Banana (Dota player)

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

• Banana on Weibo
• Banana on 163.com