=INDEX(J:J,MATCH(MAX(K1:K5),K:K)-1)

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Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"rhhince" wrote in message
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I have 2 sets of numbers in 2 columns A and B example:

1 5
2 8
3 36
4 52
5 10

=MAX(B1:B5)

How do I get 3 from column A as my answer from using MAX(B1:B5)? Do I
need index, offset, match?