Footy Stars 2016 is the first of the Footy Stars series of releases by Select. It is also Select's first series of the 2016 season.

In Footy Stars 2016 Select introduces the Brownlow Predictor cards.

Footy Stars 2016 was printed, packed and shipped prior to WADA's appeal being upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.  As a result 9 of the 15 suspended players are included in the production. 

To ensure that the Select 2016 Footy Stars collection is up to date Select released a special 9 card bonus set of commons to cover the suspended players in the Footy Stars 2016 release.