The invention discloses a preparation method of an ultrahigh nickel single crystal positive electrode material, which comprises the following steps of S1, mixing a ternary precursor and lithium hydroxide according to a lithium-metal molar ratio of 1.01-1.10: 1, adding a doping agent, and calcining in an oxygen atmosphere to obtain a primary calcined material, S2, performing coarse crushing, fine crushing, sieving and demagnetizing on the primary calcined material to obtain a crushed material, S3, adding the crushed material and water into a reaction kettle according to a water-material ratio of 0.5: 1-5: 1, controlling the temperature of the reaction kettle, adding a reagent for reaction, and drying after the reaction is finished to obtain a mixed material, and S4, mixing the mixture witha modified coating agent, placing the mixture in an atmosphere furnace for secondary calcination, and then performing coarse crushing, fine crushing, sieving and demagnetizing to obtain the ternary positive electrode material. The ultrahigh nickel single crystal is subjected to optimization treatment by different calcining processes and is coated and modified by the modified coating agent, so thatthe obtained single crystal positive electrode material has the characteristics of extremely low residual alkali level and less single crystal particle agglomeration state, and the soft package battery assembled by the single crystal material has the characteristics of good thermal stability, low gas expansion rate and excellent cycle performance; compared with a conventional high-nickel secondary ball with the same nickel content, the material has obvious performance advantages.