It is disclosed that there is a method and an apparatus for driving a plasma display panel that is adaptive for improving brightness as well as realizing a high resolution. A method and an apparatus for driving a plasma display panel according to the present invention displays discharge cells of the (3i-2)^th and (3i-1)^th rows in use of the first video signal field; and discharge cells of the (3i-1)^th and (3i)^th rows in use of the second video signal field.