# ZPOPMAX

```json metadata
{
  "title": "ZPOPMAX",
  "description": "Returns the highest-scoring members from a sorted set after removing them. Deletes the sorted set if the last member was popped.",
  "categories": ["docs","develop","stack","oss","rs","rc","oss","kubernetes","clients"],
  "arguments": [{"display_text":"key","key_spec_index":0,"name":"key","type":"key"},{"display_text":"count","name":"count","optional":true,"type":"integer"}],
  "syntax_fmt": "ZPOPMAX key [count]",
  "complexity": "O(log(N)*M) with N being the number of elements in the sorted set, and M being the number of elements popped.",
  "group": "sorted-set",
  "command_flags": ["write","fast"],
  "acl_categories": ["@write","@sortedset","@fast"],
  "since": "5.0.0",
  "arity": -2,
  "key_specs": [{"RW":true,"access":true,"begin_search":{"spec":{"index":1},"type":"index"},"delete":true,"find_keys":{"spec":{"keystep":1,"lastkey":0,"limit":0},"type":"range"}}],
  "tableOfContents": {"sections":[{"id":"examples","title":"Examples"},{"id":"redis-enterprise-and-redis-cloud-compatibility","title":"Redis Enterprise and Redis Cloud compatibility"},{"id":"return-information","title":"Return information"}]}
}
```













Removes and returns up to `count` members with the highest scores in the sorted
set stored at `key`.

When left unspecified, the default value for `count` is 1. Specifying a `count`
value that is higher than the sorted set's cardinality will not produce an
error. When returning multiple elements, the one with the highest score will
be the first, followed by the elements with lower scores.

## Examples


ZADD myzset 1 "one"
ZADD myzset 2 "two"
ZADD myzset 3 "three"
ZPOPMAX myzset


## Redis Enterprise and Redis Cloud compatibility

| Redis<br />Enterprise | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style="min-width: 9em; display: table-cell">Notes</span> |
|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|
| <span title="Supported">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title="Supported"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title="Supported"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> |  |

## Return information

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    tab1="RESP2" 
    tab2="RESP3" >}}

* [Array reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#arrays): a list of popped elements and scores.

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* [Array reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#arrays): a list of popped elements and scores.