A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains, which is prepared by a process comprising(i) forming the silver halide emulsion by mixing a silver salt and a halide salt in a dispersion medium,(ii) subjecting the emulsion formed to washing to remove water-soluble salts, and then(iii) carrying out chemical sensitization of the emulsion wherein in (ii), the washing is carried out by coagulating the emulsion by a gelatin coagulant selected from of a modified gelatin or a polymeric coagulant represented by the following formula [I]; and in (iii), iodide-containing silver halide fine grains are added at a time during the course of the chemical sensitization, ##STR1##