Return maximum value from records in MySQL

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable1449    -> (    -> PlayerId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> PlayerScore int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.69 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable1449(PlayerScore) values(1040); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1449(PlayerScore) values(1450); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.34 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1449(PlayerScore) values(1890); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.72 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1449(PlayerScore) values(1650); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.25 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1449;

This will produce the following output −

+----------+-------------+ | PlayerId | PlayerScore | +----------+-------------+ |        1 |        1040 | |        2 |        1450 | |        3 |        1890 | |        4 |        1650 | +----------+-------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to return maximum value from records −

mysql> select PlayerId,PlayerScore from DemoTable1449    -> where PlayerScore=( select max(PlayerScore) PlayerScore from DemoTable1449);

This will produce the following output −

+----------+-------------+ | PlayerId | PlayerScore | +----------+-------------+ |        3 |        1890 | +----------+-------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)