Cristiano Ronaldo won 28 percent of the vote, while Messi received just over 41 percent.
Neymar was awarded 7 percent of the votes, it was revealed at the ceremony held on Monday evening.
Afterwards, it was revealed that former Manchester United assistant and Portugal manager Carlos Queiroz had voted for Messi, while his former Old Trafford teammate Wayne Rooney did the same.
However England manager Roy Hodgson and Scotland’s Gordon Strachan both gave their winning votes to Ronaldo.