I have a `road_insp` table: create table road_insp ( insp_id int, road_id int, insp_date date, length number(10,2) ); insert into user.road_insp (insp_id, road_id, insp_date, length) values ( 1, 100, to_date('01/JAN/2013 6:00:00AM','DD/MON/YY HH:MI:SSAM'), 1000); insert into user.road_insp (insp_id, road_id, insp_date, length) values ( 2, 100, to_date('01/JAN/2014 7:00:00AM','DD/MON/YY HH:MI:SSAM'), 1000); insert into user.road_insp (insp_id, road_id, insp_date, length) values ( 3, 100, to_date('01/JAN/2015 8:00:00AM','DD/MON/YY HH:MI:SSAM'), 1000); insert into user.road_insp (insp_id, road_id, insp_date, length) values ( 4, 100, to_date('01/JAN/2016 9:00:00AM','DD/MON/YY HH:MI:SSAM'), 750); insert into user.road_insp (insp_id, road_id, insp_date, length) values ( 5, 100, to_date('01/FEB/2016 10:00:00AM','DD/MON/YY HH:MI:SSAM'), 250); commit; select insp_id, road_id, to_char(insp_date, 'DD/MON/YY HH:MI:SSAM') insp_date_formatted, length from road_insp; INSP_ID ROAD_ID INSP_DATE_FORMATTED LENGTH ---------- ---------- -------------------- ---------- 1 100 01/JAN/13 06:00:00AM 1000 2 100 01/JAN/14 07:00:00AM 1000 3 100 01/JAN/15 08:00:00AM 1000 4 100 01/JAN/16 09:00:00AM 750 5 100 01/FEB/16 10:00:00AM 250 ------------ I'm able to [select the most recent inspection][1] of each `road_id` using this query: select insp_id, road_id, to_char(insp_date, 'DD/MON/YY HH:MI:SSAM') insp_date_formatted, length from ( select r.insp_id ,r.road_id ,r.insp_date ,r.length ,row_number() over (partition by road_id order by insp_date desc) rn from user.road_insp r ) where rn =1 ; INSP_ID ROAD_ID INSP_DATE_FORMATTED LENGTH ---------- ---------- -------------------- ---------- 5 100 01/FEB/16 10:00:00AM 250 --------- However, rather than simply just select the most recent inspection, I want to do do something a bit more complex: 1. Get the most recent inspection 2. But if there is more than one inspection in that inspection year, break the tie by getting the longest inspection ----- INSP_ID ROAD_ID INSP_DATE_FORMATTED LENGTH ---------- ---------- -------------------- ---------- 4 100 01/JAN/16 09:00:00AM 750 In other words, if there are multiple inspections in the latest inspection year, it doesn't really matter which one came first (within the context of the year). It's more important which inspection was longest. How can I do this? [1]: https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/165782/select-most-recent-inspection