Date Max with if

[Vittore8]

Max({<main_category={"Games"},launched={">=$(=yearstart(makedate(2016)))<$(=yearend(makedate(2016)))"}>} backers) -- result 

but when i use 
if(Max({<main_category={"Games"},launched={">=$(=yearstart(makedate(2016)))<$(=yearend(makedate(2016)))"}>} backers) = backers, name) --result

why can't I compare the maximum with the value in the column?

[tresB]

Try like:

Only(

{< 

backers={`=Max(total {<main_category={"Games"},launched={">=$(=yearstart(makedate(2016)))<$(=yearend(makedate(2016)))"}>} backers)`

>} 

backers

)

Note the backticks in red.