Leaderboard

With a couple of db tables like this Table: user Table: role +---------+----------+--------+ +---------+---------------+-----------+------------+ | user_id | username | points | | role_id | role_name | point_min | points_max | +---------+----------+--------+ +---------+---------------+-----------+------------+ | 1 | John | 66 | | 5 | - | 0 | 100 | | 2 | Paul | 101 | | 6 | Contributor | 101 | 1000 | | 3 | George | 3000 | | 7 | Author | 1001 | 10000 | | 4 | Ringo | 200000 | | 8 | Editor | 10001 | 100000 | +---------+----------+--------+ | 9 | Administrator | 100001 | 999999999 | +---------+---------------+-----------+------------+ Then a simple query SELECT username , rolename FROM user u JOIN role r ON u.points BETWEEN r.points_min AND r.points_max; does the job for you +----------+---------------+ | username | rolename | +----------+---------------+ | John | - | | Paul | Contributor | | George | Author | | Ringo | Administrator | +----------+---------------+