find largest database tables mysql code example

Example 1: mysql list bigger table

SELECT
	table_schema AS `Database`,
	table_name AS `Table`,
	round(((data_length + index_length) / 1024 / 1024), 2) `Size in MB`
FROM
	information_schema.TABLES
ORDER BY
	(data_length + index_length)
	DESC;

Example 2: find largest table in mysql database

SELECT table_schema as "Database", table_name AS "Table", 
ROUND(((data_length + index_length) / 1024 / 1024), 2) AS "Size (MB)" 
FROM information_schema.TABLES 
WHERE (data_length + index_length) > 1000000 
ORDER BY table_schema, (data_length + index_length) DESC