The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for database sampling. The method comprises identifying at least one query table and one or more associated tables amongst a plurality of tables in a production database, based on filtering criteria. Further, the method comprises generating a key value list for the at least one query table and each of the one or more associated tables based on an order indicated by an order list. Based on the generated key value list, the sample data is extracted in a reverse order indicated by the order list, from the at least one query table and each of the one or more associated tables.