The following query: SELECT year, id, rate FROM h WHERE year BETWEEN 2000 AND 2009 AND id IN (SELECT rid FROM table2) GROUP BY id, year ORDER BY id, rate DESC yields: year id rate 2006 p01 8 2003 p01 7.4 2008 p01 6.8 2001 p01 5.9 2007 p01 5.3 2009 p01 4.4 2002 p01 3.9 2004 p01 3.5 2005 p01 2.1 2000 p01 0.8 2001 p02 12.5 2004 p02 12.4 2002 p02 12.2 2003 p02 10.3 2000 p02 8.7 2006 p02 4.6 2007 p02 3