Objective To explore the correlation of adiponectin rs2241766 gene polymorphism and colorectal cancer. Methods Case-control studies about correlation of adiponectin rs2241766 gene polymorphisms and colorectal cancer were searched by computer retrieval on PubMed, Sciencedirect, Embase, the Cochrane Database, OVID Medline, Springer Link, EBSCO Database, CNKI, VIP, Wanfang, and Chinese Biomedicine Database, the retrieval time was from inception of database to September 30, 2017. At the same time, collected similar literatures and references by manual retrieval. Two independent researchers took the mask of study selection and data extraction, Review Manager 5.3 software was used on calculation results with the OR value and 95% confidence interval (95% CI), on the condition of 5 kinds of gene models. Results A total of 10 case-control studies were included, including 3 460 cases of colorectal cancer and4 170 controls. Results of meta-analysis showed the effect of 5 kinds of model. ① Allele gene model (G vs T): in general population and Yellow race, allele gene model was related to occurrence of colorectal cancer [ORtotal=1.15, 95% CI was (1.07, 1.24), P=0.000 1; ORYellow race=1.16, 95% CI was (1.08, 1.26), P=0.000 1], but there was no significant difference on relationship between allele gene model and occurrence of colorectal cancer for White [ORWhite=1.08, 95% CI was (0.89, 1.30), P=0.44]. ② Dominant gene model (TG+GG vs TT): in general population and Yellow race, dominant gene model was related to occurrence of colorectal cancer [ORtotal=1.23, 95% CI was (1.12, 1.35), P<0.000 1;ORYellow race=1.24, 95% CI was (1.12, 1.37), P=<0.000 1], but there was no significant difference on relationship between dominant gene model and occurrence of colorectal cancer for White [ORWhite=1.17, 95% CI was (0.93, 1.46), P=0.17]. ③ Implicit gene model (GG vs TT+TG): there was no significant difference on relationship between implicit gene model in 3 kinds of population and occurrence of colorectal cancer [general population: ORtotal=1.09, 95% CI was (0.92, 1.30), P=0.32; White: ORWhite=0.77, 95% CI was (0.46, 1.28), P=0.31; Yellow race: ORYellow race=1.15, 95% CI was (0.95, 1.39), P=0.15]. ④ Codominant gene model (TG vs TT): in general population and Yellow race, codominant gene model was related to occurrence of colorectal cancer [ORtotal=1.20, 95% CI was (1.10, 1.32), P<0.000 1;ORYellow race=1.19, 95% CI was (1.08, 1.32), P=0.000 6], but there was no significant difference on relationship between codominant gene model and occurrence of colorectal cancer for White [ORWhite=1.25, 95% CI was (0.99, 1.58), P=0.06]. ⑤ Superdominant gene model (TT+GG vs TG): in general population and Yellow race, superdominant gene model was related to occurrence of colorectal cancer [ORtotal=0.83, 95% CI was (0.76, 0.91), P<0.000 1;ORYellow race=0.84, 95% CI was (0.76, 0.93), P=0.000 6], but there was no significant difference on relationship between superdominant gene gene model and occurrence of colorectal cancer for White [ORWhite=0.80, 95% CI was (0.63, 1.01), P=0.06]. Conclusion The polymorphism of adiponectin gene rs2241766 is related to the occurrence of colorectal cancer in the Yellow race, but there is no significant correlation in White.