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Calculating a percentage from a table that will grow

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    Calculating a percentage from a table that will grow

    I have a table of results, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place - awarding each place a respective point.

    I'm creating player profiles to see how many points, average placing etc. I've done those two stats. I now want to create a percentage finished in top 3. Because the table will have more data input into it afterwards.. i'm not sure on how to proceed creating this formula.

    I have managed to count how many 1st, 2nd and 3rd places each player has gained and create a percentage over the games played so far, but not sure how to proceed to ensure the percentage keeps calculating when more data is added into the table.

    I was thinking perhaps creating a new cell, counting the number of games, and then using that for the percentage?

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    Re: Calculating a percentage from a table that will grow

    If you are using SUMIF() to count, then divide by COUNTIF

    e.g

    =SUMIF(A:A,"Player 1",B:B)/COUNTIF(A:A,"Player 1")

    where Player 1 is the lookup string and column A contains the Player names and Column B the scores..
    Where there is a will there are many ways.

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