How to rank data ignore zero values in Excel?

If there are some zero values in a list, the zero values will be ranked as well while we applying the general Rank function, but in some cases, we just want to rank the data ignoring zeros as below screenshot shown, are any tricks on solving this task in Excel?

Rank cells ignore zero values

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Rank cells ignore zero values

Select a blank cell next to the list you want to rank, type one of below formulas as you need, and drag auto fill handle down to the cells you want to apply this formula.

Rank ignore zeros in ascending order

=IF(B2=0,"",RANK(B2,IF($B$2:$B$12>0,$B$2:$B$12,0))+COUNTIF($B$2:$B2,$B2)-1)

Rank ignore zeros in ascending order

=IF(B2,RANK(B2,B$2:B$12,1)-COUNTIF(B$2:B$12,0),"")

In the formulas, B2 is the first cell of the list you want to rank, B2:B12 is the range you rank.

Rank ignore zeros in ascending order

Rank ignore zeros in ascending order

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