2015 Challenge Tour graduates

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This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2015. The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2015 earned European Tour cards for 2016.

Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! !!colspan=2\|2015 Challenge Tour!!colspan=6\|2016 European Tour
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|PRT}} Ricardo Gouveia*	1	251,952	26	18	{{sort\|03\|T3}}	54	709,976
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Sébastien Gros*	2	178,645	26	11	{{sort\|04\|4}}	102	263,325
style="background:#FFF080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ESP}} Borja Virto	3	150,466	30	12	{{sort\|09\|T9}}	131	182,289
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ESP}} Nacho Elvira	4	114,878	29	16	{{sort\|02\|2}}	44	824,367
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|DNK}} Joachim B. Hansen	5	113,135	27	8	{{sort\|11\|T11}}	152	115,630
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Björn Åkesson	6	104,539	27	7	{{sort\|03\|T3}}	171	83,443
style="background:#FFF080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Gary Boyd	7	96,290	23	8	{{sort\|07\|T7}}	139	162,186
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|WAL}} Rhys Davies	8	94,832	28	9	{{sort\|25\|T25}}	176	73,802
style="background:#FFF080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Thomas Linard*	9	91,258	23	10	{{sort\|05\|T5}}	125	210,580
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Jens Fahrbring*	10	89,731	28	9	{{sort\|12\|T12}}	156	104,763
style="background:#FFF080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|DNK}} Jeff Winther*	11	87,033	26	8	{{sort\|02\|2}}	117	224,702
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Andrew McArthur	12	82,545	21	5	{{sort\|29\|T29}}	203	35,873
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Callum Shinkwin*	13	81,082	23	16	{{sort\|08\|T8}}	83	399,367
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Brandon Stone*	14	80,979	24	15	{{sort\|01\|Win}}	50	722,606
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Jamie McLeary	15	80,353	24	9	{{sort\|07\|T7}}	166	88,509

* European Tour rookie in 2016

T = Tied

{{Color box|#D0F0C0|border=darkgray}} The player retained his European Tour card for 2017 (finished inside the top 111).

{{Color box|#FFF080|border=darkgray}} The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2017, but retained conditional status (finished between 112 and 148, inclusive).

{{Color box|#F08080|border=darkgray}} The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2017 (finished outside the top 148).

Elvira earned promotion to the European Tour after his third win of the season in August. Fahrbring and Winther regained their cards for 2017 through Q School.