The invention provides an 
isomerization catalyst and a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method of the 
isomerization catalyst comprises the following steps: (1), mixing a rawmaterial for preparing an SAPO-11 
molecular sieve and an active 
metal precursor of the 
isomerization catalyst to obtain a mixture A; (2), mechanically mixing the mixture A to obtain a gelatinous substance; (3), crystallizing the gelatinous substance, and washing, 
drying and calcinating a crystallized product to obtain the isomerization catalyst. According to a scheme provided by the invention, atechnology is simple and time-saving, and water is not required to be externally added as a mixed medium, so that a water resource is saved, 
sewage discharge is reduced and the environment is protected; the 
metal precursor is introduced into a carrier synthesizing 
system to achieve one-step synthesis of the catalyst, so that the 
drying and calcinating processes during 
metal loading are omitted andthe 
energy consumption is lowered; meanwhile, the catalyst shows relatively high n-
hexane conversion rate and isomer selectivity.