PostgreSQL 9.4.
I have the following table:
id player_id
serial PK integer
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1
If all you need is a count of the number of rows where player_id is 1, then you can do this:
SELECT count(*)
FROM your_table_name
WHERE player_id = 1;
If you want to count the number of rows for each player_id, then you will need to use a GROUP BY:
SELECT player_id, count(*)
FROM your_table_name
GROUP BY player_id;