diff --git a/helper/lib/score_heap.go b/helper/lib/score_heap.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..485d04eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/lib/score_heap.go
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+package lib
+
+import (
+	"container/heap"
+)
+
+// An HeapItem represents elements being managed in the Score heap
+type HeapItem struct {
+	Value string  // The Value of the item; arbitrary.
+	Score float64 // The Score of the item in the heap
+}
+
+// A ScoreHeap implements heap.Interface and is a min heap
+// that keeps the top K elements by Score. Push can be called
+// with an arbitrary number of values but only the top K are stored
+type ScoreHeap struct {
+	items    []*HeapItem
+	capacity int
+}
+
+func NewScoreHeap(capacity uint32) *ScoreHeap {
+	return &ScoreHeap{capacity: int(capacity)}
+}
+
+func (pq ScoreHeap) Len() int { return len(pq.items) }
+
+func (pq ScoreHeap) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return pq.items[i].Score < pq.items[j].Score
+}
+
+func (pq ScoreHeap) Swap(i, j int) {
+	pq.items[i], pq.items[j] = pq.items[j], pq.items[i]
+}
+
+// Push implements heap.Interface and only stores
+// the top K elements by Score
+func (pq *ScoreHeap) Push(x interface{}) {
+	item := x.(*HeapItem)
+	if len(pq.items) < pq.capacity {
+		pq.items = append(pq.items, item)
+	} else {
+		// Pop the lowest scoring element if this item's Score is
+		// greater than the min Score so far
+		minIndex := 0
+		min := pq.items[minIndex]
+		if item.Score > min.Score {
+			// Replace min and heapify
+			pq.items[minIndex] = item
+			heap.Fix(pq, minIndex)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Push implements heap.Interface and returns the top K scoring
+// elements in increasing order of Score. Callers must reverse the order
+// of returned elements to get the top K scoring elements in descending order
+func (pq *ScoreHeap) Pop() interface{} {
+	old := pq.items
+	n := len(old)
+	item := old[n-1]
+	pq.items = old[0 : n-1]
+	return item
+}
diff --git a/helper/lib/score_heap_test.go b/helper/lib/score_heap_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9061150c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/lib/score_heap_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package lib
+
+import (
+	"container/heap"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestScoreHeap(t *testing.T) {
+	type testCase struct {
+		desc     string
+		items    map[string]float64
+		expected []*HeapItem
+	}
+
+	cases := []testCase{
+		{
+			desc: "More than K elements",
+			items: map[string]float64{
+				"banana":     3.0,
+				"apple":      2.25,
+				"pear":       2.32,
+				"watermelon": 5.45,
+				"orange":     0.20,
+				"strawberry": 9.03,
+				"blueberry":  0.44,
+				"lemon":      3.9,
+				"cherry":     0.03,
+			},
+			expected: []*HeapItem{
+				{Value: "pear", Score: 2.32},
+				{Value: "banana", Score: 3.0},
+				{Value: "lemon", Score: 3.9},
+				{Value: "watermelon", Score: 5.45},
+				{Value: "strawberry", Score: 9.03},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Less than K elements",
+			items: map[string]float64{
+				"eggplant": 9.0,
+				"okra":     -1.0,
+				"corn":     0.25,
+			},
+			expected: []*HeapItem{
+				{Value: "okra", Score: -1.0},
+				{Value: "corn", Score: 0.25},
+				{Value: "eggplant", Score: 9.0},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Create Score heap, push elements into it
+			pq := NewScoreHeap(5)
+			for value, score := range tc.items {
+				heapItem := &HeapItem{
+					Value: value,
+					Score: score,
+				}
+				heap.Push(pq, heapItem)
+			}
+
+			// Take the items out; they arrive in increasing Score order
+			require := require.New(t)
+			require.Equal(len(tc.expected), pq.Len())
+
+			i := 0
+			for pq.Len() > 0 {
+				item := heap.Pop(pq).(*HeapItem)
+				require.Equal(tc.expected[i], item)
+				i++
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+}