Question: I have a SortedDictionary where I am holding points of a particular player and his name next to it. What I need to do is to sort this in a descending order so that I have the winner in the first position of the dictionary. How can I do that?

Also, how can I get an item from the list without knowing the key?

```
SortedDictionary<int, string> dict = new SortedDictionary<int, string>();
dict.Add(player1Pts, playerNames[0]);
dict.Add(player2Pts, playerNames[1]);
dict.Add(player3Pts, playerNames[2]);

```

Thanks for any help!

Answer: 
First: A Sorted Dictionary will always be sorted immediately, when you insert another Value.

But note: Using the points as KEY means that you cannot have players with EQUAL points.

But if you want to go with that, you can simple use the Last() Method of your Dictionary to get the player with the most points:

```
SortedDictionary<int, String> t = new SortedDictionary<int,string>();
t.Add(5, "a");
t.Add(10, "c");
t.Add(2, "b");
MessageBox.Show((t.Last<KeyValuePair<int,string>>()).Value);

```

This Will Result in "c".
The answer to my problem was this to anyone who might need it :)

```
Player player1 = new Player(playerNames[0], player1Pts);
Player player2 = new Player(playerNames[1], player2Pts);
Player player3 = new Player(playerNames[2], player3Pts);
Player player4 = new Player(playerNames[3], player4Pts);
Player player5 = new Player(playerNames[4], player5Pts);

List<Player> players = new List<Player>();

players.Add(player1);
players.Add(player2);
players.Add(player3);
players.Add(player4);
players.Add(player5);

var sortedPlayers = (from Player play in players
                     orderby play.Points descending
                     select play);

List<Player> sortPlay = (List<Player>)sortedPlayers.ToList();

```