Teams and drivers
| World GT Team | Base | Team | Vehicle | Tyre | No. | Drivers |
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 Scuderia Basilea |
Binningen, Switzerland |
Basilea | Ferrari 458 | G | 0 |  Jordan Weekes |
| 2 |  Nico Barclay |
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| TSA Racing |
Stowmarket, England |
TSA | Chevrolet Corvette C7R | G | 3 | Cameron Brewster |
| Matthew Chirgwin |
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| 4 | Thomas Jacobs |
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| ST Racing |
Chandler’s Ford, England |
ST | Ferrari 458 | G | 5 |  Borja Millan |
| 6 | Mark Fuller |
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 SimTech Motorsport |
Limerick, Ireland |
SimTech | Aston Martin Vantage | G | 7 |  Sherwin van der Sloot |
| 8 | Luke Walsh |
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 Standa Sehnal |
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 Armaroli Racing Team |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Armaroli | Ferrari 458 | G | 9 | Gerrit de Vries |
| 10 |  Lorenzo de Ciutiis |
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| Cosmo Autosport |
Simonside, England |
Cosmo | BMW Z4 1 | G | 11 |  Thomas Hinss |
| 12 |  Bart de Vos |
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 FA Racing 2 |
Lahti, Finland |
FA | Chevrolet Corvette C7R | G | 14 |  |
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| YTF1 |
Bath, England |
YTF1 | Chevrolet Corvette C7R | G | 14 | Matthew Allington |
| 15 | |
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 Ice Cold Racing |
 Gothenburg, Sweden |
Ice Cold | Chevrolet Corvette C7R | G | 16 | Tommi Ojala |
| 17 | Kevin Cox |
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 MadCape Racing Team |
Cape Town, South Africa |
MadCape | Ferrari 458 | G | 18 |  Marius Nicolae |
| 19 | Michel de Jonge |
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| Racing Team Schroten |
Bennekom, Netherlands |
RTS | Chevrolet Corvette C7R | G | 20 |  Rory Collins |
| 21 | Tom Parker |
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| RPM Racing |
Bourne, England |
RPM | Ferrari 458 | G | 22 | Tobias Olsson |
| 23 |  Argenis Riera |
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| Rob Mason |
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 STAX Racing |
Halifax, Canada |
STAX | Aston Martin Vantage | G | 24 | Diego Carranza |
| 25 |  Geoffrey Fournier |
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| Andrew Waring |
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| Streetfighter Racing Systems |
Sydney, Australia |
SRS | Ferrari 458 | G | 1 | Luis Felipe Capamadjian |
| 26 | Philipp Puschke |
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| 27 |  Risto Kappet |
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| Tēafor Motorsport 3 |
Norwich, England |
Tēafor | Aston Martin Vantage | G | 28 | |
| 29 | |
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| Epic Racing |
Banbury, England |
Epic | SRT Viper GTS-R | G | 28 | Florian Engel |
| 29 | Christoph Lichtenstein |
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| TTF Racing |
London, England |
TTF | Chevrolet Corvette C7R 4 | G | 30 | Bret Metcalf |
| 31 | Rudolph Mare |
- 1 Cosmo Autosport were originally allocated the Aston Martin Vantage. However, following an opportunity for teams to change cars, they elected to switch to the BMW Z4.
- 2 FA Racing chose to withdraw from the series following Round 1 after failing to secure any drivers in preseason, or indeed post-Fuji. Their entry was taken over by YTF1, who entered the series with the Chevrolet Corvette C7R.
- 3 Tēafor Motorsport were originally included on the 15-team grid but withdrew prior to the first round at Fuji. Their entry was taken over by Epic Racing, who entered the series with the SRT Viper.
- 4 TTF Racing were originally allocated the Aston Martin Vantage. However, following an opportunity for teams to change cars, they elected to switch to the Chevrolet Corvette C7R.
Team changes
- Aurora Motorsports, Downforce iZone Racing, Edonis Engineering, Fox Racing, Hawkeye Racing, PB Racing, Smile Power Racing, The Mighty Forth, Torrent Motorsports and Walk Racing all did not continue into the 2016 season.
Mid-season changes
- FA Racing and Tēafor Motorsport both entered the championship, the former returning having last competed in 2013, but withdrew before competing. Their slots were taken over by YTF1 (entering for the first time) and Epic Racing (who last competed in 2013) respectively.
New entries
- Cosmo Autosport, MadCape Racing Team, RPM Racing, STAX Racing, Streetfighter Racing Systems and TTF Racing would all make their World GT debuts in 2016.
Returning entries
- Ice Cold Racing and Racing Team Schroten returned to the series, both having last competed in the 2013 season.