The invention provides a method for recovering a positive electrode material of a waste lithium iron phosphate battery. The method comprises steps: carrying out discharge treatment of the waste lithium ion battery, and separating positive and negative electrode mixed powder, a battery shell, a copper foil, an aluminum foil and a diaphragm through the physical method; adding the separated positiveand negative electrode mixed powder into NaOH solution for dissolving, removing residual Al elements, putting the residual Al elements into organic acid solution with a certain concentration, leachingLi, Fe and PO4<3->, filtering to remove insoluble graphite, separating a positive electrode material from a negative electrode graphite material, purifying the negative electrode material, and recycling the purified material; then adding a lithium source, an iron source or a phosphorus source according to the determined element ratio of the leachate, making a molar ratio of Li to Fe to PO4<3-> tobe (1-1.05): 1: 1; and carrying out spray pyrolysis under a certain temperature condition and inert gas atmosphere to obtain a carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate material. The method is advantagedin that the disassembling mode is simplified, leaching efficiency is high, impurity elements are not introduced, exhausted waste gas is mainly CO2, and industrial large-scale production is facilitated.