A radiation image storage panel has a phosphor layer composed of a phosphor matrix compound and an activator in combination, a subbing layer composed of the phosphor matrix compound, and a support, in which both of the subbing layer and phosphor layer have been formed by a gas phase-accumulation method and in which the subbing layer has a relative density of 60% to 98%, and a surface of the support in contact with the subbing layer shows a contact angle of less than 50.degree. to water.