# Only highest field's score is returned as the item score not the sum

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-highest-fields-score-is-returned-as-the-item-score-not-the-sum/225542>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 29, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-highest-fields-score-is-returned-as-the-item-score-not-the-sum/225542 "2020-03-29T10:02:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![slim-souissi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@slim-souissi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/slim-souissi)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-highest-fields-score-is-returned-as-the-item-score-not-the-sum/225542/1 "2020-03-29T10:02:51Z")

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Hello ,  
I query elasticsearch with a bool query . When I have a match , only the field the highest score is returned .  
Imagine my query matches on two fields , I want the score to be the sum of the scores of matched fields .  
I can't figure it out .

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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:** [April 26, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-highest-fields-score-is-returned-as-the-item-score-not-the-sum/225542/2 "2020-04-26T10:02:56Z")

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