The invention discloses an energy recovery circuit for a plasma display, which is characterized by comprising a first screen capacitor, a second screen capacitor, a maintenance power supply module, an energy recovery module and a maintenance driving module, wherein the first screen capacitor and the second screen capacitor are connected in series and coupled; the first screen capacitor corresponds to a part of a screen capacitor of an entire plasma screen, and the second screen capacitor corresponds to the other part of the panel capacitor of the entire plasma screen; the maintenance power supply module is used for charging the first screen capacitor and the second screen capacitor and providing maintenance voltage; the energy recovery module is used by the first screen capacitor and the second screen capacitor to discharge; the maintenance driving module is connected to the energy recovery module, the maintenance power supply module and a reference potential, and is used for maintaining the discharge of the first screen capacitor and the second screen capacitor and maintaining the reference potential of the first screen capacitor and the second screen capacitor; and the first screen capacitor, the second screen capacitor, the maintenance driving module and the energy recovery module form a capacitor-inductor-capacitor structure. The energy recovery circuit has higher energy recovery efficiency and reduces the energy consumption of AC-PDP.