Droplets of Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 glass form-ing alloys with different sizes are solidified in a drop tubecontainerless processing. Glass transition behavior, crystal-lization kinetics, and the phase evolution during annealing of the Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 glassy spheres are investigated. The experimental results indicate that the apparent activation energy of the glass transition (Eg = 435.5 kJ/mol), and the activation energy of the main crystallization reaction (Ep1 = 249.6 kJ/mol) are obviously different from those of bulk glass samples prepared by water quenched (Eg = 559.1 kJ/mol and Ep1 =192.5 kJ/mol). The difference is discussed in the view point of the atomic configuration of the liquid state of the metallic glass and nucleation mechanism.