Provided is a pigmented aqueous inkjet recording liquid with which clogging of a nozzle is improved and stable discharge is possible, with said aqueous inkjet recording liquid having excellent properties-in particular, an optical density (OD) value and wear resistance-which are required of an inkjet recording liquid. This aqueous inkjet recording liquid is a polymer emulsion which is obtained by using specific amounts of an emulsifier, water, and an aqueous polymerization initiator to radical-polymerize a radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomer (a), for which a radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomer (a2) having a specific amount of an alkoxysilyl group is an essential component; wherein said recording liquid contains a pigment and a polymer emulsion in which, according to the particle counting method, the number of 1.5 [mu]m or larger ultra-coarse particles in the polymer emulsion when converted to a solid content concentration 0.1% is 5.0*105/cm3.