Microsoft Excel’s RANK.EQ () function ranks a set of values, but in a busy sheet, the top-ranking items might get lost. You can combine RANK.EQ () with a conditional formatting rule to highlight ...

Limitations of Standard Ranking: Excel’s built-in ranking functions often create gaps in rankings for duplicate values, which dense ranking resolves by making sure tied values share the same rank.

Order is the only optional argument and identifies how to rank number: 0 is the default and can be omitted: ranks in descending order.