d=[["Rachel",-50],["Mawer",-50],["Sheen",-50],["Shaheen",51]] for j in range(len(d)): for i in range(len(d)-j-1): if(d[i][1]>d[i+1][1]): d[i],d[i+1]=d[i+1],d[i] elif(d[i][1]==d[i+1][1]): if(d[i][0]>d[i+1][0]): if(d[i][0]>d[i+1][0]): d[i+1],d[i]=d[i],d[i+1] print(d) a=[] #[['Mawer', -50], ['Rachel', -50], ['Sheen', -50], ['Shaheen', 51]] for i in range(len(d)): if(d[i][1]