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Click here to copy the following block create table #Test (Id int, Rank int) go insert #Test values (1, 1) insert #Test values (1, 2) insert #Test values (1, 3) insert #Test values (2, 2) insert #Test values (3, 1) insert #Test values (3, 2) insert #Test values (4, 1) insert #Test values (4, 3) go /* Id Rank -- ---- 1 3 1 2 1 1 4 3 4 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 */ select t1.id, t1.rank from #test t1 join (select id, max(rank) as maxrank from #test group by id) as t2 on t1.id = t2.id order by t2.maxrank desc, t1.id, t1.rank desc

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