Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Higgins ya yi cikakkiyar farawa ga kakar 2015/16 lokacin da ya yi ikirarin Open Goldfields na Australia
ta hanyar doke Martin Gould 9 zuwa 8 a wasan karshe. Ba da daɗewa ba ya lashe lambar yabo ta 28 a cikin aikinsa bayan ya doke David Gilbert 10 × 5 a wasan karshe na Gasar Duniya. Wannan ya motsa matakin Higgins tare da Steve Davis a cikin jerin jerin abubuwan da aka samu, amma har yanzu takwas a baya Stephen Hendry. Higgins ya buɗe wasan kusa da na karshe tare da Neil Robertson a Gasar Burtaniya ta 2015 tare da karɓar ƙarni na 600 na aikinsa, amma ya ragu da 4<unk>1. A 69 da biyu 134 breaks gan shi daidaita da taye, kafin Robertson ya ci gaba da lashe 6<unk>5. Higgins ya kusan shiga wasan karshe na China Open, amma karya 131 da Ricky Walden ya yi a cikin shirin karshe ya gan shi ya rasa 6<unk>5 a wasan kusa da na karshe. Ya ga Ryan Day 10<unk>3 da Walden 13<unk>8 a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, amma ya rasa 13<unk>11 ga Alan McManus a wasan kusa da na kusa da na kusa da na kusa da 11<unk>9 kuma ya ce daga baya ya karye a karkashin matsin lamba.