This paper studies lightning protection performance of transmission line with high tower and great span, and puts forward the lightning shielding model of transmission line with high tower and great span. The model simulates the developing process of lightning downward leader, and take the effect of upward leader to downward leader into account. Moreover, the model consider backward lightning , that is even downward leader have developed lower than transmission line, Which will be occur lightning line. Aim at a certain sea transmission line with great span, its lightning performance is calculated with regular method, EGM and the model. The results have been analysed and compared. Because of thinking over backward lightning , the model can be used for calculating lightning shield performance of all kinds of transmission lines.