Sum top 5 values in MySQL

Question

I have a MySQL table where I store results from a racing championship, so that every rows contains -among other data- every driver\'s position in a certain race. I want to get t

Answer 1

Try this:

SELECT driver, SUM(`position`)
FROM (SELECT driver, race, season, `position`, 
             IF(@lastDriver=(@lastDriver:=driver), @auto:=@auto+1, @auto:=1) indx 
      FROM results, (SELECT @lastDriver:=0, @auto:=1) A 
      ORDER BY driver, `position`) AS A  
WHERE indx <= 5 
GROUP BY driver ;