The present invention relates to a resist top coat composition and a patterning process adopting such a material, which resist top coat composition is provided for forming a top coat on a photoresist film so as to protect the photoresist film, in liguid immersion photolithography. The present invention provides a resist top coat composition for forming a top coat on a photoresist film, wherein the resist top coat composition comprises, at least: a polymer I including a repeating unit a represented by the following general formula (1); and a polymer II including repeating unit having a sulfonic acid or an amine salt of a sulfonic acid: