Banana (Dota player)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.
Banana
Wang Jiao
Status Active
Date of birth born 1988/1989
Nationality China
Current team NewBee
Games Dota
Dota 2
Career prize money $1,192,049.89
Nickname(s) Banana
Professional career
2009-10-?? — 2010-02-?? xFy (Dota)
2010-02-?? — 2011-12-?? Nirvana.cn (Dota)
2012-05-?? — 2012-11-?? Radiance (Dota)
2012-11-10 — 2013-03-14 For.Love (Dota 2)
2013-03-14 — 2013-09-09 TongFu (Dota 2)
2013-09-09 — 2014-03-09 Invictus Gaming (Dota 2)
2014-03-09 — Present Newbee (Dota 2)

Wang Jiao (Chinese: 王蛟), known by his tag Banana, is a Chinese professional Dota 2 player currently in team NewBee.[1] He was part of the Newbee eSports Club team that won the single largest money prize in video game history, a US$5,028,308 payout at The International 4 (TI4) at the KeyArena, in Seattle, Washington.[2][3] Newbee defeated ViCi Gaming three game to one.[4] e-Sports Earnings estimates that Banana has won a total of US$1,192,049.89 individually from tournaments. As of April 14, 2015, after TI4 Wang "Banana" Jiao was the highest ranking player in terms of prize money won across all competitive video games.[5] Banana joined NewBee in March 2014.[6][7][8]

Tournament placings

Defense of the Ancients

Team Date Placing Event
XFy 2009-12-01 1st Alienware Dota League 2009[9]
Nirvana.cn 2010-11-07 1st The DotA Razer Global Challenge[10]
Nirvana.cn 2010-11-14 1st World DotA Championship 2010[11]
Nirvana.cn 2011-12-04 2nd SMM Grand National Final DotA Tournament 2011[12]

Dota 2

Team Date Placing Event
TongFu 2013-05-15 1st AMD Premier League Season 1
TongFu 2013-07-06 1st Dota 2 Super League
TongFu 2013-08-11 4th The International 2013
NewBee 2014-05-25 1st MarsTV Dota 2 League 2014
NewBee 2014-07-21 1st The International 2014
NewBee 2014-09-26 5 - 8th i-league
NewBee 2014-10-05 1st World Cyber Arena 2014
NewBee 2014-12-07 1st National Electronic Sports Open 2014
NewBee 2014-12-30 1st ECL 2014 Autumn
NewBee 2015-02-01 13 - 16th Dota 2 Asia Championships
NewBee 2015-08-03 13 - 16th The International 2015
NewBee 2015-11-16 13 - 16th Frankfurt Major 2015

References

  1. "The International - Dota 2 Championships - Players". Dota 2. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  2. Lynch, Kevin (July 31, 2014). "Chinese team Newbee sets video game prize money record with $5million Dota 2 championship win". Guinness World Record.
  3. "The International 2015: The oldest players". Natus Vincere. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  4. Molina, Brett (July 21, 2014). "Chinese team Newbee wins Dota 2 championship". USA Today. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  5. "Jiao "Banana" Wang". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  6. Bailey, Matthew 'Cyborgmatt'; Lee, Josh 'AutumnWindz' (March 9, 2014). "Jiao 'Banana' Wang joins the Newbee team". OnGamers. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  7. "韬光养晦只为TI 追忆王蛟Banana不平凡的职业路". 178.com. July 23, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  8. "香蕉Banana以转会形式正式加入Newbee战队". 17173.com. March 10, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  9. "Alienware Dota League 2009". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  10. "The DotA Razer Global Challenge". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  11. "World DotA Championship 2010". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  12. "SMM Grand National Final DotA Tournament 2011". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.

External links

Preceded by
Alliance (Na'Vi)
The International winner
2014
With: Chen "Hao" Zhihao
Zhang "Mu" Pan
Zhang "xiao8" Ning
Wang "Banana" Jiao
Wang "SanSheng" Zhaohui
Succeeded by
Evil Geniuses
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