The invention provides a steel, which has a high strength, without complex heat treatment processes having to be performed for this purpose, and at the same time has a low tendency to warp. For this purpose, the high-grade structural steel according to the invention consists of (in % by weight) up to 0.25% C, up to 0.45% Si, 0.20-2.00% Mn; up to 4.00% Cr, 0.6-3.0% Mo, 0.004-0.020% N, up to 0.40% S, 0.001-0.035% Al, 0.0005-0.0025% B, up to 0.015% Nb, up to 0.01% Ti, up to 0.10% V, up to 1.5% Ni and up to 2.0% Cu, the remainder iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein the Al content %Al, the Nbcontent %Nb, the Ti content %Ti, the V content %V and the N content %N of the high-grade structural steel respectively meet the following condition: %Al/27 + %Nb/45 + %Ti/48 + %V/25 > %N/3.75. The high-grade structural steel according to the invention has a yield strength of at least 750 MPa, a tensile strength of at least 950 MPa and an organization structure which consists at least 80% by volumeof bainite and in total at most 20% by volume of residual austenite, ferrite, pearlite and/or martensite. On account of its combination of properties, the steel according to the invention is suitablein particular for the production of forged parts with great changes in cross section over its length. The invention also discloses a method for producing such forged components.