# Max score from boolean query parts

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-score-from-boolean-query-parts/28193>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 27, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-score-from-boolean-query-parts/28193 "2015-08-27T15:31:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![JSJS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@JSJS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JSJS)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-score-from-boolean-query-parts/28193/1 "2015-08-27T15:31:34Z")

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For a nested query, it is possible to get the max value of the subterms:

```
"nested" : {
    "path" : "subdocs",
    "score_mode" : "max",
    "query" : {
        "bool": {
            "disable_coord": True,
            "should": [
                query_1, # Score = 5
                query_2, # Score = 8
                query_3 # Score = 10
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

This would return 10.

I would like to do this with a not nested boolean query:

```
"bool": {
    "disable_coord": True,
    "should": [
        query_1, # Score = 5
        query_2, # Score = 8
        query_3 # Score = 10
    ]
}

```

should return 10.

Is this possible?

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**Author:** ![sumit\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sumit_jain/32/5125_2.png) [@sumit\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sumit_jain)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-score-from-boolean-query-parts/28193/2 "2016-01-14T19:20:26Z")

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You can use dis\_max query to get this behavior.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-score-from-boolean-query-parts/28193/3 "2017-07-05T23:24:24Z")

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