2016 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles

Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Milos Raonic in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2016 Indian Wells Masters. It was his then-record-breaking fifth Indian Wells title, before Roger Federer tied the record the following year.

Seeds
All seeds receive a bye into the second round. • 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (champion)

• 🇬🇧 Andy Murray (third round)

• Stan Wawrinka (fourth round)

• 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (semifinals)

• 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori (quarterfinals)

• 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych (fourth round)

• 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (quarterfinals)

• 🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet (fourth round)

• 🇺🇸 John Isner (fourth round)

•  Marin Čilić (quarterfinals)

• 🇦🇹 Dominic Thiem (fourth round)

• 🇨🇦 Milos Raonic (final)

• 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils (quarterfinals)

• 🇪🇸 Roberto Bautista Agut (third round)

• 🇧🇪 David Goffin (semifinals)

• 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon (third round)

• 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic (third round, retired)

• 🇪🇸 Feliciano López (fourth round)

• 🇫🇷 Benoît Paire (second round)

• 🇷🇸 Viktor Troicki (second round)

• 🇺🇸 Jack Sock (third round)

•  Pablo Cuevas (second round)

• 🇧🇬 Grigor Dimitrov (second round)

• 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios (second round)

• 🇸🇰 Martin Kližan (second round, retired)

• 🇺🇦 Alexandr Dolgopolov (third round)

• 🇩🇪 Philipp Kohlschreiber (third round)

• 🇫🇷 Jérémy Chardy (second round)

• 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci (second round)

• 🇺🇸 Steve Johnson (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Sam Querrey (third round)

•  João Sousa (second round)

Seeds
• # 🇯🇵 Yūichi Sugita (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Austin Krajicek (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Pierre-Hugues Herbert (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Michael Berrer (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Tim Smyczek (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 John-Patrick Smith (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Go Soeda (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Daniel Brands (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Édouard Roger-Vasselin (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇴 Alejandro González (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Bjorn Fratangelo (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Dennis Novikov (qualifying competition)

• # 🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Mischa Zverev (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Vincent Millot (qualified)

• # 🇦🇷 Renzo Olivo (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Ryan Harrison (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Alexander Sarkissian (qualified)

• # 🇸🇰 Jozef Kovalík (qualified)

• # 🇦🇷 Marco Trungelliti (qualified)

• # 🇮🇪 James McGee (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Noah Rubin (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Tommy Paul (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇦🇷 Renzo Olivo

• # 🇫🇷 Vincent Millot

• # 🇫🇷 Pierre-Hugues Herbert

• # 🇩🇪 Michael Berrer

• # 🇺🇸 Tim Smyczek

• # 🇺🇸 Ryan Harrison

• # 🇨🇦 Peter Polansky

• # 🇸🇰 Jozef Kovalík

• # 🇦🇷 Marco Trungelliti

• # 🇺🇸 Alexander Sarkissian

• # 🇺🇸 Bjorn Fratangelo

• # 🇺🇸 Noah Rubin