LINQ: How to perform .Max() on a property of all objects in a collection and return the object with maximum value

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You can also upgrade Mehrdad Afshari's solution by rewriting the extention method to faster (and better looking) one: static class EnumerableExtensions { public static T MaxElement<T, R>(this IEnumerable<T> container, Func<T, R> valuingFoo) where R : IComparable { var enumerator = container.GetEnumerator(); if (!enumerator.MoveNext()) throw new ArgumentException("Container is empty!"); var maxElem = enumerator.Current; var maxVal = valuingFoo(maxElem); while (enumerator.MoveNext()) { var currVal = valuingFoo(enumerator.Current); if (currVal.CompareTo(maxVal) > 0) { maxVal = currVal; maxElem = enumerator.Current; } } return maxElem; } } And then just use it: var maxObject = list.MaxElement(item => item.Height); That name will be clear to people using C++ (because there is std::max_element in there).