import pandas as pd
import altair as alt

data = {0:{'Name':'Mary', 'Sport':'Tennis', 'competition':'2018/06/01'},
    1:{'Name':'Cal', 'Sport':'Tennis','competition':'2018/06/05'},
    2:{'Name':'John', 'Sport':'Tennis','competition':'2018/05/28'},
    3:{'Name':'Jane', 'Sport':'Tennis','competition':'2018/05/20'},
    4:{'Name':'Bob', 'Sport':'Golf','competition':'2018/03/01'},
    5:{'Name':'Jerry', 'Sport':'Golf','competition':'2018/03/03'},
    6:{'Name':'Gustavo', 'Sport':'Golf','competition':'2018/02/28'},
    7:{'Name':'Walter', 'Sport':'Swimming','competition':'2018/01/01'},
    8:{'Name':'Jessy', 'Sport':'Swimming','competition':'2018/01/03'},
    9:{'Name':'Patric', 'Sport':'Running','competition':'2018/02/01'},
    10:{'Name':'John', 'Sport':'Shooting','competition':'2018/04/01'}}

df = pd.DataFrame(data).T

alt.Chart(df).mark_tick().encode(
    x='yearmonthdate(competition):T',
    y=alt.Y('Sport:N',
        sort=alt.SortField(field='count(Sport:N)', order='ascending', op='sum')
    ),
)

alt.Chart(df).mark_tick().encode(
    x='yearmonthdate(competition):T',
    y=alt.Y('Sport:N',
        sort=alt.SortField(field='count', order='ascending', op='sum')
    ),
).transform_aggregate(
    count='count()',
    groupby=['Sport']
).transform_window(
    window=[{'op': 'rank', 'as': 'rank'}],
    sort=[{'field': 'count', 'order': 'descending'}]
).transform_filter('datum.rank <= 3')