The invention provides a lithium battery anode material and a preparation method and an application thereof. The lithium battery anode material includes a lithium metal composite oxide having a layered structure and a boron coating layer formed on the surface of the lithium metal composite oxide, wherein the lithium metal composite oxide includes Li, Ni and a doping element M1, the doping elementM1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Zr, Mg, Al, Ni, Mn, Zn, Fe, Cr, Mo, and W, a molar ratio of the sum of Ni and the doping element M1 to the Li is less than 1, and the boron coating layer includes boron and/or boride. The lithium battery anode material has advantages of good structure stability and stable electrochemical performance, and the lithium battery anode material donot easily react with the electrolyte.