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Google Sheets allows users to sum data across multiple sheets by using the SUMIF function. This function requires users to specify the range of cells from each sheet that should be summed together, as well as the criteria for which cells should be included in the total. Once the criteria is set, the SUMIF function will automatically sum the data from all of the sheets that meet the criteria and display the total on the current sheet.
You can use the following basic syntax to sum values across multiple sheets in Google Sheets:
=SUM(Sheet1!A1, Sheet2!B5, Sheet3!A12, ...)
The following example shows how to use this syntax in practice.
Example: Sum Across Multiple Sheets
Suppose we have three sheets titled week1, week2, and week3 that each contain data about eight basketball players and their total points scored during that week:
Each sheet has the exact same layout with “Player” in column A and “Points” in column B.
Now suppose we’d like to take the sum of points scored for each player during each week and display the sum in a new sheet called total:
We can use the following formula to do so:
=SUM(week1!B2, week2!B2, week3!B2)
The following screenshot shows how to use this formula in practice:
The “Total Points” column contains the sum of the points scored for each player across week1, week2, and week3.
For example:
- Player A scored a total of 23 points across the three weeks.
- Player B scored a total of 24 points across the three weeks.
- Player C scored a total of 26 points across the three weeks.
And so on.
The following tutorials explain how to perform other common operations in Google Sheets: