Quantitative estimation of paleoelevation is crucial to constrain uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau. So far, there are four kinds of paleoaltimeter used to reveal Cenozoic paleoelevation of the Tibetan Plateau, including oxygen-isotope paleoaltimeter, △47 paleotemperaturepaleoaltimeter, Hydrogen-isotope paleoaltimeter, Paleobotanic paleoaltimeter, and Analysis of paleoenvironment. The oxygen-isotope paleoaltimeter, which is based on the relationship between the oxygen isotope value (18O) of surface water and elevation, includes empirical relationship equation and model relationship equation. △47 paleotemperature-paleoaltimeter is a new approach to reconstruct paleoelevation, which has been used in just one position in Tibet. Paleobotanic paleoaltimeter contains co-existence analysis and leaf physiognomic approach, and Analysis of paleoenvironment is a semi-quantitative method. Through detailed comparison of various principles, application condition, influencing factors, and pros-cons of the different paleoaltimeters, we focused on summarizing achievements and problems of these research methods, and further discussed their application potential and prospects. In the future work, we need to pay more attention to obtain new modern data to improve the above paleoaltimeters and introduce new paleoaltimeters.