The disclosure discloses a simplified space vector modulation method for multi-lever converters, and relates to the field of space vector modulation methods for multilevel converters, which solves problems that a redundant on-off state is greatly increased along with increase of a number of levels in a traditional SVM technology, and SVM is difficult to realize due to calculation of the redundant on-off state and selection of a proper on-off state. The method includes the following steps of: step 1: establishing a vector expression; step 2: establishing a reference vector trajectory model; step 3: respectively representing reference signals and level signals by coordinate components of a reference vector and a basic vector and corresponding component sums; step 4: constructing a star-connected multilevel converter; step 5: sampling a phase voltage reference vector trajectory model of the star-connected multilevel converter, and synthesizing the reference vector.