Monoclinic lithium vanadium phosphate Li3V2(PO4)3 is a very promising polyanion-type cathode material for lithium-ion batteries.In this work, we synthesized spherical Li3V2(PO4)3 powder via melting V2O5 and quenching followed by spray drying and carbothermalreduction processes, using NH4VO3, LiOH·H2O, H3PO4 and C12H22O11 as the raw materials. The structure and morphology of theLi3V2(PO4)3 powders were characterized. The electrochemical property of the spherical Li3V2(PO4)3 cathode material was characterized byelectrochemical measurements. At cut-off voltages of 3.0–4.3 V, 3.0–4.8 V and 1.5–4.8V with current density of 0.2 mA·cm-2, the cathodematerial showed initial discharge capacity of 124.7 mAh·g-1, 157.3 mAh·g-1, 270.2 mAh·g-1 and capacity retention of 98.4%, 83.1% and84.0% after 50 cycles, respectively. The charge-discharge performance tested at different current densities of 0.04 mA·cm-2, 0.08 mA·cm-2,0.2 mA·cm-2, 0.4 mA·cm-2, 0.8 mA·cm-2 and 2 mA·cm-2 also showed the good rate capability.