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What is good wordpress plugin that will display data and let the user pick different ways to sort the data

I am working on a site where different sports leagues for kid are displayed. I want the users to be able to search/sort on town, type of sports, type of league, etc. What is a good wordpress plugin for this. Thanks
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EasyTable would probably be the most popular - http://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-table/

TablePress is another good alternative - http://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/

Advanced Custom Fields could give you more flexibility but isn't quite as easy to get off the ground - http://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/
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Brad has identified your three best plugin options.  However, a lot of the decision comes down to how the data gets entered.  Is this data being hand-entered or does it come from some other source?
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Thanks Brad.
Jason - The data will be coming from an excel spreadsheet
But how is that data getting into WordPress?
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I was going to import the data in - I would need a plugin that had an import feature. Once the data is in the system then I need to be able to show the data in different sorts. I am going to have around 10 ways that a user can view the data. I am looking at the different options that you both gave me - thanks
I am going to have around 10 ways that a user can view the data

So that's the reason to have shortcode-based displays.  You can pass parameters through the shortcode which will filter the data and return the different views (or have 10 different shortcodes).
which plugin do you think is the best to use
One more question - what wordpress themes would work well with the system I am creating. I usually get my themes through themeforest? Thanks
As to which plugin, you have to do the research from here and make a decision.  No one knows your needs and abilities better than you.

Themes shouldn't matter.  I don't like or use anything from TF but there's no requirement to use a certain theme or type of theme.
I downloaded the plugin wpdatatables. I imported data from a CSV file. I don't see a way to update the data in the table once I import it. Do I need a different type of plugin that works with databases?  Thanks