 Hamilton akatanga mwaka wa20152016 aine njodzi yekurasikirwa nenzvimbo yake yekushanya kana kuita kwake kwanga kusiri kwakanaka zvakakwana; zvisinei neizvi, mhedzisiro yakaratidza kuti yakaoma kuuya mukati mehafu yekutanga yemwaka, nekupedzisira makumi matatu nemaviri kuoneka pachikamu chidiki chechiitiko 5 cheEuropean Tour chiri mugumisiro wake wakanaka. Chimiro chaHamilton chakavandudzika zvishoma pashure peGore Idzva. Mumutambo wokutanga weWelsh Openakabvisa shasha yenyika yaitonga Stuart Bingham 41. achinge agadzira break ye 72 kubva pa 071 pasi kuti atore chimiro chekupedzisira. Akakunda Allan Taylor 42, asati atadza 43 kuna Ben Woollaston munharaunda yechitatu. Mumakwikwi e2016 China Open, Hamilton akabatanidzwa mumutambo wemhando yepamusoro naKyren Wilson, umo vatambi vaviri vakaisa rekodhi yezana remakore matanhatu akateedzana pakati pavo; izvi zvaisanganisira maviri kubva kuna Hamilton, asi akarohwa 53. Hamilton akapedza mwaka wake nekusvika kumakwikwi ekupedzisira eWorld Championship, asi akabudiswa 10 × 9 naRobbie Williams panzvimbo yeCrucible. Hamilton akapedza gore iri pa 71st pachikwata chenyika uye saka kunze kwepamusoro 64 kekutanga kubva muna 1992; zvisinei, nekuda kwekuiswa pa 64th paEuropean Order of Merit mumwe wevatambi vasere vakakwirira-vakakwirira vasiri munyika yepamusoro 64, akawana kadhi idzva rekushanya kwemakore maviri. 