Select row with maximum and minimum value in Pandas dataframe

Let’s see how can we select row with maximum and minimum value in Pandas dataframe with help of different examples.

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# importing pandas and numpy
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
  
# data of 2018 drivers world championship
dict1 ={'Driver':['Hamilton', 'Vettel', 'Raikkonen',
                  'Verstappen', 'Bottas', 'Ricciardo',
                  'Hulkenberg', 'Perez', 'Magnussen', 
                  'Sainz', 'Alonso', 'Ocon', 'Leclerc',
                  'Grosjean', 'Gasly', 'Vandoorne',
                  'Ericsson', 'Stroll', 'Hartley', 'Sirotkin'],
                    
        'Points':[408, 320, 251, 249, 247, 170, 69, 62, 56,
                   53, 50, 49, 39, 37, 29, 12, 9, 6, 4, 1],
                     
        'Age':[33, 31, 39, 21, 29, 29, 31, 28, 26, 24, 37,
                      22, 21, 32, 22, 26, 28, 20, 29, 23]}
                        
# creating dataframe using DataFrame constructor
df = pd.DataFrame(dict1)
print(df.head(10))

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Using max on Dataframe –


Code #1:  Shows max on Driver, Points, Age columns.











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# importing pandas and numpy 


import pandas as pd 


import numpy as np 


  


# data of 2018 drivers world championship 


dict1 ={'Driver':['Hamilton', 'Vettel', 'Raikkonen', 


                  'Verstappen', 'Bottas', 'Ricciardo', 


                  'Hulkenberg', 'Perez', 'Magnussen',  


                  'Sainz', 'Alonso', 'Ocon', 'Leclerc', 


                  'Grosjean', 'Gasly', 'Vandoorne', 


                  'Ericsson', 'Stroll', 'Hartley', 'Sirotkin'], 


                    


        'Points':[408, 320, 251, 249, 247, 170, 69, 62, 56, 


                   53, 50, 49, 39, 37, 29, 12, 9, 6, 4, 1], 


                     


        'Age':[33, 31, 39, 21, 29, 29, 31, 28, 26, 24, 37, 


                      22, 21, 32, 22, 26, 28, 20, 29, 23]} 


                        


# creating dataframe using DataFrame constructor 


df = pd.DataFrame(dict1) 


  


# the result shows max on 


# Driver, Points, Age columns. 


print(df.max()) 



















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Code #2:  Who scored max points













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# importing pandas and numpy 


import pandas as pd 


import numpy as np 


  


# data of 2018 drivers world championship 


dict1 ={'Driver':['Hamilton', 'Vettel', 'Raikkonen', 


                  'Verstappen', 'Bottas', 'Ricciardo', 


                  'Hulkenberg', 'Perez', 'Magnussen',  


                  'Sainz', 'Alonso', 'Ocon', 'Leclerc', 


                  'Grosjean', 'Gasly', 'Vandoorne', 


                  'Ericsson', 'Stroll', 'Hartley', 'Sirotkin'], 


                    


        'Points':[408, 320, 251, 249, 247, 170, 69, 62, 56, 


                   53, 50, 49, 39, 37, 29, 12, 9, 6, 4, 1], 


                     


        'Age':[33, 31, 39, 21, 29, 29, 31, 28, 26, 24, 37, 


                      22, 21, 32, 22, 26, 28, 20, 29, 23]} 


                        


# creating dataframe using DataFrame constructor 


df = pd.DataFrame(dict1) 


  


# Who scored more points ? 


print(df[df.Points == df.Points.max()]) 



















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Code #3: What is the maximum age











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# importing pandas and numpy 


import pandas as pd 


import numpy as np 


  


# data of 2018 drivers world championship 


dict1 ={'Driver':['Hamilton', 'Vettel', 'Raikkonen', 


                  'Verstappen', 'Bottas', 'Ricciardo', 


                  'Hulkenberg', 'Perez', 'Magnussen',  


                  'Sainz', 'Alonso', 'Ocon', 'Leclerc', 


                  'Grosjean', 'Gasly', 'Vandoorne', 


                  'Ericsson', 'Stroll', 'Hartley', 'Sirotkin'], 


                    


        'Points':[408, 320, 251, 249, 247, 170, 69, 62, 56, 


                   53, 50, 49, 39, 37, 29, 12, 9, 6, 4, 1], 


                     


        'Age':[33, 31, 39, 21, 29, 29, 31, 28, 26, 24, 37, 


                      22, 21, 32, 22, 26, 28, 20, 29, 23]} 


                        


# creating dataframe using DataFrame constructor 


df = pd.DataFrame(dict1) 


  


# what is the maximum age ? 


print(df.Age.max()) 



















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Code #4:  Which row has maximum age in the dataframe | who is the oldest driver ?











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# importing pandas and numpy 


import pandas as pd 


import numpy as np 


  


# data of 2018 drivers world championship 


dict1 ={'Driver':['Hamilton', 'Vettel', 'Raikkonen', 


                  'Verstappen', 'Bottas', 'Ricciardo', 


                  'Hulkenberg', 'Perez', 'Magnussen',  


                  'Sainz', 'Alonso', 'Ocon', 'Leclerc', 


                  'Grosjean', 'Gasly', 'Vandoorne', 


                  'Ericsson', 'Stroll', 'Hartley', 'Sirotkin'], 


                    


        'Points':[408, 320, 251, 249, 247, 170, 69, 62, 56, 


                   53, 50, 49, 39, 37, 29, 12, 9, 6, 4, 1], 


                     


        'Age':[33, 31, 39, 21, 29, 29, 31, 28, 26, 24, 37, 


                      22, 21, 32, 22, 26, 28, 20, 29, 23]} 


                        


# creating dataframe using DataFrame constructor 


df = pd.DataFrame(dict1) 


  


# Which row has maximum age | 


# who is the oldest driver ? 


print(df[df.Age == df.Age.max()]) 



















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Output:




Using min on Dataframe –


Code #1: Shows min on Driver, Points, Age columns.











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# importing pandas and numpy 


import pandas as pd 


import numpy as np 


  


# data of 2018 drivers world championship 


dict1 ={'Driver':['Hamilton', 'Vettel', 'Raikkonen', 


                  'Verstappen', 'Bottas', 'Ricciardo', 


                  'Hulkenberg', 'Perez', 'Magnussen',  


                  'Sainz', 'Alonso', 'Ocon', 'Leclerc', 


                  'Grosjean', 'Gasly', 'Vandoorne', 


                  'Ericsson', 'Stroll', 'Hartley', 'Sirotkin'], 


                    


        'Points':[408, 320, 251, 249, 247, 170, 69, 62, 56, 


                   53, 50, 49, 39, 37, 29, 12, 9, 6, 4, 1], 


                     


        'Age':[33, 31, 39, 21, 29, 29, 31, 28, 26, 24, 37, 


                      22, 21, 32, 22, 26, 28, 20, 29, 23]} 


                        


# creating dataframe using DataFrame constructor 


df = pd.DataFrame(dict1) 


  


# the result shows min on  


# Driver, Points, Age columns. 


print(df.min()) 



















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Code #2:  Who scored less points











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# importing pandas and numpy 


import pandas as pd 


import numpy as np 


  


# data of 2018 drivers world championship 


dict1 ={'Driver':['Hamilton', 'Vettel', 'Raikkonen', 


                  'Verstappen', 'Bottas', 'Ricciardo', 


                  'Hulkenberg', 'Perez', 'Magnussen',  


                  'Sainz', 'Alonso', 'Ocon', 'Leclerc', 


                  'Grosjean', 'Gasly', 'Vandoorne', 


                  'Ericsson', 'Stroll', 'Hartley', 'Sirotkin'], 


                    


        'Points':[408, 320, 251, 249, 247, 170, 69, 62, 56, 


                   53, 50, 49, 39, 37, 29, 12, 9, 6, 4, 1], 


                     


        'Age':[33, 31, 39, 21, 29, 29, 31, 28, 26, 24, 37, 


                      22, 21, 32, 22, 26, 28, 20, 29, 23]} 


                        


# creating dataframe using DataFrame constructor 


df = pd.DataFrame(dict1) 


  


# Who scored less points ? 


print(df[df.Points == df.Points.min()]) 



















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Output:



 

Code #3: Which row has minimum age in the dataframe | who is the youngest driver











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# importing pandas and numpy 


import pandas as pd 


import numpy as np 


  


# data of 2018 drivers world championship 


dict1 ={'Driver':['Hamilton', 'Vettel', 'Raikkonen', 


                  'Verstappen', 'Bottas', 'Ricciardo', 


                  'Hulkenberg', 'Perez', 'Magnussen',  


                  'Sainz', 'Alonso', 'Ocon', 'Leclerc', 


                  'Grosjean', 'Gasly', 'Vandoorne', 


                  'Ericsson', 'Stroll', 'Hartley', 'Sirotkin'], 


                    


        'Points':[408, 320, 251, 249, 247, 170, 69, 62, 56, 


                   53, 50, 49, 39, 37, 29, 12, 9, 6, 4, 1], 


                     


        'Age':[33, 31, 39, 21, 29, 29, 31, 28, 26, 24, 37, 


                      22, 21, 32, 22, 26, 28, 20, 29, 23]} 


                        


# creating dataframe using DataFrame constructor 


df = pd.DataFrame(dict1) 


  


# Which row has maximum age |  


# who is the youngest driver ? 


print(df[df.Age == df.Age.min()]) 



















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