The invention discloses a novel brake pad. The novel brake pad is obtained through the steps of weighing raw materials, namely, modified phenolic resin, fiber type raw material, filling type material and novel nitrile rubber powder, wherein the novel nitrile rubber powder is composed of a nitrile rubber powder body, sulphur, accelerants DM and carbon black, the fiber type raw material is composed of one or more of mineral fiber, glass fiber, steel fiber and wood fiber, and the filling type material is composed of one or more of graphite, barite, frictional powder and bauxite; uniformly mixing the modified phenolic resin and the filling type material, adding the novel nitrile rubber powder and the fiber type raw material to be uniformly mixed into a mixture, sending the obtained mixture and a brake pad back plate coated with rubber into the pressing process, conducting cold pressing to form a finished blank, controlling the pressure intensity to be within the range of 21MPa to 26MPa, conducting hot pressing and forming, controlling the temperature to be within the range of 143 DEG C to 151 DEG C, and obtaining the novel brake pad. The novel brake pad is high in high temperature resistance, excellent in abrasion resistance and high in anti-impact strength, and the blank manufactured through cold pressing and preforming has high strength and can be conveniently transported.