Abstract: To obtain great maize inbred lines to cultivate new maize varieties, 11 plant traits of 211 maize inbred lines from different sources were analyzed by statistical analysis and cluster analysis. The maize inbred lines with great traits were screened by comparison with the parental inbred lines of the maize hybrids ‘Zhengdan 958’and‘Xianyu 335’. The results showed that there was a significant difference in the number of aerial roots in the first layer among the inbred lines, and all other traits were obviously significant. The variation coefficient of each plant trait was larger, the highest variation coefficient was 27.99% for tassel branching, and the smallest was 6.04% for leaf length. Cluster analysis divided all the inbred lines into 9 groups. The G1-G4 group contained 192 inbred lines, accounting for 91.0%. Compared with the parental inbred lines of the two great maize hybrids‘Zhengdan 958’and‘Xianyu 335’, a total of 14 inbred lines with great traits were selected. In summary, the genetic differences among the 211 sources of maize inbred lines used in this study are large, representative types are abundant, and the results are representative. There are different degrees of correlation among the 11 plant traits. Cluster analysis selected 14 inbred lines with great traits, which could provide reference for breeding new varieties with great plant traits.