Get information corresponding to minimum value
To retrieve data that are corresponding to the minimum value in a table, you can use an INDEX and MATCH formula together with the MIN function.
How to lookup the information related to the minimum value in a range?
To find out the person who made the lowest sales according to the table as shown above, you can use the MIN function to extract the lowest sales from the sales range. And then add the MATCH function to locate the position of the lowest sales in that range. At last, the INDEX function will retrieve the value at the corresponding position supplied by MATCH.
Generic syntax
=INDEX(return_range,MATCH(MIN(lookup_array),lookup_array,0))
- return_range: The range that INDEX used to return the information corresponding to the minimum value from. Here refers to the name range.
- lookup_array: The range that MATCH and MIN used to locate the minimum value from. Here refers to the sales range.
To find out the person who made the lowest sales, please copy or enter the formula below in the cell F5, and press Enter to get the result:
=INDEX(B5:B10,MATCH(MIN(C5:C10),C5:C10,0))
Explanation of the formula
=INDEX(B5:B10,MATCH(MIN(C5:C10),C5:C10,0))
- MIN(C5:C10): The MIN function returns the lowest value from the range C5:C10, which is $15,218.
- MATCH(MIN(C5:C10),C5:C10,0) = MATCH(15218,C5:C10,0): The match_type 0 asks the MATCH function to find the position of the exact value 15218 in the range C5:C10, which is 6.
- INDEX(B5:B10,MATCH(MIN(C5:C10),C5:C10,0)) = INDEX(B5:B10,6): The INDEX function retrieves the 6th value in the name range B5:B10, which is Kyle.
Related functions
The Excel INDEX function returns the displayed value based on a given position from a range or an array.
The Excel MATCH function searches for a specific value in a range of cells, and returns the relative position of the value.
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