To provide an expanded metal grid for a lead acid battery, which can prevent overfilled paste or shortage of paste without reducing productivity and energy efficiency of a battery.

The characteristics of the expanded metal grid having an ear- side main skeleton 3a in a grid 2 and an ear 5 are that a barrier 4 is formed to partition the grids 2 on both sides of the main skeleton and the ear part. The barrier 4 has its tips 4a, 4b more protruded than the tip of a node 6 of the grid 2.