The 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions was won by Hideki Matsuyama, who became the first Asian-born player to win a World Golf Championships event. He won by seven shots at Sheshan International, with a 23-under 265 total.
Henrik Stenson and Daniel Berger shared second at 16 under par, while Rory McIlroy and Bill Haas were joint fourth place at 15 under par.
Matsuyama won the $1.62 million winner's share of the $9.5 million purse.
2016 WGC-HSBC Champions leaderboard and final results and prize money payouts
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL | MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | -23 | 66 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 265 | $1,620,000 |
| T2 | Henrik Stenson | -16 | 69 | 71 | 67 | 65 | 272 | $787,000 |
| T2 | Daniel Berger | -16 | 66 | 70 | 67 | 69 | 272 | $787,000 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | -15 | 71 | 66 | 70 | 66 | 273 | $372,000 |
| T4 | Bill Haas | -15 | 67 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 273 | $372,000 |
| T6 | Ross Fisher | -14 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 274 | $235,333 |
| T6 | Rickie Fowler | -14 | 65 | 73 | 68 | 68 | 274 | $235,333 |
| T6 | Francesco Molinari | -14 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 274 | $235,333 |
| T9 | Sergio Garcia | -12 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 276 | $170,000 |
| T9 | Russell Knox | -12 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 74 | 276 | $170,000 |
| 11 | Emiliano Grillo | -11 | 72 | 67 | 71 | 67 | 277 | $148,000 |
| T12 | Alexander Noren | -10 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 278 | $134,000 |
| T12 | Paul Casey | -10 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 278 | $134,000 |
| T14 | Adam Scott | -9 | 69 | 80 | 64 | 66 | 279 | $118,500 |
| T14 | Thomas Pieters | -9 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 72 | 279 | $118,500 |
| T16 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | -7 | 72 | 74 | 70 | 65 | 281 | $103,667 |
| T16 | Joost Luiten | -7 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 281 | $103,667 |
| T16 | Jason Kokrak | -7 | 70 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 281 | $103,667 |
| T19 | Rafael Cabrera Bello | -6 | 71 | 74 | 68 | 69 | 282 | $93,000 |
| T19 | Rikard Karlberg | -6 | 64 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 282 | $93,000 |
| T21 | Xin-jun Zhang | -5 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 76 | 283 | $88,000 |
| T21 | Matt Kuchar | -5 | 73 | 66 | 68 | 76 | 215 | $88,000 |
| T23 | A-Shun Wu | -4 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 284 | $80,167 |
| T23 | Tyrrell Hatton | -4 | 70 | 76 | 67 | 71 | 284 | $80,167 |
| T23 | Justin Thomas | -4 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 284 | $80,167 |
| T23 | Chris Wood | -4 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 284 | $80,167 |
| T23 | Ryan Moore | -4 | 71 | 72 | 66 | 75 | 284 | $80,167 |
| T23 | Shane Lowry | -4 | 74 | 68 | 65 | 77 | 284 | $80,167 |
| 29 | Lee Westwood | -3 | 69 | 70 | 77 | 69 | 285 | $75,000 |
| T30 | Thongchai Jaidee | -2 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 286 | $72,000 |
| T30 | Charl Schwartzel | -2 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 286 | $72,000 |
| T30 | Branden Grace | -2 | 73 | 75 | 71 | 67 | 286 | $72,000 |
| T30 | Richard Bland | -2 | 68 | 68 | 75 | 75 | 286 | $72,000 |
| T30 | Roberto Castro | -2 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 286 | $72,000 |
| T35 | Bernd Wiesberger | -1 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 287 | $67,000 |
| T35 | Dustin Johnson | -1 | 74 | 74 | 70 | 69 | 287 | $67,000 |
| T35 | J.B. Holmes | -1 | 71 | 74 | 70 | 72 | 287 | $67,000 |
| T35 | Kevin Chappell | -1 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 287 | $67,000 |
| T35 | Dean Burmester | -1 | 68 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 287 | $67,000 |
| T40 | George Coetzee | E | 69 | 79 | 68 | 72 | 288 | $62,000 |
| T40 | Martin Kaymer | E | 72 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 288 | $62,000 |
| T40 | Ze-cheng Dou | E | 77 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 288 | $62,000 |
| T40 | Brooks Koepka | E | 73 | 70 | 69 | 76 | 288 | $62,000 |
| T40 | Soren Kjeldsen | E | 73 | 75 | 72 | 68 | 288 | $62,000 |
| T45 | Louis Oosthuizen | 1 | 71 | 75 | 69 | 74 | 289 | $58,500 |
| T45 | Jhonattan Vegas | 1 | 79 | 71 | 73 | 66 | 289 | $58,500 |
| T47 | Gary Woodland | 2 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 290 | $55,000 |
| T47 | Kyung-tae Kim | 2 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 290 | $55,000 |
| T47 | WC Liang | 2 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 290 | $55,000 |
| T47 | Andrew Johnston | 2 | 75 | 69 | 69 | 77 | 290 | $55,000 |
| T47 | Bradley Dredge | 2 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 290 | $55,000 |
| T52 | Gregory Bourdy | 3 | 74 | 70 | 76 | 71 | 291 | $51,500 |
| T52 | Young-han Song | 3 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 291 | $51,500 |
| T54 | Scott Hend | 5 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 77 | 293 | $49,250 |
| T54 | Hideto Tanihara | 5 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 293 | $49,250 |
| T54 | Kevin Na | 5 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 293 | $49,250 |
| T54 | Bubba Watson | 5 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 73 | 293 | $49,250 |
| T58 | Alexander Levy | 6 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 294 | $47,750 |
| T58 | Jordan Zunic | 6 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 294 | $47,750 |
| T60 | Patrick Reed | 7 | 78 | 75 | 66 | 76 | 295 | $46,500 |
| T60 | Richard Sterne | 7 | 77 | 74 | 69 | 75 | 295 | $46,500 |
| T60 | Chan Shih-chang | 7 | 79 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 295 | $46,500 |
| T63 | Sean O'Hair | 8 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 78 | 296 | $45,250 |
| T63 | Hao-tong Li | 8 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 77 | 296 | $45,250 |
| T63 | Scott Piercy | 8 | 79 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 296 | $45,250 |
| T63 | Byeong-Hun An | 8 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 71 | 296 | $45,250 |
| T63 | Si Woo Kim | 8 | 74 | 81 | 72 | 69 | 296 | $45,250 |
| T68 | Miguel Tabuena | 10 | 72 | 76 | 72 | 78 | 298 | $44,375 |
| T68 | Matthew Millar | 10 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 77 | 298 | $44,375 |
| T70 | Kevin Kisner | 11 | 72 | 80 | 69 | 78 | 299 | $43,625 |
| T70 | Marcus Fraser | 11 | 78 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 299 | $43,625 |
| T70 | Soomin Lee | 11 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 72 | 299 | $43,625 |
| T70 | Jeunghun Wang | 11 | 82 | 76 | 69 | 72 | 299 | $43,625 |
| 74 | Jacques Blaauw | 13 | 76 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 301 | $43,000 |
| 75 | Danny Willett | 14 | 74 | 78 | 75 | 75 | 302 | $42,750 |
| 76 | Hui-lin Zhang | 17 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 79 | 305 | $42,500 |
| T77 | Nathan Holman | 18 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 306 | $42,125 |
| T77 | Jimmy Walker | 18 | 78 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 306 | $42,125 |
