The “Dota god” Anathan “ana” Pham announced his retirement from competitive Dota 2 on June 14, 2021. Thankfully, ana's net worth in 2021 isn't something to scoff at. Being a two-time The International champion, ana is one of the most accomplished professional players in Dota 2. With his achievements in esports, ana has surely earned a lot of money throughout his career. We investigate how much is ana's net worth in 2021.
Dota 2 OG Ana net worth in 2021 – >$6 million
Throughout his Dota 2 career, OG's Ana earned more than $6 million in tournaments. As someone who doesn't stream on Twitch or Youtube, or doesn't take endorsement deals with brands, most of ana's earnings come from his tournament winnings and salary as a professional player. Hence, ana's net worth in 2021 sits well above $6 million.
Ana’s professional Dota 2 career began in 2015 with the brave decision to drop out of high school and move from his home in Melbourne, Australia, to Shanghai, China, in order to join the CDEC in-house league. From there he joined Invictus Gaming in March 2016 to substitute for Ferrari_430, with his biggest accomplishment being their win at NEA (National Electronic Arena) Beijing 2016, by defeating Newbee – and earning his first prize winnings amounting to $24,057.60. He also boasted a strong showing at the G-League 2016, with his team taking home 2nd place and $2,989.58.
Joining OG for the first time
After The International 2016, ana moved on from Invictus Gaming to join Johan “N0tail” Sundstein, Gustav “s4” Magnusson, Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka, and Tal “Fly” Aizik in OG, filling in the shoes of last season’s most remarkable newcomer, Amer “Miracle-” Barkawi who moved on to Team Liquid.
The young rookie showed much promise despite the pressure, as the roster went on with strong showings in various tournaments: 2nd place at The Summit 6 (taking home $4,500.00), 1st place in Elimination Mode 2.0 ($2,000.00), and culminating in his first Valve Major win at The Boston Major – taking home his first prize to break six-digit figures: $200,000.00.
The team continued placing high at various tournaments: 2nd place at Dota Pit League Season 5 ($6,993.00), 1st place at Elimination Mode 3.0 ($2,400.00), 3rd/4th at StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 ($6,000.00), 2nd at DAC 2017 ($18,359.80), and his second Valve major at Kiev, netting him his second $200,000.00 prize pool and a secure slot for The International 2017.
Their momentum dipped after The Kiev Major however, with only a 5th-6th finish at The Manila Masters ($2,000.00), 7th-8th at EPICENTER 2017 ($2,000.00), 4th Mars Dota 2 League 2017 ($3,750.00), culminating with a disappointing finish at The International 2017, falling out of the tournament at 7th-8th place after their loss to LGD in the lower bracket.
First TI Championship
He took a break from the professional scene after The International. Then, ana joined Echo International in early 2018, returning to OG in early June, right on time for qualifiers, after the sudden unexpected departures of Fly and s4.
With the addition of up-and-comer Topias Miikka “Topson” Taavitsainen and coach Sebastien “Ceb” Debs stepping up to the plate, OG was able to make it to The International 2018 through the European Open Qualifiers. The team was able to rally an extremely impressive run, starting as underdogs but dominating the tournament – eventually taking the finals in a riveting 3-2 series versus LGD and bringing home his cut of the largest prize pool in esports at the time, $2,246,831.60.
Following the win, ana once again took a break from Dota 2, only playing at WESG 2018’s Oceania qualifier to represent Australia, netting him ($719.55), and substituting for OG at the AMD Dota 2 Pro Series 2018, taking home $1,085.03.
Back-to-back TI Champions
He returned to the active OG roster in March 2019, helping them get out of their slump enough to take home 5th-6th place at the MDL Disneyland Paris Major 2019 ($12,000.00), and 7th-8th place finishes at ESL One Birmingham ($1,500.00) and EPICENTER Major 2019 ($8,000.00) – this netted them enough DPC points to secure their place at The International 2019, where they would then make history by breaking the nine-year curse of no-one being able to win the tournament twice, simultaneously bringing home what was once again, his cut of the largest prize pool in esports at the time ($3,124,036.20). Doing so in such a dominant fashion as well – OG won every single series they played at TI9.
After that, OG had fun by playing at Midas Mode 2 – EU, taking home 4th place and $1,000.00.
OG.ana's retirement and ana's net worth in 2021
Less than a month later, he announced his retirement from professional Dota 2, making himself one of the most efficient earners to ever grace the game, with prize money earned totaling $6,004,411.96 across 25 tournaments played in less than 5 years. He would later come out of retirement one more time to try to help OG qualify for The International 10. OG would fail to qualify for either of the Majors at DPC 2021, and thus failing to qualify for The International as well.
Then, on June 14, 2021, OG’s Anathan “ana” Pham announced his retirement from competitive Dota 2. Ana says in a statement, “I have been on the fence about this for a while now but am ready to move on to a new chapter in my life. Long story short, Dota has been the biggest part of my life for the longest time and I am starting to find and appreciate other things in life that I want to learn about and explore.”
As one of the five people who have managed to hoist the Aegis of Champions twice (in 2018 and 2019) – and take home two of esports’ biggest prize pools ever, the twenty-one-year-old core player definitely racked up quite an amount throughout his relatively short but very remarkable career.
Currently, he is 3rd on the ranking of all esports players by earnings, just behind his former teammates N0tail and JerAx, and it seems like it will be quite a while yet before we even see him fall from the top ten. With his retirement at such a young age, ana leaves behind an indelible legacy in Dota 2 and esports as a whole.
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