The invention belongs to the technical field of metal plastic deformation and particularly relates to a rotary forging forming method for a metal circular plate. The method comprises the steps of rod annealing, cutting and blanking, blank surface lubricating, rotary forging forming, trimming removal, thermal treatment, obtaining of the finished circular plate and the like. According to the rotary forging forming method for the metal circular plate, large deformation machining of the metal circular plate can be conducted through a small-tongue rotary forging machine, the manufactured metal circular plate has the excellent structure property, the blank deformation is uniform, the metal streamline is complete and radial, the aeolotropism of the rolled plate is avoided, generation of a great amount of leftover materials is avoided, the material utilization rate is high, small or zero cutting machining can be achieved, metal materials are saved, the production efficiency is high, the production process is easy to operate, and the rotary forging forming method is suitable for batch production.