Based on the knowledge of genetic diversity among soybean cultivars (Doko, FT-2 and BR-9 Savana) related to seed mechanical damage resistance, the drop test was evaluated for screening to this trait. The drop test was developed with genotypes of garden beans and dry beans to select seeds resistant to mechanical damage. Free seeds were dropped from 180cm height through a PVC tube on the surface of a iron plate with a 120 slope. At the R7 stage seeds were collected in the field and dried down in an aerated warebhouse and the pods hand threshed. Seeds were brought to 13% moisture content and size uniformed by sieve before submitted to the drop test treatment. The mechanical damage was evaluated by tetrazolium test (TZ), accelerated aging test associated to TZ and electrical conductivity test. The drop test, under the proposed methodology was not capable to screen soybean genotype seed to mechanical damage resistance.