Filter and sort a JavaScript array

array.sort((a, b) => {
  if(a.number === b.number) {
    // If two elements have same number, then the one who has larger rating.average wins
    return b.rating.average - a.rating.average;
  } else {
    // If two elements have different number, then the one who has larger number wins
    return b.number - a.number;
  }
});


array = array.filter((element, index) => {
  return index === 0 || element.number !== array[index-1].number;
});

For your test case,

[{
  "number": "4",
  "fileName": "fileXX",
  "rating": {
    "average": 6.4
  }
}, {
  "number": "3",
  "fileName": "fileXX",
  "rating": {
    "average": 5.4
  }
}, {
  "number": "4",
  "fileName": "fileXX",
  "rating": {
    "average": 5.4
  }
}]

After sorting, the output would be

[{
  "number": "4",
  "fileName": "fileXX",
  "rating": {
    "average": 6.4
  }
}, {
  "number": "4",
  "fileName": "fileXX",
  "rating": {
    "average": 5.4
  }
}, {
  "number": "3",
  "fileName": "fileXX",
  "rating": {
    "average": 5.4
  }
}]

And after filter, the final result:

[{
  "number": "4",
  "fileName": "fileXX",
  "rating": {
    "average": 6.4
  }
}, {
  "number": "3",
  "fileName": "fileXX",
  "rating": {
    "average": 5.4
  }
}]