The performance of red luminescent materials has an extremely important influence on the color rendering index and color temperature of white LEDs. This article mainly introduces the structural composition, luminescence properties and research results of several major systems of red luminescent materials such as scheelite type tungsten/molybdate, double perovskite type tungsten/molybdate and composite tungsten/molybdate, the future prospects of tungsten/molybdate red luminescent materials is prospected.