The invention discloses a performance identification test method for a high-reliability rubber expansion joint. The method is characterized in that the rubber expansion joint is subjected to the following tests in sequence: a water pressure test, a vacuum test, a gamma ray irradiation dose test, a hot air accelerated aging test, a water hammer pulse impact fatigue test, a shear fatigue test, a simulated working condition test, a static displacement or dynamic displacement test, an anti-seismic test, a compression resistance test and a bursting test; the water pressure test, the vacuum test andthe water hammer pulse impact fatigue test use the same set of tools. The method has the advantages that by adopting the test sequence, the test time can be effectively saved, the test working efficiency is improved, and the labor intensity of workers is reduced; the rubber expansion joint passing through the test project is more stable in quality and higher in reliability; and meanwhile, the safety performance of the expansion joint in the using process is improved.