A roughly shaped material for a rolling bearing of the present invention is produced by forging a steel composed of a high-carbon chrome bearing steel containing 0.7 mass % to 1.2 mass % of a carbon, and 0.8 mass % to 1.8 mass % of a chromium to a predetermined shape while heating the steel to a forging temperature in a range of (Ae1 point+25° C.) to (Ae1 point+105° C.), cooling a forged article to a temperature of Ae1 point or lower, and performing an annealing in which the forged article that is obtained is heated to a soaking temperature in a range of (Ae1 point+25° C.) to (Ae1 point+85° C.), the forged article is retained for 0.5 hours or longer, and the forged article is cooled down to 700° C. or lower at a cooling rate of 0.30° C./s or slower.