The four-time ballon d'Or winner beat his arch rival, Cristiano Ronaldo to the awards after receiving 55.87 percent as against Ronaldo's 35.37 percent.

Messi's lone goal against Atletico Madrid helped Barca win this year's la liga title with one game to go in the season to end the season with 43 la liga goals, while he also topped the league's assists charts with 18.

Ronaldo, who came second scored five goals more than Messi in the league this season to bring his league goals tally to 48 times, while he scored 61 goals in all competitions -- a personal record for goals in a season for the forward.

The Portugal international, who created 16 league goals this season, was joined in the top three by Madrid teammate James Rodriguez.

Rodriguez, who received 5.89 percent of the vote, struck 13 times during his debut La Liga campaign, while also racking up 13 assists.

Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann and Barca's Neymar finished fourth and fifth respectively, with the former claiming 1.7 percent of the vote and the latter 1.17 percent. espn