The sides meet at Emirates Stadium on Sunday with 13 Premier League games remaining and Spurs 10 points ahead.
"That's the most important thing for me this year to honest, to be the top London club," said Redknapp.
Spurs, who won the reverse fixture 2-1 in October, last finished above Arsenal 17 years ago in the 1994-95 season.
That campaign, which pre-dates the arrival of current Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, saw George Graham sacked as Gunners boss in February 1995 as he failed to keep pace with a Tottenham side that powered to seventh on the back of Jurgen Klinsmann's 21 goals.
Arsenal have failed to score in their last two matches while effectively exiting two competitions, losing 2-0 to Sunderland in the FA Cup after a 4-0 trashing by AC Milan in the Champions League, and former defender Lee Dixon has described Sunday's match as "the most important derby in Arsene Wenger's 16 years as Arsenal manager".
"It is fierce," said Redknapp of the teams' rivalry.
"It is one of the big derbies. There is the Manchester derby and the Liverpool game, and this is right up there with those games.
"We have had the upper hand for the last few years, but they are a good side and dangerous opposition."
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