The invention provides a single-tab mute basket distributor. The single-tab mute basket distributor comprises lifting and separating mechanisms, a pushing mechanism and a body frame; the lifting and separating mechanisms are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the body frame; the lifting and separating mechanism on each side comprises a longitudinal lifting device, a transverse telescoping device and a plurality of mounting plates; the mounting plates are fixed on the body frame; the longitudinal lifting device is fixedly mounted on the mounting plates; the transverse telescoping device is not in fixed connection with the body frame and connected with the longitudinal lifting device. The single-tab mute basket distributor is capable of orderly and continuously separating baskets stacked in each other into individual baskets and pushing out the individual baskets to other conveyors continuously and uninterruptedly; as a result, full-automatic article conveying is realized, both time and labor are saved and the fetching efficiency is improved. Besides, the basket distributor is capable of separating the individual baskets by rising or dropping the whole stack of baskets, and noise generated by collision of the baskets and a basket receiving table and the damage of the basket due to falling down are avoided.