A springback amount evaluation method evaluates an amount of springback after die release of a press forming product by a computer and includes: setting a plurality of section planes intersecting a shape of the press forming product at predetermined intervals; obtaining a sectional shape of the press forming product for each of the set section planes; and obtaining an orientation of each of the sectional shapes in each section plane as a direction of the each of the sectional shapes, wherein for each of a shape to be a reference of the press forming product and a shape after the die release, the above-described three steps are performed, and the amount of springback is evaluated by comparing, for all of the section planes, the obtained directions of the sectional shapes for the shape to be the reference and for the shape after the die release.