| Men's World Championship 2016 | |
| Number: | 38 |
| Series: | PSA Men's World Squash Championship |
| Location: |  Cairo, Egypt |
| Dates: | October 27 – November 6, 2016 |
| Category: | PSA World Championship |
| Prize Money: | $325,000 |
| Champion: | Karim Abdel Gawad |
| Runner-Up: | Ramy Ashour |
| Semi-Finalists: | Mohamed El Shorbagy Grégory Gaultier |
| Prev: | 2015  |
| Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 PSA Men's World Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 2016 World Championship, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Cairo, Egypt from 27 October to 6 November 2016. Karim Abdel Gawad won his first World Championship title, defeating Ramy Ashour in the final.
For 2016, the prize purse was $325,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:[1]
| width=200 colspan=1 bgcolor=#dfe2e9 | Event | width=80 bgcolor=lime | W | width=85 bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | F | width=85 bgcolor=#FFFF00 | SF | width=85 bgcolor=#ffebcd | QF | width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee | 3R | width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee | 2R | width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee | 1R |
| Points (PSA) | 2890 | 1900 | 1155 | 700 | 410 | 205 | 125 | ||||||||
| Prize money | $48,000 | $30,000 | $18,000 | $10,500 | $6,000 | $3,000 | $1,500 |