Abstract: The system of sports administrative power list is an innovative measure to realize the transformation of the functions of sports departments and promote the modernization of sports governance. The standardized operation of the system derives from the legitimacy of the whole process of the preparation of the list of powers, which is embodied in the basic links such as "clearing power", "determining power", "exposing power" and "guaranteeing power". The operation of 31 provincial sports administrative power list in China is examined. It is found that there are different criteria for dividing the types of authority, obvious differences in the number of various types of authorities in various provinces, diversification of the basis of authority setting, various elements of list content and various forms of operation process of local sports administrative power list in China, reflecting the current construction of sports administrative power list system, such as imperfect standards and rules of power list's determining, lack of effective restriction of list-making subjects, and incomplete supervision mechanism of power operation responsibility. In the future, it should be regulated by normalizing the standards and rules when clearing up the list, establishing the external restriction mechanism of the list's formulation, and constructing supervision and accountability system simultaneously.