MySQL rank function with duplicates

Question

I'm trying to get a ranking of a query each time I run it but can't seem to get it right. Also, I want to be able to display the same rank rows as the same number. i.e. 1,2,2,4,5,5,5,8.

I have had a stab at the query but I'm only able to get the ranking based on the original order of the records in the table and not by the sort that my query is performing.

Any help would be appreciated. Cheers

SET @rank:=0;

SELECT @rank:=@rank+1 AS rank
     , masters_2014.name
     , masters_2014.player1
     , player1_score.hole as player1_thru
     , player1_score.to_par_s as player1_to_par
     , masters_2014.player2
     , player2_score.hole as player2_thru
     , player2_score.to_par_s as player2_to_par
     , masters_2014.player3
     , player3_score.hole as player3_thru
     , player3_score.to_par_s as player3_to_par 
     , (player1_score.`to_par` + player2_score.`to_par` + player3_score.`to_par`) as team_total
  FROM masters_2014
INNER 
  JOIN leaderboard_A as player1_score 
    ON player1_score.name = masters_2014.player1
   AND player1_score.tournament_name = 'masters tournament' 
   AND player1_score.year = 2014
INNER
  JOIN leaderboard_A as player2_score 
    ON player2_score.name = masters_2014.player2
   AND player2_score.tournament_name = 'masters tournament' 
   AND player2_score.year = 2014
INNER
  JOIN leaderboard_A as player3_score 
    ON player3_score.name = masters_2014.player3
   AND player3_score.tournament_name = 'masters tournament' 
   AND player3_score.year = 2014
ORDER BY team_total

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `leaderboard_A` (
  `league` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
  `id` bigint(10) NOT NULL,
  `cut` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
  `wd` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
  `tie` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
  `pos` int(4) NOT NULL,
  `pos_s` varchar(10) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `name` varchar(128) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `to_par` smallint(3) NOT NULL,
  `to_par_s` varchar(5) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `hole` varchar(8) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `round` smallint(6) NOT NULL,
  `round_s` varchar(8) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `round_1` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `round_2` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `round_3` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `round_4` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `total` smallint(4) NOT NULL,
  `tournament_id` varchar(13) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `tournament_name` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `year` smallint(4) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`league`,`id`,`tournament_id`),
  KEY `pos` (`pos`),
  KEY `player_key` (`name`,`tournament_name`,`year`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;

--
-- Dumping data for table `leaderboard_A`
--



   INSERT INTO `leaderboard_A` (`name`, `to_par`, `to_par_s`, `tournament_name`, `year`) VALUES
('Couples, Fred', 2, '2', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Langer, Bernhard', 0, 'Par', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Lyle, Sandy', 9, '9', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Mize, Larry', 16, '16', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Olazabal, Jose Maria', 6, '6', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Stricker, Steve', 5, '5', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Singh, Vijay', 7, '7', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Weir, Mike', 9, '9', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Furyk, Jim', 1, '1', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Bjorn, Thomas', 0, 'Par', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Clarke, Darren', 9, '9', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Jimenez, Miguel Angel', -4, '-4', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Cink, Stewart', 1, '1', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Gallacher, Stephen', 6, '6', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Westwood, Lee', -1, '-1', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Senden, John', 0, 'Par', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Stenson, Henrik', 1, '1', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Rose, Justin', 1, '1', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Kuchar, Matt', -2, '-2', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('de Jonge, Brendon', 7, '7', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Poulter, Ian', 2, '2', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Choi, K.J.', 6, '6', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Scott, Adam', 1, '1', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Jaidee, Thongchai', 7, '7', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Mahan, Hunter', 4, '4', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Haas, Bill', 2, '2', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Fernandez-Castano, Gonzalo', 4, '4', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Molinari, Francesco', 11, '11', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Bowditch, Steven', 4, '4', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Donaldson, Jamie', 1, '1', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Walker, Jimmy', 0, 'Par', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Watson, Bubba', -8, '-8', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Glover, Lucas', 8, '8', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Oosthuizen, Louis', 3, '3', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Stadler, Kevin', 0, 'Par', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Watney, Nick', 9, '9', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Streelman, Kevin', 8, '8', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Kaymer, Martin', 5, '5', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Snedeker, Brandt', 7, '7', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Blixt, Jonas', -5, '-5', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Day, Jason', 2, '2', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('McIlroy, Rory', 0, 'Par', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Luiten, Joost', 4, '4', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Horschel, Billy', 7, '7', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Kirk, Chris', 1, '1', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Woodland, Gary', 4, '4', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Fowler, Rickie', -2, '-2', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Olesen, Thorbjorn', 9, '9', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Spieth, Jordan', -5, '-5', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Henley, Russell', 5, '5', 'Masters Tournament', 2014),
('Goss, Oliver', 10, '10', 'Masters Tournament', 2014);
CREATE TABLE `masters_2014` (
  `name` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
  `player1` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
  `player2` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
  `player3` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
  UNIQUE KEY `name` (`name`),
  KEY `player1_key` (`player1`),
  KEY `player2_key` (`player2`),
  KEY `player3_key` (`player3`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `masters_2014`
--

INSERT INTO `masters_2014` (`name`, `player1`, `player2`, `player3`) VALUES
('Team 1', 'Fowler, Rickie', 'Henley, Russell', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 10', 'Gallacher, Stephen', 'Scott, Adam', 'Spieth, Jordan'),
('Team 11', 'Luiten, Joost', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 12', 'Day, Jason', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 13', 'Day, Jason', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 14', 'Furyk, Jim', 'Kaymer, Martin', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 15', 'Day, Jason', 'Kuchar, Matt', 'Streelman, Kevin'),
('Team 16', 'Choi, K.J.', 'Fowler, Rickie', 'Poulter, Ian'),
('Team 17', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Kuchar, Matt', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 18', 'Day, Jason', 'Luiten, Joost', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 19', 'Kuchar, Matt', 'Molinari, Francesco', 'Stricker, Steve'),
('Team 2', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Stenson, Henrik'),
('Team 20', 'Furyk, Jim', 'Horschel, Billy', 'Kuchar, Matt'),
('Team 21', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Kuchar, Matt', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 22', 'Kuchar, Matt', 'Senden, John', 'Westwood, Lee'),
('Team 23', 'Couples, Fred', 'Fowler, Rickie', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 24', 'Day, Jason', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 25', 'Kaymer, Martin', 'Rose, Justin', 'Westwood, Lee'),
('Team 26', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Rose, Justin', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 27', 'Westwood, Lee', 'Watson, Bubba', 'Couples, Fred'),
('Team 28', 'Day, Jason', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Kuchar, Matt'),
('Team 29', 'Choi, K.J.', 'Oosthuizen, Louis', 'Poulter, Ian'),
('Team 3', 'Choi, K.J.', 'Day, Jason', 'Donaldson, Jamie'),
('Team 30', 'Day, Jason', 'Gallacher, Stephen', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 31', 'Day, Jason', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 32', 'Couples, Fred', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Woodland, Gary'),
('Team 33', 'Day, Jason', 'Fernandez-Castano, Gonzalo', 'Westwood, Lee'),
('Team 34', 'Day, Jason', 'Senden, John', 'Spieth, Jordan'),
('Team 35', 'Fowler, Rickie', 'Horschel, Billy', 'Westwood, Lee'),
('Team 36', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Snedeker, Brandt', 'Stenson, Henrik'),
('Team 37', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Singh, Vijay', 'Watson, Bubba'),
('Team 38', 'Fernandez-Castano, Gonzalo', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Westwood, Lee'),
('Team 39', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 4', 'Fowler, Rickie', 'Haas, Bill', 'Woodland, Gary'),
('Team 40', 'Day, Jason', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 41', 'Bjorn, Thomas', 'Snedeker, Brandt', 'Watson, Bubba'),
('Team 42', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Scott, Adam', 'Watson, Bubba'),
('Team 43', 'Donaldson, Jamie', 'Fowler, Rickie', 'Spieth, Jordan'),
('Team 44', 'Couples, Fred', 'Fowler, Rickie', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 45', 'Olesen, Thorbjorn', 'Oosthuizen, Louis', 'Stricker, Steve'),
('Team 46', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 47', 'Couples, Fred', 'Donaldson, Jamie', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 48', 'Bjorn, Thomas', 'Day, Jason', 'Walker, Jimmy'),
('Team 49', 'Day, Jason', 'Scott, Adam', 'Stadler, Kevin'),
('Team 5', 'Couples, Fred', 'Fowler, Rickie', 'Kuchar, Matt'),
('Team 50', 'Day, Jason', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 51', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Kuchar, Matt', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 52', 'Day, Jason', 'Scott, Adam', 'Stadler, Kevin'),
('Team 53', 'Day, Jason', 'Haas, Bill', 'Molinari, Francesco'),
('Team 54', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Walker, Jimmy'),
('Team 55', 'Kaymer, Martin', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Stricker, Steve'),
('Team 56', 'Horschel, Billy', 'Rose, Justin', 'Westwood, Lee'),
('Team 57', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 58', 'Kaymer, Martin', 'Oosthuizen, Louis', 'Rose, Justin'),
('Team 59', 'De Jonge, Brendon', 'Kuchar, Matt', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 6', 'Bjorn, Thomas', 'Scott, Adam', 'Westwood, Lee'),
('Team 60', 'Cink, Stewart', 'Snedeker, Brandt', 'Watson, Bubba'),
('Team 61', 'Fowler, Rickie', 'Furyk, Jim', 'Watney, Nick'),
('Team 62', 'Henley, Russell', 'Scott, Adam', 'Spieth, Jordan'),
('Team 63', 'Day, Jason', 'Luiten, Joost', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 64', 'Kaymer, Martin', 'Poulter, Ian', 'Rose, Justin'),
('Team 65', 'Couples, Fred', 'Furyk, Jim', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 66', 'Donaldson, Jamie', 'Fowler, Rickie', 'Spieth, Jordan'),
('Team 67', 'Cink, Stewart', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Walker, Jimmy'),
('Team 68', 'Kuchar, Matt', 'Langer, Bernhard', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 69', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Kuchar, Matt', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 7', 'Day, Jason', 'Kuchar, Matt', 'Stadler, Kevin'),
('Team 70', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 71', 'Day, Jason', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 72', 'Furyk, Jim', 'Kaymer, Martin', 'Stenson, Henrik'),
('Team 73', 'Bjorn, Thomas', 'Scott, Adam', 'Spieth, Jordan'),
('Team 74', 'Gallacher, Stephen', 'Rose, Justin', 'Scott, Adam'),
('Team 75', 'Choi, K.J.', 'Snedeker, Brandt', 'Stricker, Steve'),
('Team 76', 'Day, Jason', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 77', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Scott, Adam', 'Stadler, Kevin'),
('Team 78', 'Fowler, Rickie', 'Kaymer, Martin', 'McIlroy, Rory'),
('Team 79', 'Fernandez-Castano, Gonzalo', 'Rose, Justin', 'Watson, Bubba'),
('Team 8', 'Kuchar, Matt', 'Senden, John', 'Walker, Jimmy'),
('Team 9', 'Jimenez, Miguel Angel', 'McIlroy, Rory', 'Scott, Adam');

Answer 1

for your question How difficult is it also to have "T" before any ties?... its not difficult, but I can't do it on my end because I dont have any data for ties..

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(1. if you want to edit the table to add "T")

UPDATE leaderboard_A SET tie = Concat('T', tie);

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(2. if you want to add "T" to the ties without changing it in the database)

    SELECT
         CONCAT('T', tie) AS ties,
         masters_2014.name
       , masters_2014.player1
       , player1_score.to_par_s AS player1_to_par
       , masters_2014.player2
       , player2_score.to_par_s AS player2_to_par
       , masters_2014.player3
       , player3_score.to_par_s AS player3_to_par
       , (player1_score.`to_par` + player2_score.`to_par` + player3_score.`to_par`) AS team_total
    FROM masters_2014

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(3. if you mean add "T" to the rank) see THIS_FIDDLE

all you have to do is the concat in the IF like this

IF (counter = 1, @rank:= placeholder, CONCAT("T ", @rank)) AS ranker

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FOR YOUR ANSWER see new FIDDLE for final result ---

what I had to do was get a place holder that counted +1 for each row.. then put that in for every time you have a different score while setting @rank equal to it.. or else just put in @rank because it is equal to the placeholder's first value for that score. I was getting some wonky results at first because the placeholder @c was getting set to the number of rows returned (55) +1 for each row... instead of starting at 0 it was starting at 55... Im thinking this is just a bug with sqlfiddle as it shouldn't be doing that... so let me know if its doing that in your environment. here is the SQL:

SET @rank :=0, @a :=0, @b :=0, @c :=0;

SELECT
  name,
  player1,
  player1_to_par,
  player2,
  player2_to_par,
  player3,
  player3_to_par,
  team_total,
  IF (counter = 1, @rank:= placeholder, @rank) AS ranker
FROM(
  SELECT
    *,
    @c := @c +1 AS placeholder,
    IF(@a <> team_total, @b := @b := 1, @b :=0) AS counter,
    @a := team_total
  from(
    SELECT
         masters_2014.name
       , masters_2014.player1
       , player1_score.to_par_s AS player1_to_par
       , masters_2014.player2
       , player2_score.to_par_s AS player2_to_par
       , masters_2014.player3
       , player3_score.to_par_s AS player3_to_par
       , (player1_score.`to_par` + player2_score.`to_par` + player3_score.`to_par`) AS team_total
    FROM masters_2014
    INNER JOIN leaderboard_A AS player1_score
      ON player1_score.name = masters_2014.player1
      AND player1_score.tournament_name = 'masters tournament'
      AND player1_score.year = 2014
    INNER JOIN leaderboard_A AS player2_score
      ON player2_score.name = masters_2014.player2
      AND player2_score.tournament_name = 'masters tournament'
      AND player2_score.year = 2014
    INNER JOIN leaderboard_A AS player3_score
      ON player3_score.name = masters_2014.player3
      AND player3_score.tournament_name = 'masters tournament'
      AND player3_score.year = 2014
    ORDER BY team_total
  )AS t
)AS FINAL