSE)



On Nov 4, 4:42*pm, Abdul wrote:
I have tried to use
=VLOOKUP(MAX(B2:B16),A2:A16,1,FALSE)
where area B2:B16 contains numerical Data sorted Decending
and Area A2:A16 contains Names,
I want the cell containing the above formula to show the name of the person
having the highest points in that list, knowing the names are not sorted
alphabetically.
but I keep getting the final answer as:
#N/A
any suggestions what's wrong here? is there a better way to show the name of
the person having the highest points other than the following function?
=INDEX(A2:A16,1,1)