The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – mass start men started on Sunday 18 December 2016 in Nové Město and finished on Sunday 19 March 2017 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.

The small crystal globe winner for the category was Martin Fourcade of France.

In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (if a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5). As in the sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the pursuit) as here all contestants start simultaneously.

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Martin Fourcade	242
Silver:	Quentin Fillon Maillet	162
Bronze:	Anton Shipulin	155

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Nové Město details	Martin Fourcade  France	36:18.9 (0+1+0+0)	Simon Schempp  Germany	36:27.2 (1+1+0+0)	Anton Babikov  Russia	36:28.3 (0+0+0+1)
Oberhof details	Simon Schempp  Germany	38:30.9 (0+0+1+0)	Erik Lesser  Germany	38:31.3 (0+0+0+1)	Martin Fourcade  France	38:31.3 (0+0+2+0)
Antholz-Anterselva details	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	37:04.3 (0+0+0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet  France	37:08.0 (1+0+0+0)	Anton Shipulin  Russia	37:26.0 (0+1+0+0)
World Championships details	Simon Schempp  Germany	35:38.3 (0+0+0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	35:47.3 (0+0+0+1)	Simon Eder  Austria	35:48.4 (0+0+0+0)
Oslo Holmenkollen details	Martin Fourcade  France	37:32.2 (0+0+0+0)	Andrejs Rastorgujevs  Latvia	37:49.6 (0+1+1+0)	Simon Eder  Austria	38:04.6 (0+0+1+0)

#	Name	NOV	OBE	ANT	HOC	OSL	Total [1]
1	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	60	48	40	40	60	248
2	Simon Schempp (GER)	54	60	36	60	21	231
3	Anton Shipulin (RUS)	29	27	48	43	30	177
4	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA)	28	43	38	23	36	168
5	Erik Lesser (GER)	30	54	34	20	27	165
6	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	32	—	60	54	4	150
7	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	36	40	31	16	24	147
8	Arnd Peiffer (GER)	27	23	20	31	40	141
9	Anton Babikov (RUS)	48	34	27	—	31	140
10	Benedikt Doll (GER)	14	38	22	32	28	134
11	Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)	34	DNF	54	26	18	132
12	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	—	36	43	6	43	128
13	Ondřej Moravec (CZE)	43	28	16	25	14	126
14	Simon Eder (AUT)	16	—	—	48	48	112
15	Michal Krčmář (CZE)	22	32	6	18	32	110
16	Lowell Bailey (USA)	20	—	25	38	26	109
17	Julian Eberhard (AUT)	23	18	32	22	10	105
18	Dominik Windisch (ITA)	25	6	29	14	22	96
19	Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS)	18	30	28	10	6	92
20	Serhiy Semenov (UKR)	24	16	23	8	20	91
21	Dominik Landertinger (AUT)	—	29	—	36	25	90
22	Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS)	—	—	26	30	34	90
23	Michal Šlesingr (CZE)	2	4	14	28	38	86
24	Fredrik Lindström (SWE)	—	—	24	34	23	81
25	Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR)	40	8	18	12	—	78
26	Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT)	12	—	10	—	54	76
27	Simon Desthieux (FRA)	31	10	21	—	12	74
28	Matvey Eliseev (RUS)	38	26	—	—	—	64
29	Lars Helge Birkeland (NOR)	26	—	30	—	—	56
30	Tarjei Bø (NOR)	—	—	—	27	29	56
#	Name	NOV	OBE	ANT	HOC	OSL	Total
31	Vladimir Iliev (BUL)	6	20	—	21	—	47
32	Benjamin Weger (SUI)	—	31	8	—	—	39
33	Krasimir Anev (BUL)	—	—	—	29	8	37
34	Michael Rösch (BEL)	10	22	—	—	—	32
35	Lukas Hofer (ITA)	—	25	—	—	2	27
36	Dmitry Malyshko (RUS)	—	24	—	—	—	24
36	Klemen Bauer (SLO)	—	—	—	24	—	24
38	Vladimir Semakov (UKR)	—	12	12	—	—	24
39	Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR)	21	—	—	—	—	21
39	Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR)	—	21	—	—	—	21
41	Fredrik Gjesbakk (NOR)	—	—	—	—	16	16
42	Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT)	—	14	—	—	—	14
43	Jaroslav Soukup (CZE)	8	—	—	—	—	8
44	Lorenz Wäger (AUT)	—	—	4	—	—	4
44	Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE)	4	—	—	—	—	4
44	Serafin Wiestner (SUI)	—	—	—	4	—	4
47	Mario Dolder (SUI)	—	—	—	2	—	2
47	Scott Gow (CAN)	—	—	2	—	—	2