Cristiano Ronaldo Tops the List of the 20 Most Charitable Athletes in the World

Say what you will about Cristiano Ronaldo, but no one can deny his generosity. The "Top 20 Athletes Gone Good" list named the Portuguese superstar the most charitable athlete on the planet, beating out the likes of John Cena (No. 2), Neymar (No. 5) and Maria Sharapova (No. 8).

You can see the entire top-20 list of charitable athletes here.

Ronaldo once donated $83,000 to pay for a child's brain surgery and used $165,000 to fund a Portuguese cancer center, among a laundry list of good-guy gestures.

Cena made it to No. 2 for his involvement in the Make-A-Wish foundation and Neymar No. 5 for helping FIFA's 11 Against Ebola campaign.

 The 2015 “Top 20 Athletes Gone Good” list:
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. John Cena
3. Serena Williams
4. Yuna Kim
5. Neymar Jr.
6. LeBron James
7. Heather O’Reilly
8. Maria Sharapova
9. Mo’ne Davis
10. Richard Sherman
11. Meryl Davis & Charlie White
12. Dan Carter
13. Roman Reigns
14. Ronda Rousey
15. Lindsey Vonn
16. Tom Daley
17. Bethany Hamilton
18. Saina Nehwal
19. Paul Rabil
20. Shahid Afridi

 The winners of Athletes Gone Good are selected as a result of a three-part methodology, Votes and nominations from the public, Athlete’s influence on social media and Advice from the Athletes Gone Good Advisory Committee.

Source: Bleacher