SQL Limit to number and if equal - mysql

Question

Can I limit rows that I displaying depending on if number in row equal to show all equal rows. For example I have database that contains football statistics, and I want to display first five scorers in one season but ib some seasons some scorers on third place have same number of goals and my query doesnt display it all beacuse i limited to sql clause limit to 5. Is there a way to tell in some clause to show all rows that are equal number of goals?
For example list of goalscorers
Goalscorer1 7 goals
Goalscorer2 6
Goalscorer3 4
Goalscorer4 3
Goalscorer5 3
...and there are goalscorers 6 and 7 with also 3 goals that are not displayed

Answer 1

You need to decide what is the controlling factor, limit that factor in a subquery, then list the facts related to it. Here the controlling factor is the number of goals, and the related facts are the players who kicked that number of goals.
see this SQL Fiddle
MySQL 5.6 Schema Setup:
CREATE TABLE Table1
(`Player` varchar(20), `Goals` int)
;
INSERT INTO Table1
(`Player`, `Goals`)
VALUES
('Goalscorer1', 7),
('Goalscorer2', 6),
('Goalscorer3', 4),
('Goalscorer6', 3),
('Goalscorer7', 3),
('Goalscorer4', 3),
('Goalscorer5', 3),
('Goalscorer11', 1)
;
Query 1:
select
t.*
from table1 t
inner join (
select distinct Goals from table1
order by goals DESC
limit 4
) sq on t.Goals = sq.Goals
Results:
| Player | Goals |
|-------------|-------|
| Goalscorer1 | 7 |
| Goalscorer2 | 6 |
| Goalscorer3 | 4 |
| Goalscorer6 | 3 |
| Goalscorer7 | 3 |
| Goalscorer4 | 3 |
| Goalscorer5 | 3 |
My re-worked version of the pastebin query referenced below:
SELECT
t.*
FROM jos_playerstats t
INNER JOIN (
SELECT DISTINCT
jos_playerstats.goals
FROM jos_playerstats
WHERE jos_playerstats.idSeason = '".$urlID."'
ORDER BY
jos_playerstats.goals DESC
LIMIT 4
) sq ON t.goals = sq.goals
WHERE t.idSeason = '".$urlID."'
The subquery MUST ONLY contain a distinct list of goals, no other columns at all. Also: Please don't get into the habit of adding distinct into every query because performance will get worse. Only use "select distinct" when you truly need it and this should be rare and usually associated with one or very few columns.