Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Janairu, ya buga Mark Williams a zagaye na farko na Masters, a cikin maimaita taron na shekarar da ta gabata, inda Selby ya lashe wasan zagaye na farko 6<unk>5. Koyaya, a wannan lokacin layin ƙarshe ya juya yayin da Selby ya rasa tsarin yanke shawara 5<unk>6. Ya ci gaba da
Gasar China Open a watan Afrilu, ta doke Barry Hawkins 11 zuwa 3 a wasan karshe. Wannan shi ne karo na uku da Selby ya lashe gasar China Open a cikin shekaru hudu. Daga baya a wannan watan, mulkinsa na shekaru biyu a matsayin Gwarzon Duniya ya ƙare a zagaye na farko na Gwarzon Duniya, inda ya faɗi ga Joe Perry 4<unk>10, ba zai iya murmurewa daga raunin 2<unk>7 a zaman farko ba. Ta hanyar lashe wasan, Perry ya zama dan wasa na farko da ya doke Selby a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya tun lokacin da Anthony McGill ya doke shi a zagaye na biyu a shekarar 2015. Duk da wannan rashin jin daɗi, Selby har yanzu ya gama kakar wasa a matsayin lambar farko a duniya.