Higgins akaita kutanga kwakakwana kumwaka wa2015/16 paakakunda muAustralia Goldfields Open
nokukunda Martin Gould 9<unk>8 mumutambo wokupedzisira. Akakurumidza kukunda 28th chinzvimbo chinzvimbo chebasa rake mushure mekunge akunda David Gilbert 10 × 5 mumutambo wekupedzisira weInternational Championship. Izvi zvakaendesa Higgins padanho naSteve Davis mune runyorwa rwezviitiko zvepamusoro zvakakundwa, asi achiri masere kumashure kwaStephen Hendry. Higgins akavhura makwikwi ake ekupedzisira neNeil Robertson pa2015 UK Championship ne600th century break yebasa rake, asi akarasikirwa ne4<unk>1. 69 nemabhureki maviri e134 akamuona achienzanisa, Robertson asati aenderera mberi kukunda 6<unk>5. Higgins akapotsa apinda mumutambo weChina Open, asi Ricky Walden akahwina 131 mumutambo wekupedzisira achibva arohwa ne6x5 mumutambo we semi-finals. Akaona Ryan Day 10<unk>3 uye Walden 13<unk>8 paWorld Championship, asi akarasikirwa ne13<unk>11 kuna Alan McManus mumakwikwi ekupedzisira ave 11<unk>9 mberi uye akazotaura kuti akanga aputsika pasi pekumanikidzwa.