Steepest roller coaster drops

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Current record holder

This table contains the roller coasters with the steepest drops, or the greatest drop angle measured from the horizontal.

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Rank Angle Name Park Location Manufacturer Record Holder
1st 121.5° TMNT Shellraiser Nickelodeon Universe American Dream
East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
Gerstlauer October 2019 - present
2nd 121° Takabisha Fuji-Q Highland
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan
Gerstlauer July 2011 - October 2019
3rd 120.5° Green Lantern Coaster Warner Bros. Movie World
Gold Coast, Queensland, Austrailia
S&S Worldwide N/A
4th 120° Crazy Bird Happy Valley Tianjin
Dongli, Tianjin, China
S&S Worldwide N/A
5th 116° Cannibal Lagoon
Farmington, Utah, USA
Lagoon N/A
6th 113° Timber Drop Fraispertuis City
Jeanménil, Lorraine, France
S&S Worldwide July 2, 2011 - July 15, 2011
7th 112° Mumbo Jumbo Flamingo Land
Malton, Yorkshire, England, UK
S&S Worldwide July 4, 2009 - July 1, 2011
8th 111° Steel Hawg Indiana Beach
Monticello, Indiana, USA
S&S Worldwide July 5, 2008 - July 3, 2009
9th 102.3° Defiance Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA.
Gerstlauer N/A
10th 101° Monster Adventureland
Altoona, Iowa, USA
Gerstlauer N/A
101° Toutatis Parc Astérix
Plailly, Hauts-de-France, France
Intamin N/A
11th 100° Abyss Adventure World
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Gerstlauer N/A
GaleForce Playland's Castaway Cove
Ocean City, New Jersey, USA
S&S Worldwide N/A
Saw - The Ride Thorpe Park
Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK
Gerstlauer N/A

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Rank Angle Name Amusement park Location Manufacturer/ Builder Record held
1st 85° Goliath Six Flags Great America
Gurnee, Illinois, USA
Rocky Mountain Construction June 2014 - Present
2nd 83° Wildfire Kolmården Wildlife Park
Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden
Rocky Mountain Construction N/A
3rd 81° Outlaw Run Silver Dollar City
Branson, Missouri, USA
Rocky Mountain Construction March 2013 - June 2014
4th 77°

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Everland

Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Intamin March 2008 - March 2013
5th 76° El Toro Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, New Jersey, USA
Intamin June 2006 - March 2008
6th 73° Lightning Rod Dollywood
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA
Rocky Mountain Construction N/A
7th 70° Balder Liseberg
Gothenburg, Göteborgs-Bohus, Sweden
Intamin April 2003 - June 2006
8th 66° The Voyage Holiday World
Santa Claus, Indiana, USA
Template:Gravity Group N/A
9th 65° The Cú Chulainn Coaster Tayto Park
Ashbourne, Meath, Ireland
Gravity Group N/A
Hades 360 Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA
Template:Gravity Group N/A
Mine Blower Fun Spot America
Kissimmee, Florida, USA
Gravity Group N/A

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Notes

There are some roller coasters that are widely contested on having the steepest drop, such as coasters with no official measurements and ones that surpass 135°, the 135° figure comes from adding 90° and 45°, or in other words, closer to upside-down than to vertical.

Coasters like this include Sequoia Magic Loop which has a Saxophone element, this is essentially a 180° hairpin drop which leaves riders upside-down, therefore more than 135°.

there is also Sky Explorer or other coasters of the same model, and Fear Coaster, with drops of around 130°, but neither have official measurements. also Fear Coaster is usually not considered to have a beyond-vertical drop because the entirety of the beyond-vertical portion of the drop has trim brakes.

Though Switchback at ZDT's Amusement Park technically reaches 87°, it is actually a vertical rollback.


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