The invention provides a silicon-carbon composite lithium ion battery negative electrode material and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps of adding micron silicon and a dispersing agent into a solvent, and grinding to obtain nano silicon slurry 1; adding a carbon matrix into the nano silicon slurry 1, and stirring to obtain mixed slurry 2, wherein thecarbon matrix is one or more of flattened artificial graphite, flattened natural graphite and flattened mesocarbon microbeads; and drying the mixed slurry 2, adding into a fusion machine for fusion,mixing with a coating agent, granulating, carrying out heat treatment in a protective atmosphere, carrying out high-temperature carbonization treatment in the protective atmosphere, crushing, gradingand demagnetizing to obtain the silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material. According to the present invention, the structure with better volume expansion can be buffered, the dispersion andcomplete coating of the nano silicon on the carbon matrix are realized, and the direct contact between the nano silicon and the electrolyte is isolated, so that the composite material can form a stable SEI film, and the service life of the battery is greatly prolonged.