This invention relates to an efficient laminated graphite discharge arc gap device including: N+1 arc gaps and a pi-shaped connection capacitor set with N capacitors in the same capacitance value, in which, the gaps are serial to each other, the first one is connected with the live wire, the last one is connected to the earth, one end of each capacitor in the set is connected with the conduction piece between the two arc gaps and the other end is connected to the earth, the arc gap is made of graphite, insulation ring pad is set between the graphite electrodes, the arc gaps are assembled in lamination, parameter of each capacitor in the set is selected according to C=In/2pifVK, in which, In is the induced discharge current on the capacitors, In=I/N, I is the total current of the set, N is the number of capacitors, f is a lightning wave frequency, V is a rating voltage and K is a safety factor greater than or equal to 1.