diff --git a/engine/librankings.go b/engine/librankings.go
index ddb640d51..c87ea2d23 100644
--- a/engine/librankings.go
+++ b/engine/librankings.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 package engine
 
 import (
+	"sort"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/utils"
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ type rankingSorter interface {
 }
 
 // rankingSortStats will return the list of sorted statIDs out of the sortingData map
-func rankingSortStats(sortingType string, sortingParams []string, statMetrics map[string]map[string]float64) (sortedStatIDs []string, err error) {
+func rankingSortStats(sortingType string, sortingParams []string,
+	statMetrics map[string]map[string]float64) (sortedStatIDs []string, err error) {
 	var rnkSrtr rankingSorter
 	if rnkSrtr, err = newRankingSorter(sortingType, sortingParams, statMetrics); err != nil {
 		return
@@ -119,18 +121,59 @@ func newRankingSorter(sortingType string, sortingParams []string,
 	default:
 		err = utils.ErrPrefixNotErrNotImplemented(sortingType)
 		return
-	case utils.MetaDescending:
-		return &rankingDescSorter{sortingParams, statMetrics}, nil
-
+	case utils.MetaDesc:
+		return newRankingDescSorter(sortingParams, statMetrics), nil
 	}
+	return
+}
+
+// newRankingDescSorter is a constructor for rankingDescSorter
+func newRankingDescSorter(sortingParams []string,
+	statMetrics map[string]map[string]float64) (rkDsrtr *rankingDescSorter) {
+	rkDsrtr = &rankingDescSorter{
+		sortingParams,
+		statMetrics,
+		make([]string, 0, len(statMetrics))}
+	for statID := range rkDsrtr.statMetrics {
+		rkDsrtr.statIDs = append(rkDsrtr.statIDs, statID)
+	}
+	return
 }
 
 // rankingDescSorter will sort data descendently for metrics in sortingParams or randomly if all equal
 type rankingDescSorter struct {
 	sortingParams []string
 	statMetrics   map[string]map[string]float64
+
+	statIDs []string // list of keys of the statMetrics
 }
 
-func (rkDsrtr *rankingDescSorter) sortStatIDs() (statIDs []string) {
-	return
+// sortStatIDs implements rankingSorter interface
+func (rkDsrtr *rankingDescSorter) sortStatIDs() []string {
+	if len(rkDsrtr.statIDs) == 0 {
+		return rkDsrtr.statIDs
+	}
+	sort.Slice(rkDsrtr.statIDs, func(i, j int) bool {
+		for _, metricID := range rkDsrtr.sortingParams {
+			val1, hasMetric1 := rkDsrtr.statMetrics[rkDsrtr.statIDs[i]][metricID]
+			if !hasMetric1 {
+				return false
+			}
+			val2, hasMetric2 := rkDsrtr.statMetrics[rkDsrtr.statIDs[j]][metricID]
+			if !hasMetric2 {
+				return true
+			}
+			//in case we have the same value for the current metricID we skip to the next one
+			if val1 == val2 {
+				continue
+			}
+			if val1 > val2 {
+				return true
+			}
+			return false
+		}
+		//in case that we have the same value for all params we return randomly
+		return utils.BoolGenerator().RandomBool()
+	})
+	return rkDsrtr.statIDs
 }
diff --git a/engine/librankings_test.go b/engine/librankings_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3102cd963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/librankings_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+Real-time Online/Offline Charging System (OCS) for Telecom & ISP environments
+Copyright (C) ITsysCOM GmbH
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestRankingDescSorterSortStatIDs(t *testing.T) {
+	statMetrics := map[string]map[string]float64{
+		"STATS1": {"*acc": 12.1, "*tcc": 24.2},
+		"STATS2": {"*acc": 12.1, "*tcc": 24.3},
+		"STATS3": {"*acc": 10.1, "*tcc": 25.3},
+	}
+	sortMetrics := []string{"*acc", "*tcc"}
+	rdscSrtr := newRankingDescSorter(sortMetrics,statMetrics)
+	eStatIDs := []string{"STATS2", "STATS1", "STATS3"}
+	if statIDs := rdscSrtr.sortStatIDs(); !reflect.DeepEqual(eStatIDs, statIDs) {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting: %v, received %v", eStatIDs, statIDs)
+	}
+	sortMetrics = []string{"*tcc", "*acc"} // changed the order of checks, stats3 should come first
+	rdscSrtr = newRankingDescSorter(sortMetrics,statMetrics)
+	eStatIDs = []string{"STATS3", "STATS2", "STATS1"}
+	if statIDs := rdscSrtr.sortStatIDs(); !reflect.DeepEqual(eStatIDs, statIDs) {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting: %v, received %v", eStatIDs, statIDs)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/utils/consts.go b/utils/consts.go
index db71e8be1..f34f62d6e 100644
--- a/utils/consts.go
+++ b/utils/consts.go
@@ -1019,6 +1019,8 @@ const (
 	MetaNodeID              = "*node_id"
 	MetaAscending           = "*ascending"
 	MetaDescending          = "*descending"
+	MetaDesc                = "*desc"
+	MetaAsc                 = "*asc"
 )
 
 // MetaMetrics