The invention discloses a high-nickel cobalt-free quaternary positive electrode material and a preparation method thereof. The chemical formula of the positive electrode material is LiNixMnyMzN(1-x-y-z)O2, wherein x is greater than or equal to 0.8 and less than 1, y is greater than 0 and less than 0.2, z is greater than 0 and less than 0.2, and M and N are combinations of any two of Al, Mg, Zr, Ti, Cr, W, V, Ce, Fe, Cu, Zn and Nb. The method has the main advantages that an expensive cobalt element is not used, an ammonia water complexing agent is not used in the precursor preparation process,the alkali content of the surface of the high-nickel cobalt-free quaternary positive electrode material obtained through primary sintering is low, and the washing and secondary sintering processes ofthe material are not involved, so the preparation cost is greatly reduced; and besides, the high-nickel cobalt-free quaternary positive electrode material has excellent rate capability, the specific capacity at 1 C rate reaches 200 mAh/g or above, the cycling stability is excellent, and the capacity retention ratio exceeds 95% after 500 cycles.