MAX
Returns the largest number from the provided arguments
Syntax
MAX(number1, [number_n])
Arguments
| Argument | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
number1 |
The first number or range to compare | Required |
number_n |
Additional numbers or ranges to compare | Optional |
Examples
Find maximum of individual numbers
=MAX(10, 7, 9, 27, 2)
Result ⇒27
Find maximum in a range
=MAX(A1:A5)
Result ⇒27
| A | |
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 27 |
| 5 | 2 |
Maximum of mixed numbers and ranges
=MAX(A1:A2, 10, 20)
Result ⇒20
| A | |
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 15 |
Related Functions
Other Statistical functions:
- AVEDEV - Returns the average of the absolute deviations of data points from their mean
- AVERAGE - Returns the average of given arguments. Text is ignored.
- CORREL - Returns the correlation coefficient between two data sets
- COUNT - Returns the count of numeric values in a dataset.
- COUNTA - Returns the count of values in a list of arguments including text, logical values, error values, and empty text.
- COUNTIF - Returns the count of cells that meet a specified criteria
- COUNTIFS - Returns the count of criteria_ranges based on the given criterions.
- FORECAST - Calculates, or predicts, a future value by using existing values
- LARGE - Returns the k-th largest value in a data set
- MEDIAN - Returns the median of the given numbers
- MIN - Returns the smallest number from the provided arguments
- MINIFS - Returns the minimum value from a range that meets multiple criteria.
- MODE - Returns the most frequently occurring value in a data set
- PERCENTILE - Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range
- PERCENTRANK - Returns the rank of a value in a dataset as a percentage (0 to 1) of the dataset
- RANK - Returns the rank of a number from the list of other numeric values
- SMALL - Returns the k-th smallest value in a data set
- STDEV - Returns the estimated standard deviation based on a sample
- STDEVP - Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population
- SUMIF - Returns the sum of a range depending on criteria
- SUMPRODUCT - Returns the sum of products for a list of arguments
- VAR - Returns the estimated variance for a sample of data
- VARP - Calculates variance based on the entire population