Wang Jiao (), known by his tag Banana, is a Chinese Dota 2 player who is currently the coach for Newbee. He was part of the Newbee team that won what was then the single largest money prize in video game history, a 5,028,308 payout at The International 4 (TI4) at the KeyArena, in Seattle, Washington. Newbee defeated ViCi Gaming three game to one. e-Sports Earnings estimates that Banana has won a total of 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. Banana joined Newbee in March 2014.
Tournament placings Defense of the Ancients Team Date Placing Event XFy 2009-12-01 1st Alienware Dota League 2009 Nirvana.cn 2010-11-07 1st The DotA Razer Global Challenge Nirvana.cn 2010-11-14 1st World DotA Championship 2010 Nirvana.cn 2011-12-04 2nd SMM Grand National Final DotA Tournament 2011
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
External links Banana on Weibo Banana on 163.com