(MySQL) Select row based off max count and tiebreaker logic

Question

I have a query that currently pulls the count of a number for each user and the date the record was created.

user	number	num	date_created
1	AA1	2	3/1/2022
1	BB1	2	4/1/2022
1	CC1	1	1/1/2020

I want the row with the highest count and most recent date as a tiebreaker, in my example, BB1. I'm having a hard time figuring out what steps to take next with my query:

SELECT id, number, count(dl.number) as 'num', date_created
FROM some_table
WHERE id = 1
GROUP BY id, number;

I have tried putting this into a subquery to alias, and use max() on count and date_created, but it does not get me what I'm looking for.

Very much appreciate any help. Thank you!

Answer 1

You can sort by the criteria you want in descending order using ORDER BY , and then pick the first one only using LIMIT :

select *
from some_table
where user = 1
order by num desc, date_created desc
limit 1