Get user with highest points

Question

I want to get the User with the highest points in SQL. I have this Table:

userId	points
1	1
2	0
3	4
1	1
3	2
2	5

Now, I want to get the userId where the points are highest? In this example it where user 3, but how I can do this automatically is SQL?

Answer 1

I think I have a solution for you please check the code below=>

CREATE TABLE USERS (userId int,points int);

INSERT INTO USERS VALUES(1,1);
INSERT INTO USERS VALUES(2,0);
INSERT INTO USERS VALUES(3,4);
INSERT INTO USERS VALUES(1,1);
INSERT INTO USERS VALUES(3,2);
INSERT INTO USERS VALUES(2,5);
INSERT INTO USERS VALUES(1,5);

THIS ss for MYSQL 8.0

   WITH CTE AS
    (SELECT USERID,
           points,
           RANK() OVER(ORDER BY points DESC) RNK
    FROM USERS 
    )
    SELECT * FROM CTE
    WHERE RNK=1

NOTE: Check output in db-fiddle.