The 2016 DP World Tour Championship was won by Matthew Fitzpatrick, who won his second European Tour title of the season by a shot over Tyrrell Hatton on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Fitzpatrick was at 17-under 271.
Charl Schwartzel was alone in third at 14 under par. Henrik Stenson finished tied for ninth, along with Rory McIlroy, and won his second Race to Dubai crown.
Fitzpatrick won the €1,217,174 million winner's share of the $8 million purse.
2016 DP World Tour Championship leaderboard and final results and prize money payouts
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL | MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | -17 | 69 | 69 | 66 | 67 | 271 | €1,217,174 |
| 2 | Tyrrell Hatton | -16 | 71 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 272 | €811,443 |
| 3 | Charl Schwartzel | -14 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 274 | €457,172 |
| T4 | Nicolas Colsaerts | -13 | 67 | 71 | 66 | 71 | 275 | €270,669 |
| T4 | Victor Dubuisson | -13 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 72 | 275 | €270,669 |
| T4 | Søren Kjeldsen | -13 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 275 | €270,669 |
| T4 | Francesco Molinari | -13 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 275 | €270,669 |
| T4 | Bernd Wiesberger | -13 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 275 | €270,669 |
| T9 | Jorge Campillo | -12 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 65 | 276 | €147,839 |
| T9 | Tommy Fleetwood | -12 | 70 | 71 | 67 | 68 | 276 | €147,839 |
| T9 | Rory McIlroy | -12 | 75 | 68 | 68 | 65 | 276 | €147,839 |
| T9 | Henrik Stenson | -12 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 65 | 276 | €147,839 |
| T13 | Byeong-hun An | -11 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 277 | €114,452 |
| T13 | David Horsey | -11 | 72 | 71 | 67 | 67 | 277 | €114,452 |
| T13 | Joost Luiten | -11 | 68 | 69 | 73 | 67 | 277 | €114,452 |
| T13 | Lee Westwood | -11 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 277 | €114,452 |
| T17 | Ross Fisher | -10 | 72 | 71 | 67 | 68 | 278 | €100,417 |
| T17 | Jeunghun Wang | -10 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 66 | 278 | €100,417 |
| T19 | Sergio Garcia | -9 | 68 | 67 | 74 | 70 | 279 | €89,941 |
| T19 | Martin Kaymer | -9 | 71 | 74 | 67 | 67 | 279 | €89,941 |
| T19 | Shane Lowry | -9 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 279 | €89,941 |
| T19 | Thorbjørn Olesen | -9 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 279 | €89,941 |
| T23 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | -8 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 75 | 280 | €80,196 |
| T23 | Rikard Karlberg | -8 | 72 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 280 | €80,196 |
| T23 | Alex Noren | -8 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 280 | €80,196 |
| T23 | Julien Quesne | -8 | 67 | 76 | 68 | 69 | 280 | €80,196 |
| T27 | Felipe Aguilar | -7 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 67 | 281 | €72,209 |
| T27 | Branden Grace | -7 | 72 | 74 | 65 | 70 | 281 | €72,209 |
| T27 | Alexander Levy | -7 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 281 | €72,209 |
| T30 | George Coetzee | -6 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 282 | €63,226 |
| T30 | Nacho Elvira | -6 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 75 | 282 | €63,226 |
| T30 | Haotong Li | -6 | 74 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 282 | €63,226 |
| T30 | Renato Paratore | -6 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 282 | €63,226 |
| T30 | Richard Sterne | -6 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 282 | €63,226 |
| T35 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | -5 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 283 | €54,590 |
| T35 | Grégory Bourdy | -5 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 70 | 283 | €54,590 |
| T35 | David Lipsky | -5 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 68 | 283 | €54,590 |
| T35 | ZYL Van | -5 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 283 | €54,590 |
| T35 | Chris Wood | -5 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 283 | €54,590 |
| T40 | Alejandro Cañizares | -4 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 284 | €46,054 |
| T40 | Scott Hend | -4 | 72 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 284 | €46,054 |
| T40 | Thongchai Jaidee | -4 | 74 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 284 | €46,054 |
| T40 | Joakim Lagergren | -4 | 74 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 284 | €46,054 |
| T40 | Thomas Pieters | -4 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 284 | €46,054 |
| T40 | Andy Sullivan | -4 | 76 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 284 | €46,054 |
| T46 | Ricardo Gouveia | -3 | 72 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 285 | €39,071 |
| T46 | Padraig Harrington | -3 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 285 | €39,071 |
| T46 | Louis Oosthuizen | -3 | 69 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 285 | €39,071 |
| 49 | Raphaël Jacquelin | -2 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 286 | €35,967 |
| T50 | Mikko Ilonen | -1 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 287 | €33,639 |
| T50 | Danny Willett | -1 | 71 | 70 | 76 | 70 | 287 | €33,639 |
| T52 | Marcus Fraser | 0 | 69 | 74 | 78 | 67 | 288 | €30,535 |
| T52 | Pablo Larrazábal | 0 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 288 | €30,535 |
| T54 | Richard Bland | 1 | 71 | 76 | 70 | 72 | 289 | €27,432 |
| T54 | Matthew Southgate | 1 | 72 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 289 | €27,432 |
| 56 | Soomin Lee | 2 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 70 | 290 | €25,104 |
| T57 | Bradley Dredge | 4 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 292 | €23,187 |
| T57 | Romain Wattel | 4 | 82 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 292 | €23,187 |
| 59 | Brandon Stone | 5 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 293 | €22,091 |
| 60 | Andrew Johnston | 6 | 78 | 70 | 78 | 68 | 294 | €21,361 |
