The invention provides a pedal type steel bar plier, and belongs to the technical field of steel bar construction. The pedal type steel bar plier comprises an upper shear block (1), a first rotating shaft (2), a support leg (4), a tightening bolt (5), a transmission strip (6), a lower shear block (9), a gear (10), a pedal (11), a rotating shaft (12), a vertical rod (13), a fixing block (14), a second rotating shaft (15), a fixing rod (16), a fixing support (17), a connecting block (18) and a limiting block (19). The pedal type steel bar plier has the advantages that the efficiency is higher than that of a manual handheld plier, and the operation is more convenient and fast; and construction personnel cut off steel bars with less effort, and the working efficiency is greatly improved.