1Jiao ‘Banana’ Wang – $1.192.049.90
With $1.192.049.90 earnings in prize money, Wang Jiao is the highest-paid professional gamer.
Nicknamed ‘Banana’, he is currently playing for Newbee and is a member of the first generation Chinese DotA players.
His team, TongFu placed 4th at The International 2013, claiming over $200.000 in prize money.
Few weeks afterwards, Banana moved from TongFu to iG with his former colleague Hao.
In March 2014, Banana left iG and joined most of his old teammates of TongFu in Newbee, replacing ZSMJ.
At the International 2014, Newbee placed 1st. Also, he placed 1st at the ECL 2014 Autumn against Invictus Gaming (3:2), 1st at the NAtional Electronic Sports Open 2014 against CDEC Gaming (3:1), 1st at the World Cyber Arena 2014 against Cloud9 (3:0) and first at the MarsTV Dota 2 League against LGD Gaming (2:0).
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