The numerical methods to calculate the elastic deformation in elastohydrodynamic lubrication(EHL) were reviewed.The deformations under Hertz pressure distribution,triangular pressure distribution and uniform pressure distribution were computed with the five numerical methods,and the five methods were evaluated in a comparative way.It’s found that ZHANG Pengshun deals with the singular point separately and HUANG Ping avoids it,they can obtain very small center deformation error,data fluctuation,and the difference between extreme values.OKAMURA avoids the singular point briefly but the data fluctuation and the difference between extreme values are bigger.The EVANS’s differential method can obtain the more precise center deformation.The accuracy of FFT method is lower.The five numerical methods have different characteristics in terms of the calculation principle,the amount of calculation and the accuracy of the results,thus they can be reasonably used in the EHL calculation in line contacts.