The present invention is to provide an ink jet recording sheet which has excellent ink-absorbance, enables the production of a highly precise image and has high surface strength. The ink jet recording sheet comprises providing an ink-receiving layer, containing, as its major components, a binder resin and a pigment, on at least one surface of a substrate, wherein the pigment component includes a hollow filler using a silica-containing inorganic powder as its outer shell layer.