A hydrotreating catalyst, which is in a particulate form, and comprises a porous refractory carrier, which is one or more selected from the group consisting of oxides of a Group II, Group III or Group IV element in the element periodic table, and an active metal component A, an active metal component B, and an active metal component C, the active metal component A is Ni, the active metal component B is one or more selected from the group consisting of Group VIII metals other than Ni in the element periodic table, the active metal component C is one or more selected from the group consisting of Group VIB metals in the element periodic table, wherein, the concentration distribution of the active metal component A meets the following condition or, Condition: throughout the cross-section of each individual catalyst particle, the concentration thereof substantially uniformly distributes, Condition: throughout the cross-section of each individual catalyst particle, the concentration thereof meets the following formulas and at the same time: C A out > C A 1 / 4 > C A 1 / 2 > C A 3 / 4 > 1, C A out ≥ 1.5, but C A out ≤ 5.0, wherein the symbol C A out represents the ratio of the concentration of the active metal component A at an arbitrary position point P A on the outmost edge of the cross-section of the catalyst particle to the concentration of the active metal component A at the central point on the cross-section of the catalyst particle, and assuming that the length value of the line segment connecting the central point and the position point P A on the cross-section of the catalyst particle is L A, the symbol C A 1/2 represents the ratio of the concentration of the active metal component A at the position point on the line segment (1/2)L A away from the position point P A to the concentration of the active metal component A at the central point on the cross-section of the catalyst particle, the symbol C A 1/4 represents the ratio of the concentration of the active metal component A at the position point on the line segment (1/4)L A away from the position point P A to the concentration of the active metal component A at the central point on the cross-section of the catalyst particle, the symbol C A 3/4 represents the ratio of the concentration of the active metal component A at the position point on the line segment (3/4)L A away from the position point P A to the concentration of the active metal component A at the central point on the cross-section of the catalyst particle, and, the concentration distribution of the active metal component B meets the following condition or, Condition: throughout the cross-section of each individual catalyst particle, the concentration thereof substantially uniformly distributes. Condition: throughout the cross-section of each individual catalyst particle, the concentration thereof meets the following formulas and at the same time: C B out < C B 1 / 4 < C B 1 / 2 < C B 3 / 4 < 1, C B out ≤ 0.80, but C B out ≥ 0.10, wherein the symbol C B out represents the ratio of the concentration of the active metal component B at an arbitrary position point P B on the outmost edge of the cross-section of the catalyst particle to the concentration of the active metal component B at the central point on the cross-section of the catalyst particle, and assuming that the length value of the line segment connecting the central point and the position point P B on the cross-section of the catalyst particle is L B, the symbol C B 1/2 represents the ratio of the concentration of the active metal component B at the position point on the line segment (1/2)L B away from the position point P B to the concentration of the active metal component B at the central point on the cross-section of the catalyst particle, the symbol C B 1/4 represents the ratio of the concentration of the active metal component B at the position point on the line segment (1/4)L B away from the position point P B to the concentration of the active metal component B at the central point on the cross-section of the catalyst particle, the symbol C B 3/4 represents the ratio of the concentration of the active metal component B at the position point on the line segment (3/4)L B away from the position point P B to the concentration of the active metal component B at the central point on the cross-section of the catalyst particle, with the proviso that, the concentration distribution of the active metal component A and the concentration distribution of the active metal component B do not meet the conditions and at the same time.