The invention belongs to the technical field of protective clothing, and provides intelligent protective clothing and an automatic counting method. The intelligent protective clothing comprises a protective clothing body, a detector, a counter, a displayer and a wireless receiver, the protective clothing body is composed of a first protective layer, a lining layer and a second protective layer from inside to outside in sequence, the edge of the first protective layer, the edge of the lining layer and the edge of the second protective layer are fixedly connected, waterproof layers are attached to the outer surfaces of the first protective layer and the second protective layer, the lining layer comprises a hardened layer substrate and a buffer layer, the buffer layer, the counter and the wireless receiver are fixed to the hardened layer substrate, the detector is attached to the first protective layer or a second protective layer, the displayer comprises a shell, a processor and a display screen, the processor is located in the shell, the display screen is fixed to the shell, and the processor is connected with the display screen. According to the intelligent protective clothing and the automatic counting method, the damping effect of the protective clothing can be enhanced, and the accuracy of protective clothing counting can be improved.