The invention relates to a sub-temperature carburizing heat treatment method for reducing heat treatment deformation of a thin-wall gear. The method comprises the following steps of S1, pre-sub-temperature normalizing; S2, slow speed shot blasting; S3, sub-temperature carburization, specifically, gradient heating is adopted to a sub-temperature carburizing temperature, a two-stage carburizing method is adopted in the sub-temperature carburizing process, the first stage is a strong carburizing stage, and the second stage is a diffusion stage; S4, gradient slow cooling quenching, specifically, firstly, gradient slow cooling is carried out on a carburized thin-wall gear forging to 840-860 DEG C, heat preservation is carried out for about 1h, then the slow cooling is continuously carried out to 815-825 DEG C, the heat preservation is carried out for about 1h, the carbon potential in the furnace is controlled to be 0.5-0.05%, and then quenching is carried out in a polyvinyl alcohol solution; and S5, low-temperature tempering. According to the method, the deformation degree of a gear workpiece can be greatly reduced, the production qualification rate can be obviously improved, meanwhile,crystal grains can be effectively refined, the hardness and strength of a gear can be improved, the service life of the gear can be obviously prolonged, and in addition, the refined crystal grains can obviously improve the carburizing speed, reduce the process time and reduce the energy consumption.