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Highest-earning Defense of the Ancients player

Highest-earning Defense of the Ancients player
Who
Yao "Zhou" Chen
What
31,619.67 US dollar(s)
Where
Not Applicable
When
22 January 2016

As of 22 January, Yao "Zhou" Chen (China) had won a total of $31,619.67 in professional competitions playing the popular Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients.

This is a record that is likely to stand for the foreseeable future as the mod's popularity in competitive gaming circles has declined in recent years as newer MOBA titles have become more popular.

This record is based on competitions using the Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients and excludes results from the similarly named, but totally separate game DOTA 2.

Defense of the Ancients is widely credited as the mod that popularised the multiplayer battle arena, or MOBA, genre.