The inventive sheet conveying roller includes a plurality of linear projections (6) provided on an outer peripheral surface (5) of a roller body (2) of an elastic material and each having a generally right-angled triangular cross section which includes a hypotenuse edge (7) and an adjoining edge (9) provided on a forward side and on a rearward side, respectively, with respect to a roller body rotation direction, the adjoining edge (9) aligning with a line (8) perpendicular to a center axis (L) of the roller body (2). The linear projections (6) are rounded with the hypotenuse edges (7) and the adjoining edges (9) thereof connected to each other by curves (10, 11) as seen in section, and provided integrally with the roller body (2) to be equidistantly arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the roller body.