There is provided a plasma display panel including: a first substrate having one surface on which pairs of display electrodes extending in the row direction are arranged; and a second substrate having one surface on which address electrodes are arranged in the column direction in the stripe shape. The first and the second substrate are arranged to oppose each other so that the display electrodes and the address electrodes intersect so as to sandwich the discharge space, and discharge cells are formed corresponding to the intersecting portions. A pair of display electrodes is made of a metal material. Each of the display electrodes has a base portion extending in the row direction and a plurality of opposing portions formed from the base portion to face the discharge gap of the pair of display electrodes. In the discharge cell, a discharge start gap is formed between the opposing portions of the pair of display electrodes. Two or more of the discharge start gaps are overlapped on the address electrodes while sandwiching the discharge space. During drive, the opposing portions form the electric field intensity peak.