In the construction of bridge engineering of our country, bearings are of great importance to connect the superstructure and the substructure. The corrosion resistance of bearing will directly affect the safety of the bridge. Compared with plate rubber bearing and basin bearing, spherical steel bearing overcomes many defects in material, structure and working principle. However, it is also inevitable for spherical steel bearings to suffer from corrosion disease. In order to better protect the spherical steel bearings against corrosion, identifying the corrosion mechanism of steel and the environmental media that affect the corrosion is preoccupation. On this basis, the possible corrosion types of spherical steel bearings are discussed, and appropriate means are found to protect them against corrosion. Then, the innovative design results of spherical steel bearings target on corrosion resistance by domestic and foreign scholars are listed.