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The Tallest Roller Coasters in the World
Ranked by maximum structure height as published on RCDB. Record holders that have since closed stay listed, because the record itself still stands.
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Kingda Ka
The tallest coaster ever built, a 139 m hydraulic top-hat that closed in 2024 but still holds the height record.
Height139 mTop Thrill 2
Cedar Point's reborn strata coaster trades hydraulics for LSMs and adds a backwards launch up a second spike.
Height128 mSuperman: Escape from Krypton
A backwards LSM shuttle that rockets 126 m straight up a vertical tower for a few seconds of true airtime.
Height126 mTower of Terror II
Australia's shuttle-tower legend, briefly the world's fastest coaster, retired in 2019.
Height115 mRed Force
Europe's tallest and fastest coaster, a 112 m top hat next door to (but separate from) PortAventura Park.
Height112 mFury 325
The definitive modern giga: 99 m, 153 km/h and a first drop that runs the whole length of the midway.
Height99 mSteel Dragon 2000
The longest steel coaster ever built at 2,479 m of track, and Japan's tallest full-circuit ride.
Height97 mMillennium Force
The first giga coaster and still the benchmark for relentless, cable-lifted speed over water.
Height94 mLeviathan
B&M's first giga, an 80-degree first drop with the smoothest high-speed ride in Canada.
Height93 mIntimidator 305
A 93 m plunge into a first turn so forceful it was retracked — still the most aggressive giga built.
Height93 mFujiyama
The 1990s 'King of Coasters', still sprinting under Mount Fuji at 130 km/h.
Height79 mHyperion
Poland's giant hyper coaster, with an 85-degree first drop and sustained ejector airtime.
Height77 mShambhala
A Himalayan-themed hyper coaster built around floater airtime and a splashdown finale.
Height76 mSilver Star
Europa-Park's Mercedes-backed hyper coaster, long the tallest coaster in Germany.
Height73 mGoliath
A grey steel monolith famous for its greyout-inducing helix at the end of the layout.
Height72 mNitro
New Jersey's airtime machine — eight hills of floater over the Pine Barrens.
Height70 mIron Gwazi
The tallest hybrid coaster in the world, with a 91-degree drop off a rebuilt wooden structure.
Height63 mZadra
Europe's tallest hybrid coaster, with three inversions and the steepest drop on the continent.
Height63 mStealth
Britain's fastest coaster: 0–129 km/h in 1.9 seconds, then straight over a 62 m top hat.
Height62 mXcelerator
The original hydraulic-launch coaster, a 1950s hot-rod theme wrapped around a 62 m top hat.
Height62 mSteel Vengeance
Over 27 seconds of airtime across four inversions — routinely voted the best coaster in the world.
Height62 mSkyrush
Notorious for brutal ejector airtime and lap bars that make every hill a fight.
Height61 mColossos — Kampf der Giganten
One of the tallest wooden coasters ever built, retracked in 2019 and running better than new.
Height60 mExpedition Everest
Disney's most expensive coaster: a Himalayan mountain, a broken track and a backwards plunge in the dark.
Height60 mEl Toro
The gold standard for wooden coasters — a 76-degree drop and airtime that lifts you clean out of the seat.
Height55 m