AIM: To compare the effect of spherical and aspheric hydrophilic intraocular lenses (IOL) on postoperative higher order aberrations (HOA). METHODS: Uneventful phacoemulsification was performed in 78 eyes of 66 patients with implanting either spherical Softec or aspheric Ocuva lenses. Preoperative and postoperative 3rd month aberrometry was performed with Visx Wavescan aberrometer to be compared. RESULTS: There was no statistically significant difference between two groups. Postoperative root-mean-square (RMS) value of HOA: 0.27±0.11 in Softec and 028±0.13 in Ocuva group, spherical aberration (SA): 011±0.07 in Softec and 0.11±0.08 in Ocuva group. CONCLUSION: Aspheric Ocuva IOL seems not to have an advantage of decreasing postoperative HOA compared to spherical Softec IOL.