A zinc-ion battery (ZIB) employing an aqueous electrolyte, that is, an aqueous zinc-ion battery (AZIB), represents a unique combination of high energy and high power with much-desired safety. In this respect, vanadium oxide-based cathodes, with open frameworks and rich valence states, have shown promising characteristics toward hosting the Zn 2+ ions. Nevertheless, the degradation of the host during continuous (de-)intercalation and structural dissolution in the aqueous electrolyte affects the capacity and cycle life. Herein, we represent a high capacity and long cycle life AZIB based on an Ag 2 V 4 O 11 @reduced graphene oxide composite as a cathode in 1 M ZnSO 4 electrolyte. We demonstrate the combined effect of the intercalation−displacement mechanism and partially irreversible formation of zinc hydroxyl sulfate as the charge storage mechanism in 1 M ZnSO 4 electrolyte. We observed a comparatively quick capacity fading for the pristine Ag 2 V 4 O 11 ; however, the capacity, rate capability, and cycle stability could be dramatically improved when the Ag 2 V 4 O 11 was hydrothermally grown in situ in the presence of reduced graphene oxide (rGO). The charge storage mechanism, kinetics of charge storage, Zn 2+ diffusion coefficient, effect of cycling on the phase/crystallinity, and morphology of the electrode materials were investigated. A morphological transformation from nanorod to ultrathin sheet/micro-belt-type Ag 2 V 4 O 11 was observed with increasing rGO content. The rGO wrapped the Ag 2 V 4 O 11 sheets/microbelts and thus reduced the charge transfer resistance and provided structural integrity during continuous cycling. The favorable synergism between the Ag 2 V 4 O 11 and optimized rGO content could offer a high initial specific capacity of 328 mA h/g at 0.1 A/g, excellent rate capability with ∼150 mA h/g, specific capacity at 5 A/g, and long cycle stability with only 7% capacity loss over 3000 cycles.