A derrick lightning arrester comprises at least three needles which are connected to one supporting rod by a high-tension ceramic member. The high-tension ceramic member is provided with a connecting wire connected with the needles. One end of the connecting wire is fastened to the high-tension ceramic member through a bolt, and the other end of the connecting wire is connected to a bottom-sealed steel pipe on the ground. The needles include a center needle disposed at the center of the high-tension ceramic member and the oblique needles distributed on the circumference of the high-tension ceramic member uniformly. The derrick lighting arrester has the advantages of simple structure, low cost, high protective reliability, high intensity and good heat resistance. Since the supporting rod of the lightening arrester is plated with zinc, the lightning arrester is anticorrosion; since the needles of the lightning arrester include multiple oblique needles, the coverage of the lightning arrester is wider than that of the single-needle lightning arrester, the protection range of the lightning arrester is wider and the reliability thereof is higher; as a receiver is firm and vibration resistant, good conductivity is achieved; as the needles and the supporting rod are isolated by the high-tension ceramic member, safety and practicability are guaranteed; as the grounding electrode is manufactured by filling crude salt in the bottom-sealed steel pipe, the grounding resistance is guaranteed to be lower than 15 ohm.