The invention relates to a recovery method for waste palladium carbon catalyst metal palladium, which mainly solves the problem in the prior art that combustion is not thorough. According to the recovery method, a burned product containing palladium is obtained through contact and combustion of the air and waste catalyst in a waste palladium carbon catalyst metal palladium recovery device, the recovery device comprises a combustion furnace (1) and a cyclone separator (2), the combustion furnace (1) comprises a gas distributor (3), a combustion off-gas outlet (4) and a waste palladium carbon catalyst feeding port (5), the cyclone separator (2) comprises a separator inlet (8), a separated off-gas outlet (9) and a separated powder outlet (10), the combustion off-gas outlet (4) is communicated with the separator inlet (8), and the separated powder outlet (10) is selectively communicated with the combustion furnace (1) through a tee joint structure (11), so that the separated powder returns to the combustion furnace (1) or the separated powder leaves the recovery device. The recovery method better solves the problem, and can be used for recovery of waste palladium carbon catalyst metal palladium.