exmaple of database:

statistics
entry_id   player_id  entry_tc_age
1          1          10
2          2          12
3          1          9
4          1          48
5          3          12

player
player_id  player_name
1          john
2          bob
3          bill





What i want returned:

entry_id  player_name  entry_tc_age
5          bill        12
4          john        48
2          bob         12






SELECT DISTINCT player_id,
entry_date,
entry_tc_age,
entry_id
FROM statistics
GROUP BY player_id
ORDER BY entry_id DESC

Returns:

entry_id  player_name  entry_tc_age
5          bill        12
2          bob         12
1          john        10