Bouncing Back to the Bag: Tracy Morgan’s Net Worth and History of Health Concerns

The Breakdown: Tracy Morgan was seen throwing up courtside at a Knicks game in March 2025. He’s bounced back to recovery, so it doesn’t seem like he’ll be slowing down his career in acting or comedy anytime soon. Here’s the latest on his health condition and his net worth.

In 2025, beloved actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was seen at a New York Knicks game throwing up before tip-off. The star was sitting courtside and had to be wheeled off the court as he held a towel over his face. The game was delayed for about ten minutes due to the incident, and he later reported that he was okay in an Instagram post.

As the clip went viral on social media, fans expressed concern for the comedian. He updated the public in the post that the issue was due to food poisoning. In true Tracy Morgan fashion, he ended the update with some lighthearted words. “More importantly, the Knicks are now 1-0 when I throw up on the court so maybe I’ll have to break it out again in the playoffs.”

Tracy Morgan has made his mark on the industry by appearing in multiple critically acclaimed sitcoms and films. With so many roles and tenures on shows like 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live, his net worth is something of a spectacle on its own.

Tracy Morgan has accumulated a net worth of $70 million (per Celebrity Net Worth). Morgan got his big break as a cast member on Saturday Night Live in 1996. He was a regular on the show for seven years, reprising roles like Brian Fellow and Astronaut Jones.

Before hitting the limelight every Saturday night, the Brooklyn native played Hustle Man on the sitcom Martin. Hustle Man became a beloved character known for his "What’s happening, Chief?” catchphrase, and he earned a recurring role on the show.

Morgan also had a sitcom television show, The Tracy Morgan Show. However, it was canceled after one season.

After leaving SNL, he was cast in the hit comedy show 30 Rock. He played a caricature of himself named Tracy Jackson and stayed on the show as a supporting character until its end in 2013. The show gave Morgan his first Emmy nomination in 2009 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

In 2018, the actor was cast as the lead character in The Last O.G. The show’s premiere was watched by 1.8 million viewers and debuted as the largest cable comedy premiere since 2016. Outside of all his roles in television shows, Morgan is most widely known for being in the movies The Longest Yard, Superhero Movie, and Death at a Funeral.

It’s no surprise that Tracy Morgan’s net worth is in the tens of millions after the career that he’s had. It wasn’t the easiest road for the Little Man actor, though, especially after a catastrophic near-death experience.

In 2014, Morgan’s career was put on pause for a short time after being struck in a car crash. While on the New Jersey Turnpike, he and others in his company were hit by a sleep-deprived Walmart truck driver. It’s said that if the driver hadn’t been speeding, he could’ve slowed down in time to avoid the accident altogether.

The truck driver was charged with five counts in total: one count of death by auto and four counts of assault by auto. However, the incident resulted in the megacorporation settling with Morgan for an undisclosed amount a year later.

Morgan’s mentor, James McNair, was killed in the crash. Morgan was rushed to a hospital with multiple broken bones and ended up in a coma for two weeks. The crash resulted in a six-car pileup, and many more were injured from the incident. He was able to bounce back to good health but went through rehabilitation to relearn how to speak and walk.

Morgan still found the silver lining in the situation, though. Not only did he come out of the crash alive, but he was learning how to walk again as his newborn daughter took her first steps.

“It inspired me to get out of my wheelchair and take my first steps,” the comedian stated on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Though, the near-fatal crash isn’t the only health challenge that he’s had to overcome.

Tracy has become a household name across the U.S., but most don’t know about the various issues he’s had with his health in the past. He has been vocal about his challenges in interviews, so we can take a look at what he’s battled.

In 1996, Morgan was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. He may not have taken his health seriously at first, but after hearing that he could lose his foot, the actor became proactive about his condition. He also had a kidney transplant in 2010, and while the reasons haven’t been made public, it’s assumed that it was related to his diabetes.

In 2019, he also revealed on The View that he had fought against a case of pneumonia while filming 30 Rock. He told the show hosts, “I’m here. I’m with y’all … your best bet is to just run your race,” in response to how he handled the health crisis.