SQL statement with sum()

could someone please help me with this...i'm not too sure how to address it here's an example of what i need to give you an idea.


say there 20 players, each playing whatever game/sport each day, a player can get any # of points in one day and i want to get a list (in order) of players listed by the highest total # of points.

to make it simple i have ID, player, date, points

getting the sum of 1 players points isnt difficult, but i dont have a clue how to orderly get each players total points...pleeease help me


SELECT sum(points) AS sum FROM players WHERE player="whoever";

will get one player's points, but i dont know how to get each and list them highest to lowest :(

Maybe try this:

SELECT players, sum(points) As Sum FROM players GROUP BY player

thanks alot, that got me to what i wanted.