Objective To explore the influencing factors for the occurrence of malignant cerebral edema (MCE) in patients after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for acute anterior circulation large vessel occlusion (LVO) and their predictive values. Methods The clinical data, namely, age, gender, preoperative National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, infarct volume, preoperative neutrophils⁃to⁃lymphocytes ratio (NLR), data related to MT, and postoperative Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) etc., of 190 patients receiving MT for acute anterior circulation LVO were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were assigned to non⁃MCE group or MCE group according to the presence of MCE after MT. The multivariate Logistic regression model was employed to analyze the influencing factors for patients suffering from MCE after MT for acute anterior circulation LVO, and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was drawn to analyze the predictive values of the influencing factors for patients suffering from MCE after MT for acute anterior circulation LVO. Results The incidence rate of MCE in patients after MT for acute anterior circulation LVO was 30.53% (58/190). The results of univariate analysis revealed that there were statistically significant differences in age, preoperative NIHSS score, infarct volume, preoperative NLR, the proportion of favorable collateral circulation compensation, postoperative ASPECTS between the two groups (P<0.05). The results of multivariate Logistic regression analysis indicated that preoperative NIHSS score, infarct volume, preoperative NLR, postoperative ASPECTS were the influencing factors for the occurrence of MCE in patients after MT for acute anterior circulation LVO (P<0.05). Area under the curve of preoperative NIHSS score, infarct volume, preoperative NLR, postoperative ASPECTS for jointly predicting patients suffering from MCE after MT for acute anterior circulation LVO was 0.936, which was larger than that of single prediction of the four (P<0.05). Conclusion The incidence rate of patients suffering from MCE after MT for acute anterior circulation LVO is relatively high. Acute anterior circulation LVO patients with high preoperative NIHSS score, large infarct volume, high preoperative NLR, and high postoperative ASPECTS easily suffer from MCE after MT. Postoperative ASPECTS combined with preoperative NIHSS score, infarct volume, preoperative NLR have relatively high predictive values on patients suffering from MCE after MT for acute anterior circulation LVO.