Gareth Bale finished 6th in the 2016 Ballon D’Or, with Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo winning the award. Ronaldo pipped Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann to the trophy. Messi’s Barcelona teammates Luis Suarez and Neymar finished 4th and 5th respectively. Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy, Pepe and Gigi Buffon rounded off the top 10