The invention belongs to the technical field of bridge support machines and discloses a spherical steel damping support. The spherical steel damping support is characterized by comprising an upper support plate, a first plane abrasion-resistant plate, a spherical crown liner plate, a middle steel plate, a second plane stainless steel plate and a lower support plate, wherein check blocks (11) for limiting the direction are arranged on the four peripheral edges in a rectangle of the upper seat plate; a plurality of connected double-curved-surface steel sticks are arranged on the periphery of the middle steel plate and the periphery of the lower support seat; pulling preventing blocks are arranged at the bottoms of the check blocks of the corresponding two peripheral edges of the upper support plate; pulling resisting blocks are arranged on the two sides, corresponding to the check blocks with the pulling preventing blocks, of the middle steel plate. By means of the steel damping spherical support, damage, caused by seismic force caused by longitudinal waves, to a bridge body can be avoided, and meanwhile the seismic mitigation and absorption functions are achieved on damage caused by transverse waves; the steel damping spherical support has the advantages of being simple in structure and stable in performance.