The invention discloses an inductive coupling plasma atomic emission spectrometry for determining elements in a nuclear-grade zirconium alloy. The inductive coupling plasma atomic emission spectrometry is used for determining 4 types of macroelements and 13 types of trace elements in the nuclear-grade zirconium alloy. The macroelements including tin, niobium, iron and chromium, and the trace elements including aluminum, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, magnesium, manganese, nickel, lead, silicon, tantalum, titanium, vanadium and tungsten in the nuclear-grade zirconium alloy are successfully determined by carrying out base body match on high-purity sponge zirconium and main alloy elements and selecting a suitable spectral line as an analysis line of detected elements. The determination of tin, iron, chromium and nickel in a 360b zirconium alloy in NIST is carried out and determination results are the same as standard values of a standard substance certificate. The nuclear-grade zirconium alloy is subjected to a marking recovery test; and a result shows that the recovery rates of niobium, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, magnesium, manganese, silicon, titanium, vanadium and tungsten are 92%-108% except that the recovery rate of tantalum is low and the recovery rates of aluminum and lead are high. According to the method, the determination result is stable; and the relative standard deviations (RSD) of the determination results of 3 days are lower than 6% and can meet the requirements of Westinghouse certification standards (RSD is less than 10%).