Embodiments of the present invention disclose a non-contact 3D fingerprint capturing apparatus and method. The apparatus includes: a housing, a circuit board and a fingerprint reader that are disposed in the housing; the circuit board includes a first control module; the fingerprint reader includes a fingerprint capturing module and a positioning module; the positioning module casts light to a first position point on a finger object; the fingerprint capturing module receives light reflected from the first position point, converts an optical signal into an electrical signal, and sends the electrical signal to the first control module; the first control module judges, according to the electrical signal, whether the first position point is a standard point, the standard point being an aperture with a diameter less than a first threshold and an illumination intensity greater than a second threshold; if the first position point is a standard point, the fingerprint capturing module captures fingerprint images from multiple directions, and transmits the fingerprint images to the first control module; and the first control module creates a 3D fingerprint image according to the fingerprint images. The embodiments of the present invention further provide a non-contact 3D fingerprint capturing method.