Paper and an image-recording material support which have high surface planarity and excellent gloss are disclosed. Moreover, an image-recording material is disclosed which uses the image-recording material support and is capable of obtaining high quality image. The paper includes raw paper. The paper satisfies at least one of the following conditions (i) and (ii): (i) the paper has an inner bonding strength of 160 mJ or more specified in Japan Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry No. 54, and an average center surface roughness (SRa) on at least one face of the paper is 0.9 μm or less at a cutoff wavelength of 0.3 mm to 0.4 mm, and (ii) an Oken type smoothness S (second) on the at least one face of the paper, and a density ρ (g/cm3) of the paper satisfy an expression S1/2/ρ3≧15.