Target threat assessment provides data support for command decision-making， and multi-attribute decision-making method is an effective means of target threat assessment. Combined with the characteristics of multi-attribute decision-making methods， the research status of multi-attribute decision-making method in battlefield target threat assessment is systematically summarized from four aspects， which are threat assessment index selection， threat assessment index description， threat assessment index weight determination and target threat ranking method. The problems in each aspect are analyzed， and the future application of multi-attribute decision-making method in battlefield target threat assessment is discussed， so as to provide reference for subsequent research on battlefield target threat assessment.