[cbk1994]

Using SQL when you have a small fixed number of rows that you're not even performing real queries on doesn't make any sense.

If all you want is a list of the top 25 players, store them in an array in a DB NPC flag. There are built-in (fast) functions for sorting arrays, and performance is not an issue here anyway (but I'd be willing to bet this is faster than constantly shuffling things in/out of SQLite, anyway).

The only way I see the code being simpler is if you store all players in a table, and use a query (SELECT .. ORDER BY .. LIMIT 25), which is how I would recommend doing it.