# Does the score calculation admit a maximum?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-the-score-calculation-admit-a-maximum/163926>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 11, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-the-score-calculation-admit-a-maximum/163926 "2019-01-11T16:00:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-the-score-calculation-admit-a-maximum/163926/2 "2019-01-13T13:42:08Z")

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Scores are relative so there is no max defined and you can not set that either. Have a look at [this thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limiting-the-relevancy-score-of-all-the-searched-documents/48123/6) for a similar discussion.

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