To provide a thermosensitive recording material which is excellent in production stability, heat resistance of a texture and printability under a high temperature environment, and to provide a method for producing the same.

This invention relates to the thermosensitive recording material which includes a thermosensitive recording layer containing an electron-donating dye precursor and an electron accepting developer, on a support, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains diphenylsulfone particulates which are obtained by wet grinding using a maleic anhydride copolymer and polyvinyl alcohol as a dispersant.