Barcelona have had 12 Ballon d'Or winners to Real Madrid's 11 Ballon d'Or Messi has half of the Catalans' total

Lionel Messi claimed his sixth Ballon d'Or on Monday night and with it Barcelona celebrated the 12th won by one of their own players.

The Catalans' tally is now better than the 11 boasted by Real Madrid, with both Spanish giants sitting clear of third placed AC Milan and Juventus - both with eight.

Barcelona's first was courtesy of Luis Suarez in 1960. It took 13 years until Johan Cruyff won their second - he won it again the following year.

Then Hristo Stoichkov got his hands on the prize in 1994, Rivaldo in 1999 and Ronaldinho in 2005.

Since, Messi has doubled the club's total single-handedly.

Alfredo Di Stefano got Madrid their first in 1957, then doing it again in 1959.

Raymond Kopa, Luis Figo, Fabio Cannavaro, Cristiano Ronaldo (four) and Luka Modric brought more to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Ronaldo Nazario won the prize with Inter in 1997 but also spent some of that season with Barcelona. The same happened with Figo and Cannavaro, lifting the award having spent half of the year elsewhere.