MySQL SELECT - again

ok, I have this table


id points
1  123
2  321
3  2 
4  1
5  3
6  1233
7  51233
8  123
9  855
10 21
11 12
12 89
13 65
14 21
15 23

I want to list the top 5.


$resultaat=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM  table ORDER BY points LIMIT 0,5");

it list…

1
12
123
123
1233

but i want to list for the highest number for 5 later…
thus,

51233
1233
855
321
123

How can i do that… with SELECT.