2015–16 Jordan League Division 1 featured 10 teams from the 2015–16 campaign, two new teams relegated from the 2015–16 Premier League: Al-Asalah and Kufrsoum, and two new teams promoted from the 2015–16 Jordan League Division 2: Al-Wahda and Al-Karmel.
The season started on 27 February 2017.
Al-Aqaba won the league title and promoted to 2017–18 Jordan League along with Al-Yarmouk.
Al-Sarhan and Al-Taiba were relegated to the 2017–18 Jordan League Division 2.