The present application provides a positive electrode material, a method for preparing the same and a Li-ion battery containing the positive electrode material, wherein, the positive electrode material is represented as Li1+xNiaCobMncMdO2, in which M is selected from one or more of Mg, Ti, Zn, Zr, Al and Nb. The positive electrode material provided by the present application has a small crystal volume and a small Li—Ni synchysis degree. In addition, after the positive electrode material provided by the present application is applied to a Li-ion battery, the Li-ion battery possesses a better cycle performance, a higher initial charge-discharge efficiency and a better power property. Moreover, in the present application, a precursor is prepared by a coprecipitation method, and then the precursor is sintered together with a Li source and a metal oxide to obtain the positive electrode material. This preparation method is simple and easy to implement with low costs, and can be applied in industrial manufacture on a large scale.