The 10 Tallest Roller Coasters in the World
From Kingda Ka's 456 ft hydraulic top hat to Saudi Arabia's incoming 640 ft Falcon's Flight — here are the record-breakers worth a place on every coaster enthusiast's bucket list.
Falcon's Flight
Six Flags Qiddiya — Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia
- Height
- 640 ft (195 m)
- Top speed
- 155 mph (250 km/h)
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Opened
- Opening 2026
Set to become the world's tallest, fastest and longest coaster on opening day.
Kingda Ka
Six Flags Great Adventure — Jackson, New Jersey, USA
- Height
- 456 ft (139 m)
- Top speed
- 128 mph (206 km/h)
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Opened
- 2005
The reigning operational height record holder — a hydraulic-launch top hat that goes 0–128 mph in 3.5 seconds.
Top Thrill 2
Cedar Point — Sandusky, Ohio, USA
- Height
- 420 ft (128 m)
- Top speed
- 120 mph (193 km/h)
- Manufacturer
- Zamperla
- Opened
- 2024
Reimagined from Top Thrill Dragster with a triple-launch LSM system and a new spike tower.
Superman: Escape from Krypton
Six Flags Magic Mountain — Valencia, California, USA
- Height
- 415 ft (126 m)
- Top speed
- 100 mph (161 km/h)
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Opened
- 1997
A reverse-freefall shuttle coaster — riders are flung backwards up the 415 ft tower.
Tower of Terror II
Dreamworld — Gold Coast, Australia
- Height
- 377 ft (115 m)
- Top speed
- 100 mph (161 km/h)
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Opened
- 1997
Briefly tied as the world's tallest in the late '90s; closed in 2019 but the L-shaped tower still defines the skyline.
Red Force
Ferrari Land (PortAventura World) — Salou, Spain
- Height
- 367 ft (112 m)
- Top speed
- 112 mph (180 km/h)
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Opened
- 2017
Europe's tallest and fastest accelerator coaster, themed to a Formula 1 launch.
Fury 325
Carowinds — Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Height
- 325 ft (99 m)
- Top speed
- 95 mph (153 km/h)
- Manufacturer
- Bolliger & Mabillard
- Opened
- 2015
The tallest and fastest traditional lift-hill 'giga' coaster in North America.
Steel Dragon 2000
Nagashima Spa Land — Kuwana, Japan
- Height
- 318 ft (97 m)
- Top speed
- 95 mph (153 km/h)
- Manufacturer
- Morgan
- Opened
- 2000
Still the world's longest coaster at over 8,133 ft of track.
Millennium Force
Cedar Point — Sandusky, Ohio, USA
- Height
- 310 ft (94 m)
- Top speed
- 93 mph (150 km/h)
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Opened
- 2000
The world's first giga coaster — a cable-lift hill into a series of sweeping over-banked turns.
Leviathan
Canada's Wonderland — Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
- Height
- 306 ft (93 m)
- Top speed
- 92 mph (148 km/h)
- Manufacturer
- Bolliger & Mabillard
- Opened
- 2012
Canada's tallest and fastest coaster, with a sustained 80°-drop first descent.
Track every coaster you ride
RideRater is a free community for theme park fans. Log each coaster you've ridden, rate it with half-stars, and see how your count stacks up against riders around the world.