The invention discloses a metal oxide lithium ion battery positive material and a preparation method thereof. The problem to be solved is to improve the electrochemistry property of the positive material. The material formula of the invention is LiNi1-x-y-zMnxCoyMzO2, wherein the x+y+z is less than 1, or a quaternary or a quinary metal oxide material of the LiNi1-x-y-z-rMnxCoyMzNrO2, wherein the x+y+z+r is less than 1, and the M and N are selected from one of the Al, Ti, Cr, Mg, V, Zn and Zr, x is equal to 0.01-0.8, y is equal to 0.01-0.8, z is equal to 0.01-0.8 and r is equal to 0.01-0.8. The preparation method comprises: preparing a precursor mixture, mixing and sintering. Comparing with the prior art, the invention prepares the oxide lithium ion battery material by a liquid phase multi-element mixing reaction, a mixing method and a solid state sintering method, the maximum discharging capacity is larger than 150mAh/g, the primary coulomb efficiency is more than 90, the capacity conservation rate after 300 cycles is more than 95 The metal oxide lithium ion battery positive material is suitable for industrial scale production.