How to select top 3 values from each group in a table with SQL which have duplicates [duplicate]

Answer 1

Try this -

CREATE TABLE #list ([name] [varchar](100) NOT NULL, [value] [int] NOT NULL)
INSERT INTO #list VALUES ('John', 20), ('John', 7), ('John', 7), ('John', 7), ('John', 4);

WITH cte
AS (
SELECT NAME
    ,value
    ,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
        PARTITION BY NAME ORDER BY (value) DESC
        ) RN
FROM #list
)
SELECT NAME
,value
FROM cte
WHERE RN < 4
ORDER BY value DESC