A method for dividing a frame into a plurality of subfields, and driving them on a plasma display panel having a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes formed in parallel on a first substrate, and a plurality of third electrodes formed on a second substrate and extending over the first and second electrodes. A first voltage and a second voltage are applied to the first electrode and the second electrode of the discharge cell to be selected from among the discharge cells during an address period of a first subfield with the minimum weight from among the subfields, such that the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is less than a discharge firing voltage.