How to Use SMALL in Google Sheets in 2020?

SMALLReturns the nth smallest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

Sample Usage

SMALL(A2:B100,4)

SMALL(A2:B100,C2)

Syntax

SMALL(data, n)

data – The array or range containing the dataset to consider.

n – The rank from smallest to largest of the element to return.

E.g. setting n to 4 will cause SMALL to return the 4th smallest element from data.

See Also

RANK: Returns the rank of a specified value in a dataset.

QUARTILE: Returns a value nearest to a specified quartile of a dataset.

PERCENTRANK: Returns the percentage rank (percentile) of a specified value in a dataset.

PERCENTILE: Returns the value at a given percentile of a dataset.

MINA: Returns the minimum numeric value in a dataset.

MIN: Returns the minimum value in a numeric dataset.

MEDIAN: Returns the median value in a numeric dataset.

MAXA: Returns the maximum numeric value in a dataset.

MAX: Returns the maximum value in a numeric dataset.

LARGE: Returns the nth largest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

AVERAGEA: Returns the numerical average value in a dataset.

AVERAGE: The AVERAGE function returns the numerical average value in a dataset, ignoring text.

Examples