A method for producing a battery electrode which has a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on a surface of the current collector and containing an electrode active material, the method comprising: a coating step of coating an electrode active material slurry in which the electrode active material is dispersed in a solvent on the surface of the current collector to form the electrode active material layer; wherein the electrode active material slurry has flow characteristics that a region A in which a shear stress is not increased according to an increase in shear rate is present and a region B in which a shear stress is increased and an increase rate thereof is decreased according to an increase in shear rate is present in a region having a shear rate larger than that of the region A, in a shear rate (horizontal axis)-shear stress (vertical axis) curve of the electrode active material slurry; wherein coating of the electrode active material slurry is performed at a coating rate at which the shear rate at the time of coating is 10 [1/s] or more and a value in which a shear stress equal to or more than a yield stress of the electrode active material slurry is applied in the coating step, the shear stress being measured within a predetermined shear rate range of from 0.01 to 1000 [1/s] using a rheometer to acquire a shear rate (horizontal axis)-shear stress (vertical axis) curve, and the yield stress being determined by extrapolating the shear rate (horizontal axis)-shear stress (vertical axis) curve of actually measured values toward the vertical axis, wherein the yield stress value of the electrode active material slurry is obtained as the section in the vertical axis; wherein the content of a binder in the electrode active material layer is 1% by mass or less with respect to 100% by mass of the total solid content amount contained in the electrode active material layer; and wherein the electrode active material layer contains a coated electrode active material having a core-shell structure in which a shell portion comprising a coating agent containing a coating resin comprising a polyurethane resin or a vinyl-based resin is formed on at least a part of the surface of a core portion comprising the electrode active material. a coating step of coating an electrode active material slurry in which the electrode active material is dispersed in a solvent on the surface of the current collector to form the electrode active material layer; wherein the electrode active material slurry has flow characteristics that a region A in which a shear stress is not increased according to an increase in shear rate is present and a region B in which a shear stress is increased and an increase rate thereof is decreased according to an increase in shear rate is present in a region having a shear rate larger than that of the region A, in a shear rate (horizontal axis)-shear stress (vertical axis) curve of the electrode active material slurry; wherein coating of the electrode active material slurry is performed at a coating rate at which the shear rate at the time of coating is 10 [1/s] or more and a value in which a shear stress equal to or more than a yield stress of the electrode active material slurry is applied in the coating step, the shear stress being measured within a predetermined shear rate range of from 0.01 to 1000 [1/s] using a rheometer to acquire a shear rate (horizontal axis)-shear stress (vertical axis) curve, and the yield stress being determined by extrapolating the shear rate (horizontal axis)-shear stress (vertical axis) curve of actually measured values toward the vertical axis, wherein the yield stress value of the electrode active material slurry is obtained as the section in the vertical axis; wherein the content of a binder in the electrode active material layer is 1% by mass or less with respect to 100% by mass of the total solid content amount contained in the electrode active material layer; and wherein the electrode active material layer contains a coated electrode active material having a core-shell structure in which a shell portion comprising a coating agent containing a coating resin comprising a polyurethane resin or a vinyl-based resin is formed on at least a part of the surface of a core portion comprising the electrode active material.