A high-strength cold rolled steel sheet, having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, comprising: a composition containing, in terms of mass%, C: 0.04% or more and 0.12% or less, Si: 0.15% or more and 0.95% or less, Mn: 2.00% or more and 3.50% or less, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.010% or more and 2.0% or less, Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.075% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.075% or less, and B: 0.0002% or more and 0.0040% or less, optionally at least one element selected from V: 0.005% or more and 0.200% or less, Cr: 0.05% or more and 0.20% or less, Mo: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less, Cu: 0.05% or more and 0.20% or less, Ni: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less, Sb: 0.002% or more and 0.100% or less, Sn: 0.002% or more and 0.100% or less, Ca: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, Mg: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, and REM: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities; and a steel microstructure including, in terms of volume fraction, 10% or more and 35% or less of ferrite, 1% or more and 10% or less of retained austenite, 2% or more and 12% or less of as-quenched martensite, and a total of 25% to 70% of bainite and tempered martensite, wherein the steel microstructure satisfies an average crystal grain diameter of the ferrite: 5.0 μm or less, an average crystal grain diameter of the retained austenite: 2.0 μm or less, an average crystal grain diameter of the as-quenched martensite: 3.0 μm or less, and an average crystal grain diameter of the bainite and the tempered martensite phase: 4.0 μm or less, and an average intergrain distance of the as-quenched martensite of 1.0 μm or more, wherein the tensile strength is measured in accordance with JIS Z 2241 using a JIS No. 5 test piece taken from the high-strength cold rolled steel sheet so that the tensile direction is a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction, and wherein the steel microstructure is measured by the method described in the description. a composition containing, in terms of mass%, C: 0.04% or more and 0.12% or less, Si: 0.15% or more and 0.95% or less, Mn: 2.00% or more and 3.50% or less, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.010% or more and 2.0% or less, Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.075% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.075% or less, and B: 0.0002% or more and 0.0040% or less, optionally at least one element selected from V: 0.005% or more and 0.200% or less, Cr: 0.05% or more and 0.20% or less, Mo: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less, Cu: 0.05% or more and 0.20% or less, Ni: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less, Sb: 0.002% or more and 0.100% or less, Sn: 0.002% or more and 0.100% or less, Ca: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, Mg: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, and REM: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities; and C: 0.04% or more and 0.12% or less, Si: 0.15% or more and 0.95% or less, Mn: 2.00% or more and 3.50% or less, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, Al: 0.010% or more and 2.0% or less, Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.075% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.075% or less, and B: 0.0002% or more and 0.0040% or less, optionally at least one element selected from V: 0.005% or more and 0.200% or less, Cr: 0.05% or more and 0.20% or less, Mo: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less, Cu: 0.05% or more and 0.20% or less, Ni: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less, Sb: 0.002% or more and 0.100% or less, Sn: 0.002% or more and 0.100% or less, Ca: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, Mg: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, and REM: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities; and a steel microstructure including, in terms of volume fraction, 10% or more and 35% or less of ferrite, 1% or more and 10% or less of retained austenite, 2% or more and 12% or less of as-quenched martensite, and a total of 25% to 70% of bainite and tempered martensite, wherein the steel microstructure satisfies an average crystal grain diameter of the ferrite: 5.0 μm or less, an average crystal grain diameter of the retained austenite: 2.0 μm or less, an average crystal grain diameter of the as-quenched martensite: 3.0 μm or less, and an average crystal grain diameter of the bainite and the tempered martensite phase: 4.0 μm or less, and an average intergrain distance of the as-quenched martensite of 1.0 μm or more, wherein the tensile strength is measured in accordance with JIS Z 2241 using a JIS No. 5 test piece taken from the high-strength cold rolled steel sheet so that the tensile direction is a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction, and wherein the steel microstructure is measured by the method described in the description.