Looking to find most repeated text in a column on excel depending on criteria - 2 problems

[SW82SW]

I am part of a betting syndicate at work where we pick football teams to win their match every weekend. I keep a spreadsheet of the results and want to find the most picked team by each tipper and wondered if it was possible for it to show multiple answers in the same cell if there were multiple teams picked the same amount of times. If there was no team a tipper had picked multiple times then I would like it to show "all unique" or similar. I can get the most picked team but can't get it to show multiple teams or the "all unique" scenario.

I would also like to see the top 3 most successful picks and the 3 least successful picks for the group as a whole but I am not sure how to do this.

For my first problem, the most picked teams by tipster, (using Matthew as the example) I am using the following formula to return the most picked team. I am not sure how to return multiple answers in the same cell or show that all picks are unique:

=INDEX(Bets!$H11:$H108756,MODE(IF(Bets!$E11:$E108756="Matthew",IF(Bets!$H11:$H108756<>"",MATCH(Bets!$H11:$H108756,Bets!$H11:$H108756,{0,0})))))

For my second problem, the most and least successful teams picked by the group as a whole, I have used the following formula to return the most picked winning team and most picked losing team. "Y" is for a winning bet and "N" is for a losing bet:

=INDEX(Bets!$H11:$H108756,MODE(IF(Bets!$P11:$P108756="Y",IF(Bets!$H11:$H108756<>"",MATCH(Bets!$H11:$H108756,Bets!$H11:$H108756,{0,0})))))

=INDEX(Bets!$H11:$H108756,MODE(IF(Bets!$P11:$P108756="N",IF(Bets!$H11:$H108756<>"",MATCH(Bets!$H11:$H108756,Bets!$H11:$H108756,{0,0})))))

For all formulas column E is the tipper name, column H is the teams picked and column P is whether the pick won or not ("Y" or "N").

Thank you

 

[Cubist]

A small sample of your data 15-20 rows and expected outcome would be helpful. You can share a snippet of your sheet using XL2BB.

 

[Peter_SSs]

Welcome to the MrExcel board!

For my first problem ..

.. see if this is what you want.

SW82SW.xlsm
	E			H
10	Name			Team
11	Matthew			a
12	John			d
13	Ann			d
14	Matthew			b
15	Matthew			a
16	John			c
17	Matthew			b
18	Matthew			c
19	John			c
20	Matthew			f
21	Matthew			c
22	John			a
23	Matthew			a
24	Matthew			c
25	Matthew			a
26	John			c
27	Ann			e
28	Matthew			f
29	Matthew			f
30	Matthew			c
31	Matthew			f
Bets

Do you really need 100,000+ rows in the formula? I have used 1,000 but you can change that as required.

SW82SW.xlsm
	A	B
1	Name	Most
2	Matthew	a, c, f
3	Jen
4	John	c
5	Ann	all unique
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
B2:B5	B2	=LET(h,Bets!H$11:H$1000,e,Bets!E$11:E$1000,c,COUNTIFS(h,h,h,"<>",e,e),u,UNIQUE(SORT(FILTER(HSTACK(h,c),e=A2,{"",""}),2,-1)),tr,INDEX(u,1,2),IF(tr=1,"all unique",TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(TAKE(u,,1),TAKE(u,,-1)=tr))))

 

[alansidman]

An alternative means with Power Query

let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(Source, {"Name", "Team"}, {{"Count", each Table.RowCount(_), Int64.Type}}),
    #"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Grouped Rows",{{"Name", Order.Descending}})
in
    #"Sorted Rows"

 

[Cubist]

=LET(h,Bets!H$11:H$1000,e,Bets!E$11:E$1000,c,COUNTIFS(h,h,h,"<>",e,e),u,UNIQUE(SORT(FILTER(HSTACK(h,c),e=A2,{"",""}),2,-1)),tr,INDEX(u,1,2),IF(tr=1,"all unique",TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(TAKE(u,,1),TAKE(u,,-1)=tr))))

@SW82SW do you have GROUPBY?
Peter's formula can be simplified using GROUPBY.

 

[SW82SW]

Welcome to the MrExcel board!


.. see if this is what you want.

SW82SW.xlsm
	E			H
10	Name			Team
11	Matthew			a
12	John			d
13	Ann			d
14	Matthew			b
15	Matthew			a
16	John			c
17	Matthew			b
18	Matthew			c
19	John			c
20	Matthew			f
21	Matthew			c
22	John			a
23	Matthew			a
24	Matthew			c
25	Matthew			a
26	John			c
27	Ann			e
28	Matthew			f
29	Matthew			f
30	Matthew			c
31	Matthew			f
Bets

Do you really need 100,000+ rows in the formula? I have used 1,000 but you can change that as required.

SW82SW.xlsm
	A	B
1	Name	Most
2	Matthew	a, c, f
3	Jen
4	John	c
5	Ann	all unique
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
B2:B5	B2	=LET(h,Bets!H$11:H$1000,e,Bets!E$11:E$1000,c,COUNTIFS(h,h,h,"<>",e,e),u,UNIQUE(SORT(FILTER(HSTACK(h,c),e=A2,{"",""}),2,-1)),tr,INDEX(u,1,2),IF(tr=1,"all unique",TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(TAKE(u,,1),TAKE(u,,-1)=tr))))

This works great, thank you.

Would I be able to use a similar formula to find the 3 most picked teams that have won and the 3 most picked teams that have lost?

 

[SW82SW]

@SW82SW do you have GROUPBY?
Peter's formula can be simplified using GROUPBY.

I don't think I do. Thanks.

 

[Peter_SSs]

Would I be able to use a similar formula to find the 3 most picked teams that have won and the 3 most picked teams that have lost?

As was requested in post #2, would really need to see a smallish sample of your data to see how it is presented and explain your expected results and reasoning in relation to that sample data.
If you have trouble with XL2BB, review the "XL2BB Icons greyed out" link in the 'Known XL2BB issues' section near the top of the linked Instructions page.

 

[SW82SW]

This works great, thank you.

Would I be able to use a similar formula to find the 3 most picked teams that have won and the 3 most picked teams that have lost?

Never mind, I have managed to do it using your formula also but just changing the column I was looking up.

One other thing I would like to do is show the most commonly picked team by all tippers as a collective. How would I edit the formula to show this, again showing multiples if more than one team is most commonly picked? Using the example you posted above I would want to show that Team a was picked the most, but if Team a and Team b were both equally the most picked, then show both Team a and Team b in the same cell as my result.

 

[SW82SW]

As was requested in post #2, would really need to see a smallish sample of your data to see how it is presented and explain your expected results and reasoning in relation to that sample data.
If you have trouble with XL2BB, review the "XL2BB Icons greyed out" link in the 'Known XL2BB issues' section near the top of the linked Instructions page.

Sorry Peter, I tried to use XL2BB but as I am using a work laptop it wouldn't allow me to use it.