title: Banana (gamer)
text: # Banana (gamer)
  
  Wang Jiao (Chinese: 王蛟), 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 US$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 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. 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 |
  