A performance testing device for a piston shoe in an axial plunger pump belongs to the technical field of hydraulic elements, and solves the problems that in the prior art a simulator is adopted to carry out the simulation test on the performance parameter of the piston shoe in the plunger pump, the test result has errors, and a piston shoe pair is difficult to be isolated from other friction component pairs when the performance parameter test is carried out in the piston shoe in a practical pump. The performance testing device for the piston shoe in the axial plunger pump comprises a piston shoe, and further comprises a variable frequency motor, a rotating speed and torque sensor, a variable device, a hydraulic cylinder body, a plunger, a flowmeter, a pressure gauge, an oil box and a temperature sensor, wherein the coupling plate of the variable device is fixedly connected with a bottom plate of a support tile of a swash plate through a bolt, the swash plate is supported by the support tile of the swash plate, three screwed holes on each fastening splint are connected with three corresponding screwed holes on one side of the swash plate through the bolts, a waist-shaped slot on each fastening splint corresponds to and is connected with the screwed hole on the side wall of the support tile of the swash plate through bolts, so the swash plate can swing in the support tile of the swash plate. The performance testing device for the piston shoe in the axial plunger pump is used for testing the performance of the piston shoe in the axial plunger pump.