The invention provides a single-crystal lithium nickel manganese cobalt positive electrode material. The single-crystal lithium nickel manganese cobalt positive electrode material comprises a substrate, wherein the substrate is a compound shown as a formula I of LiNi<x>Co<y>Mn<1-x-y>M<z>O<2>, x is more than or equal to 0.3 but less than or equal to 0.75, y is more than or equal to 0.2 but less than or equal to 0.3, z is more than or equal to 0 but less than or equal to 0.1, and a coating layer is coated on a surface of the substrate and is one or more of Li2ZrO3, Li2SnO3, LiNbO3, Li4Ti5O12 and LiAlO2. Compared with the prior art, a fast ion conductor is coated on the surface, thus, the rate performance of a single-crystal material is improved, the gram capacity of the single-crystal material is improved, the cycle performance of the material is further improved, the internal resistance can also be reduced, the polarization loss is reduced, and the cycle lifetime of a battery is prolonged; and meanwhile, the advantage of large compaction of a single-crystal ternary material is maintained, a particle broken phenomenon caused by rolling particles similar to secondary particles during battery fabrication can be prevented due to relatively high compaction, and the cycle performance is improved.