diff --git a/client/app/components/proptypes.js b/client/app/components/proptypes.js
index e491b36166..1a936e3282 100644
--- a/client/app/components/proptypes.js
+++ b/client/app/components/proptypes.js
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export const Query = PropTypes.shape({
 
 export const AlertOptions = PropTypes.shape({
   column: PropTypes.string,
+  selector: PropTypes.oneOf(["first", "min", "max"]),
   op: PropTypes.oneOf([">", ">=", "<", "<=", "==", "!="]),
   value: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.number]),
   custom_subject: PropTypes.string,
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ export const Alert = PropTypes.shape({
   query: Query,
   options: PropTypes.shape({
     column: PropTypes.string,
+    selector: PropTypes.string,
     op: PropTypes.string,
     value: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.number]),
   }).isRequired,
diff --git a/client/app/pages/alert/Alert.jsx b/client/app/pages/alert/Alert.jsx
index e54ebcb0e6..9aac679f9a 100644
--- a/client/app/pages/alert/Alert.jsx
+++ b/client/app/pages/alert/Alert.jsx
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class Alert extends React.Component {
       this.setState({
         alert: {
           options: {
+            selector: "first",
             op: ">",
             value: 1,
             muted: false,
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ class Alert extends React.Component {
     } else {
       const { alertId } = this.props;
       AlertService.get({ id: alertId })
-        .then(alert => {
+        .then((alert) => {
           if (this._isMounted) {
             const canEdit = currentUser.canEdit(alert);
 
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ class Alert extends React.Component {
             this.onQuerySelected(alert.query);
           }
         })
-        .catch(error => {
+        .catch((error) => {
           if (this._isMounted) {
             this.props.onError(error);
           }
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ class Alert extends React.Component {
     alert.rearm = pendingRearm || null;
 
     return AlertService.save(alert)
-      .then(alert => {
+      .then((alert) => {
         notification.success("Saved.");
         navigateTo(`alerts/${alert.id}`, true);
         this.setState({ alert, mode: MODES.VIEW });
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ class Alert extends React.Component {
       });
   };
 
-  onQuerySelected = query => {
+  onQuerySelected = (query) => {
     this.setState(({ alert }) => ({
       alert: Object.assign(alert, { query }),
       queryResult: null,
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ class Alert extends React.Component {
 
     if (query) {
       // get cached result for column names and values
-      new QueryService(query).getQueryResultPromise().then(queryResult => {
+      new QueryService(query).getQueryResultPromise().then((queryResult) => {
         if (this._isMounted) {
           this.setState({ queryResult });
           let { column } = this.state.alert.options;
@@ -146,18 +147,18 @@ class Alert extends React.Component {
     }
   };
 
-  onNameChange = name => {
+  onNameChange = (name) => {
     const { alert } = this.state;
     this.setState({
       alert: Object.assign(alert, { name }),
     });
   };
 
-  onRearmChange = pendingRearm => {
+  onRearmChange = (pendingRearm) => {
     this.setState({ pendingRearm });
   };
 
-  setAlertOptions = obj => {
+  setAlertOptions = (obj) => {
     const { alert } = this.state;
     const options = { ...alert.options, ...obj };
     this.setState({
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ routes.register(
   routeWithUserSession({
     path: "/alerts/new",
     title: "New Alert",
-    render: pageProps => <Alert {...pageProps} mode={MODES.NEW} />,
+    render: (pageProps) => <Alert {...pageProps} mode={MODES.NEW} />,
   })
 );
 routes.register(
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ routes.register(
   routeWithUserSession({
     path: "/alerts/:alertId",
     title: "Alert",
-    render: pageProps => <Alert {...pageProps} mode={MODES.VIEW} />,
+    render: (pageProps) => <Alert {...pageProps} mode={MODES.VIEW} />,
   })
 );
 routes.register(
@@ -274,6 +275,6 @@ routes.register(
   routeWithUserSession({
     path: "/alerts/:alertId/edit",
     title: "Alert",
-    render: pageProps => <Alert {...pageProps} mode={MODES.EDIT} />,
+    render: (pageProps) => <Alert {...pageProps} mode={MODES.EDIT} />,
   })
 );
diff --git a/client/app/pages/alert/components/Criteria.jsx b/client/app/pages/alert/components/Criteria.jsx
index 672aa86814..644e5d87e6 100644
--- a/client/app/pages/alert/components/Criteria.jsx
+++ b/client/app/pages/alert/components/Criteria.jsx
@@ -54,23 +54,70 @@ export default function Criteria({ columnNames, resultValues, alertOptions, onCh
     return null;
   })();
 
-  const columnHint = (
-    <small className="alert-criteria-hint">
-      Top row value is <code className="p-0">{toString(columnValue) || "unknown"}</code>
-    </small>
-  );
+  let columnHint;
+
+  if (alertOptions.selector === "first") {
+    columnHint = (
+      <small className="alert-criteria-hint">
+        Top row value is <code className="p-0">{toString(columnValue) || "unknown"}</code>
+      </small>
+    );
+  } else if (alertOptions.selector === "max") {
+    columnHint = (
+      <small className="alert-criteria-hint">
+        Max column value is{" "}
+        <code className="p-0">
+          {toString(Math.max(...resultValues.map((o) => o[alertOptions.column]))) || "unknown"}
+        </code>
+      </small>
+    );
+  } else if (alertOptions.selector === "min") {
+    columnHint = (
+      <small className="alert-criteria-hint">
+        Min column value is{" "}
+        <code className="p-0">
+          {toString(Math.min(...resultValues.map((o) => o[alertOptions.column]))) || "unknown"}
+        </code>
+      </small>
+    );
+  }
 
   return (
     <div data-test="Criteria">
+      <div className="input-title">
+        <span className="input-label">Selector</span>
+        {editMode ? (
+          <Select
+            value={alertOptions.selector}
+            onChange={(selector) => onChange({ selector })}
+            optionLabelProp="label"
+            dropdownMatchSelectWidth={false}
+            style={{ width: 80 }}
+          >
+            <Select.Option value="first" label="first">
+              first
+            </Select.Option>
+            <Select.Option value="min" label="min">
+              min
+            </Select.Option>
+            <Select.Option value="max" label="max">
+              max
+            </Select.Option>
+          </Select>
+        ) : (
+          <DisabledInput minWidth={60}>{alertOptions.selector}</DisabledInput>
+        )}
+      </div>
       <div className="input-title">
         <span className="input-label">Value column</span>
         {editMode ? (
           <Select
             value={alertOptions.column}
-            onChange={column => onChange({ column })}
+            onChange={(column) => onChange({ column })}
             dropdownMatchSelectWidth={false}
-            style={{ minWidth: 100 }}>
-            {columnNames.map(name => (
+            style={{ minWidth: 100 }}
+          >
+            {columnNames.map((name) => (
               <Select.Option key={name}>{name}</Select.Option>
             ))}
           </Select>
@@ -83,10 +130,11 @@ export default function Criteria({ columnNames, resultValues, alertOptions, onCh
         {editMode ? (
           <Select
             value={alertOptions.op}
-            onChange={op => onChange({ op })}
+            onChange={(op) => onChange({ op })}
             optionLabelProp="label"
             dropdownMatchSelectWidth={false}
-            style={{ width: 55 }}>
+            style={{ width: 55 }}
+          >
             <Select.Option value=">" label={CONDITIONS[">"]}>
               {CONDITIONS[">"]} greater than
             </Select.Option>
@@ -125,7 +173,7 @@ export default function Criteria({ columnNames, resultValues, alertOptions, onCh
             id="threshold-criterion"
             style={{ width: 90 }}
             value={alertOptions.value}
-            onChange={e => onChange({ value: e.target.value })}
+            onChange={(e) => onChange({ value: e.target.value })}
           />
         ) : (
           <DisabledInput minWidth={50}>{alertOptions.value}</DisabledInput>
diff --git a/client/cypress/support/redash-api/index.js b/client/cypress/support/redash-api/index.js
index e9bc0ace69..2204f381c2 100644
--- a/client/cypress/support/redash-api/index.js
+++ b/client/cypress/support/redash-api/index.js
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 const { extend, get, merge, find } = Cypress._;
 
-const post = options =>
+const post = (options) =>
   cy
     .getCookie("csrf_token")
-    .then(csrf => cy.request({ ...options, method: "POST", headers: { "X-CSRF-TOKEN": csrf.value } }));
+    .then((csrf) => cy.request({ ...options, method: "POST", headers: { "X-CSRF-TOKEN": csrf.value } }));
 
-Cypress.Commands.add("createDashboard", name => {
+Cypress.Commands.add("createDashboard", (name) => {
   return post({ url: "api/dashboards", body: { name } }).then(({ body }) => body);
 });
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("createQuery", (data, shouldPublish = true) => {
   // eslint-disable-next-line cypress/no-assigning-return-values
   let request = post({ url: "/api/queries", body: merged }).then(({ body }) => body);
   if (shouldPublish) {
-    request = request.then(query =>
+    request = request.then((query) =>
       post({ url: `/api/queries/${query.id}`, body: { is_draft: false } }).then(() => query)
     );
   }
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("addWidget", (dashboardId, visualizationId, options = {}) =
 Cypress.Commands.add("createAlert", (queryId, options = {}, name) => {
   const defaultOptions = {
     column: "?column?",
+    selector: "first",
     op: "greater than",
     rearm: 0,
     value: 1,
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("createUser", ({ name, email, password }) => {
     url: "api/users?no_invite=yes",
     body: { name, email },
     failOnStatusCode: false,
-  }).then(xhr => {
+  }).then((xhr) => {
     const { status, body } = xhr;
     if (status < 200 || status > 400) {
       throw new Error(xhr);
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("getDestinations", () => {
 Cypress.Commands.add("addDestinationSubscription", (alertId, destinationName) => {
   return cy
     .getDestinations()
-    .then(destinations => {
+    .then((destinations) => {
       const destination = find(destinations, { name: destinationName });
       if (!destination) {
         throw new Error("Destination not found");
@@ -166,6 +167,6 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("addDestinationSubscription", (alertId, destinationName) =>
     });
 });
 
-Cypress.Commands.add("updateOrgSettings", settings => {
+Cypress.Commands.add("updateOrgSettings", (settings) => {
   return post({ url: "api/settings/organization", body: settings }).then(({ body }) => body);
 });
diff --git a/redash/models/__init__.py b/redash/models/__init__.py
index 91ddd91ee3..fc9c3f49b4 100644
--- a/redash/models/__init__.py
+++ b/redash/models/__init__.py
@@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ class Alert(TimestampMixin, BelongsToOrgMixin, db.Model):
     UNKNOWN_STATE = "unknown"
     OK_STATE = "ok"
     TRIGGERED_STATE = "triggered"
+    TEST_STATE = "test"
 
     id = primary_key("Alert")
     name = Column(db.String(255))
@@ -960,7 +961,24 @@ def evaluate(self):
         if data["rows"] and self.options["column"] in data["rows"][0]:
             op = OPERATORS.get(self.options["op"], lambda v, t: False)
 
-            value = data["rows"][0][self.options["column"]]
+            if "selector" not in self.options:
+                selector = "first"
+            else:
+                selector = self.options["selector"]
+
+            if selector == "max":
+                max_val = float("-inf")
+                for i in range(0, len(data["rows"])):
+                    max_val = max(max_val, data["rows"][i][self.options["column"]])
+                value = max_val
+            elif selector == "min":
+                min_val = float("inf")
+                for i in range(0, len(data["rows"])):
+                    min_val = min(min_val, data["rows"][i][self.options["column"]])
+                value = min_val
+            else:
+                value = data["rows"][0][self.options["column"]]
+
             threshold = self.options["value"]
 
             new_state = next_state(op, value, threshold)
@@ -988,11 +1006,12 @@ def render_template(self, template):
         result_table = []  # A two-dimensional array which can rendered as a table in Mustache
         for row in data["rows"]:
             result_table.append([row[col["name"]] for col in data["columns"]])
-
+        print("OPTIONS", self.options)
         context = {
             "ALERT_NAME": self.name,
             "ALERT_URL": "{host}/alerts/{alert_id}".format(host=host, alert_id=self.id),
             "ALERT_STATUS": self.state.upper(),
+            "ALERT_SELECTOR": self.options["selector"],
             "ALERT_CONDITION": self.options["op"],
             "ALERT_THRESHOLD": self.options["value"],
             "QUERY_NAME": self.query_rel.name,
diff --git a/tests/models/test_alerts.py b/tests/models/test_alerts.py
index e40a8b2e56..ca0aa2ce86 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_alerts.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_alerts.py
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ class TestAlertEvaluate(BaseTestCase):
     def create_alert(self, results, column="foo", value="1"):
         result = self.factory.create_query_result(data=results)
         query = self.factory.create_query(latest_query_data_id=result.id)
-        alert = self.factory.create_alert(query_rel=query, options={"op": "equals", "column": column, "value": value})
+        alert = self.factory.create_alert(
+            query_rel=query, options={"selector": "first", "op": "equals", "column": column, "value": value}
+        )
         return alert
 
     def test_evaluate_triggers_alert_when_equal(self):
@@ -69,6 +71,24 @@ def test_evaluate_return_unknown_when_empty_results(self):
         alert = self.create_alert(results)
         self.assertEqual(alert.evaluate(), Alert.UNKNOWN_STATE)
 
+    def test_evaluates_correctly_with_max_selector(self):
+        results = {"rows": [{"foo": 1}, {"foo": 2}], "columns": [{"name": "foo", "type": "STRING"}]}
+        alert = self.create_alert(results)
+        alert.options["selector"] = "max"
+        self.assertEqual(alert.evaluate(), Alert.OK_STATE)
+
+    def test_evaluates_correctly_with_min_selector(self):
+        results = {"rows": [{"foo": 2}, {"foo": 1}], "columns": [{"name": "foo", "type": "STRING"}]}
+        alert = self.create_alert(results)
+        alert.options["selector"] = "min"
+        self.assertEqual(alert.evaluate(), Alert.TRIGGERED_STATE)
+
+    def test_evaluates_correctly_with_first_selector(self):
+        results = {"rows": [{"foo": 1}, {"foo": 2}], "columns": [{"name": "foo", "type": "STRING"}]}
+        alert = self.create_alert(results)
+        alert.options["selector"] = "first"
+        self.assertEqual(alert.evaluate(), Alert.TRIGGERED_STATE)
+
 
 class TestNextState(TestCase):
     def test_numeric_value(self):
@@ -94,7 +114,9 @@ class TestAlertRenderTemplate(BaseTestCase):
     def create_alert(self, results, column="foo", value="5"):
         result = self.factory.create_query_result(data=results)
         query = self.factory.create_query(latest_query_data_id=result.id)
-        alert = self.factory.create_alert(query_rel=query, options={"op": "equals", "column": column, "value": value})
+        alert = self.factory.create_alert(
+            query_rel=query, options={"selector": "first", "op": "equals", "column": column, "value": value}
+        )
         return alert
 
     def test_render_custom_alert_template(self):
@@ -102,6 +124,7 @@ def test_render_custom_alert_template(self):
         custom_alert = """
         <pre>
         ALERT_STATUS        {{ALERT_STATUS}}
+        ALERT_SELECTOR      {{ALERT_SELECTOR}}
         ALERT_CONDITION     {{ALERT_CONDITION}}
         ALERT_THRESHOLD     {{ALERT_THRESHOLD}}
         ALERT_NAME          {{ALERT_NAME}}
@@ -116,6 +139,7 @@ def test_render_custom_alert_template(self):
         expected = """
         <pre>
         ALERT_STATUS        UNKNOWN
+        ALERT_SELECTOR      first
         ALERT_CONDITION     equals
         ALERT_THRESHOLD     5
         ALERT_NAME          %s