The invention discloses a high-nickel ternary positive electrode material, and a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method of the high-nickel ternary positive electrode material comprises the steps of primary sintering, water washing, drying, coating, secondary sintering, sieving, demagnetizing and packaging, wherein water washing, drying, coating, sieving, demagnetizing and packaging are completed in a drying room, a moisture content of the drying room is smaller than or equal to 10 ppm, and a carbon dioxide content of the drying room is smaller than or equal to 10 ppm. The control of H2O and CO2 in the air is added in the production process, and the steps of water washing, drying, coating, sieving, demagnetizing and packaging are all completed in the drying room,so the contact between the produced high-nickel ternary positive electrode material and H2O and CO2 is avoided; and after residual lithium is reduced after the high-nickel ternary positive electrodematerial is washed with water, reaction with carbon dioxide rarely occurs, so the residual lithium is ensured not to increase, and thus, the content of residual alkali on the surface of the high-nickel ternary positive electrode material is reduced, the surface residual alkali content is kept to be less than or equal to 0.12%, the processability and safety of the material are improved, and the high-nickel ternary positive electrode material can be widely applied to preparation of electrode materials of lithium ion batteries.