How to sum up the values in each column and ranking each column name by sum of values in google sheet

Question

I have a google sheet with values that is getting populated

  A              B                 C           D            E             F        G      H
Top scorers   Date            Player l    Player 2      Player 3     Player 4
            13 Jan 2019            1        1            1
            20 Jan 2019            2        1                         1 

the idea is: each match day I will enter the date of the match and number of goals that each player scored, if new player score I will just put his name in new column and number of goal on that date. If any player not score that day, I will just leave that cell blank. Then I want to populate first column "Top scorers" with ranking of Player scored. Expected result will look like this:

     A         B                C            D            E            F        G        H
Top scorers   Date            Player l    Player 2      Player 3     Player 4
Player 1: 3   13 Jan 2019         1         1            1
Player 2: 2   20 Jan 2019         2         1                         1 
Player 3: 1
Player 4: 1

It will automatically updated with new data input. How could I make this? I have a look at Pivot Table but looks like it is hard to archive this result.

Sample sheet.

Answer 1

According to the description of what you're trying to accomplish and the Google Sheet shared.

You need to break your problem down into several subtasks:

• Selecting all the ranges you'll later need (Players, Dates, Range where you'll write your scores, range where your top scorers will be displayed)
• Adding up each player's goals from all the games to get their total score
• Sorting the players according to their total score
• Create strings to write into your topscorer column
• Write these strings into the topscorer column

My solution is pretty verbose but it seems to work. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions or if clarifications are needed.

    function testMe() {

    var ID = ''; // ID of your Document
    var name = ''; // Name of your sheet
    var sourceSheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById(ID); // Selects your Source Spreadsheet by its id
    var ssheet = sourceSheet.getSheetByName(name); // Selects your Source Sheet by its name

    var scoreRange = ssheet.getRange(2, 3, (sourceSheet.getLastRow() -1), (sourceSheet.getLastColumn() -2)); // Selects the range in which you will enter your scores
    var dateRange = ssheet.getRange(2,2,(sourceSheet.getLastRow() -1)); // Selects the range for which player names in row 1
    var playerRange = ssheet.getRange(1,3,1,(sourceSheet.getLastColumn() -2)); // selects the range for which dates were entered in column
    var topScorerRange = ssheet.getRange(2,1,scoreRange.getNumColumns()); // selects the range where your topscorer output will end up

    var numberOfPlayers = playerRange.getNumColumns(); // Gets the number of players you've already entered in row 1
    var numberOfGames = playerRange.getNumRows(); // Gets the number of games whose dates you've already entered in Column B


    function sortAndUpdateTopScorers() {
        var array = scoreRange.getValues();
        var totalPlayers = scoreRange.getNumColumns();
        var totalGames = scoreRange.getNumRows();
        var playerScores = [];

      // iterate through the scoreRange and count up each players total score

           for (var i = 0; i < totalPlayers; i++) {
               var currentPlayer = 0;
               for (var j = 0; j < totalGames; j++) {
                  currentPlayer += array[j][i];
               }
             playerScores.push([currentPlayer]);
           }

      // Combine the names of the players and their total score in order to create the strings for your topscorers column

      for (var v = 0; v < numberOfPlayers; v++) {
        playerScores[v].push(playerRange.getValues()[0][v] + ": " + playerScores[v]);
      };

      // Sort those strings according to their score

      playerScores.sort(function(a,b) {
      return b[0]-a[0]
      });

      // Remove the score value so only the string remains in the array

      for (var x = 0; x < playerScores.length; x++) {
       playerScores[x].shift(); 
      }

      // Write the content of the array into your topscorers column

      topScorerRange.setValues(playerScores);

     };
sortAndUpdateTopScorers();
};