The invention discloses a preparation method of a spherical high-capacity lithium-rich positive electrode material. A sintering process is improved through regulating a coprecipitation reaction mode. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1, preparing a nickel-cobalt-manganese sulfate solution; 2, performing a coprecipitation reaction on the nickel-cobalt-manganese sulfate solution and a mixed solution of a carbon carbonate solution and ammonia water at a pH value of 7-9 to obtain a solid-liquid mixture of a precursor; 3, filtering, separating, washing and drying to obtain a carbonate precursor; 4, performing gradient temperature rise on the carbonate precursor in a tubular furnace and keeping the temperature, cooling, crushing and sieving to obtain a nickel-cobalt-manganese oxide; and 5, mixing the nickel-cobalt-manganese oxide with lithium carbonate powder, and performing multi-section ventilation roasting in the tubular furnace to obtain the target object. The preparation method has the advantages that the sintering process is improved through regulating the coprecipitation reaction mode, the granularity of the precursor is effectively controlled, and the high-capacity lithium-rich lithium ion positive electrode material with a layered crystal structure, which is high in energy density, good in rate capability, low in cost, good in safety and long in service life, is prepared, and the market demand is met.