In 2015, Jamaican sprint icon made a whopping US$21 million in 2015 which equates to roughly JM$2.5 billion. Though, Bolt drop down the ranking on Forbes 100 highest paid athletes in the world.
He currently ranked 73, down from 40 something the year before. Bolt made most of his money from endorsement deals with Puma, Virgin, Nissan, Hublot and other corporate giants.
But also banked a handsome sum from track appearances including winning the sprint double at the World Championship.
CNN quizzed some of the world’s biggest athletes on what makes Messi great and of course, Bolt had to be included. Bolt said that Messi makes football look like me against a fifth grader, playing football.
But while Bolt hailed Messi, it seemed he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to highlight his favourite football player – which just happens to be Messi’s biggest rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
