diff --git a/chromadb/api/types.py b/chromadb/api/types.py
index 7781c422572..b8f520e4e15 100644
--- a/chromadb/api/types.py
+++ b/chromadb/api/types.py
@@ -169,6 +169,30 @@ class QueryResult(TypedDict):
     distances: Optional[List[List[float]]]
 
 
+Rank = Union[int, float]
+
+
+class RankerScore(TypedDict):
+    ranker_id: str
+    rank: Rank
+
+
+class RankerQueryResult(QueryResult):
+    ranks: Optional[List[List[RankerScore]]]
+
+
+Rankable = Union[str, int, QueryResult]
+R = TypeVar("R", bound=Rankable, contravariant=True)
+
+
+class RankingFunction(Protocol[R]):
+    def get_id(self) -> str:
+        ...
+
+    def __call__(self, results: R) -> RankerQueryResult:
+        ...
+
+
 class IndexMetadata(TypedDict):
     dimensionality: int
     # The current number of elements in the index (total = additions - deletes)
diff --git a/chromadb/utils/ranking_functions.py b/chromadb/utils/ranking_functions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8cac417e2cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chromadb/utils/ranking_functions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from chromadb.api.types import RankingFunction
+
+
+class BM25ServerSideRankingFunction(RankingFunction):
+    def __init__(self, k1=1.2, b=0.75):
+        self.k1 = k1
+        self.b = b
+
+    def rank(self, query, documents):
+        # ... (implementation of the BM25 ranking function)
+        return ranked_documents