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Rankings
Steel
From opening in 2005 until it closed in 2024, Kingda Ka had the tallest drop of any operating coaster at 418 feet.
| Rank
|
Drop height
|
Name
|
Park
|
Location
|
Opened
|
Record Held
|
| **
|
606 feet
|
Falcon's Flight
|
Six Flags Qiddiya
|
Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| *
|
400 feet
|
Top Thrill 2
|
Cedar Point
|
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
|
May 4, 2003
|
May 2003 – May 2005
|
| 1st
|
344.5 feet
|
Red Force
|
Ferrari Land
|
Salou, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
|
April 7, 2017
|
November 2024 – present
|
| *
|
328.1 feet
|
Superman: Escape From Krypton
|
Six Flags Magic Mountain
|
Valencia, California, USA
|
March 19, 1997
|
March 1997 – May 2003
|
| 2nd
|
320 feet
|
Fury 325
|
Carowinds
|
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
|
March 28, 2015
|
N/A
|
| 3rd
|
306.8 feet
|
Steel Dragon 2000
|
Nagashima Spa Land
|
Nagashima, Kuwana, Mie, Japan
|
August 1, 2000
|
N/A
|
| 4th
|
306 feet
|
Leviathan
|
Canada's Wonderland
|
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
|
May 6, 2012
|
N/A
|
| 5th
|
300 feet
|
Millennium Force
|
Cedar Point
|
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
|
May 13, 2000
|
N/A
|
| Pantherian
|
Kings Dominion
|
Doswell, Virginia, USA
|
April 2, 2010
|
N/A
|
| Orion
|
Kings Island
|
Mason, Ohio, USA
|
July 12, 2020
|
N/A
|
| 8th
|
269 feet
|
Hyperion
|
Energylandia
|
Zator, Poland
|
July 14, 2018
|
N/A
|
| 9th
|
255.9 feet
|
Coaster Through the Clouds
|
Nanchang Sunac Land
|
Xinjan, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
|
May 28, 2016
|
N/A
|
| Shambhala
|
PortAdventura Park
|
Tarragona, Spain
|
May 12, 2012
|
N/A
|
Wood
| Rank
|
Drop height
|
Name
|
Park
|
Location
|
Opened
|
Record Held
|
| 1st
|
180 feet
|
Goliath
|
Six Flags Great America
|
Gurnee, Illinois, USA
|
June 19, 2014
|
June 2014 - present
|
| 2nd
|
176 feet
|
El Toro
|
Six Flags Great Adventure
|
Jackson, New Jersey, USA
|
June 12, 2006
|
June 2009 – June 2014
|
| 3rd
|
165 feet
|
Lightning Rod
|
Dollywood
|
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA
|
June 13, 2016
|
N/A
|
| 4th
|
162 feet
|
Outlaw Run
|
Silver Dollar City
|
Branson, Missouri, USA
|
March 15, 2013
|
N/A
|
| 5th
|
160.8 feet
|
Wildfire
|
Kolmården Wildlife Park
|
Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden
|
June 28, 2016
|
N/A
|
| 6th
|
159.1 feet
|
Colossos - Kampf der Giganten
|
Heide Park
|
Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany
|
April 13, 2001
|
N/A
|
| 7th
|
154 feet
|
The Voyage
|
Holiday World
|
Santa Claus, Indiana, USA
|
May 6, 2006
|
N/A
|
| 8th
|
150.9 feet
|
T Express
|
Everland
|
Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
|
March 14, 2008
|
N/A
|
| 9th
|
150 feet
|
The Boss
|
Six Flags St. Louis
|
Eureka, Missouri, USA
|
April 29, 2000
|
N/A
|
| 10th
|
147 feet
|
American Eagle
|
Six Flags Great America
|
Gurnee, Illinois, USA
|
May 23, 1981
|
May 1981 - May 1989
|
History
Steel
- 12 feet - High Speed Thrill Coaster (1955 - 1972)
- 80 feet - Excalibur (1972 - May 20, 1976)
- 90 feet - Turn Of The Century (May 20, 1976 - 6 June, 1978)
- 90 feet - Turn Of The Century (May 29, 1976 - June 6, 1978)
- 114 feet - Loch Ness Monster (June 6, 1978 - 17 June, 1978)
- 118 feet - Gemini (June 17, 1978 - 1985)
- 127 feet - Mindbender (1985 - April 11, 1987)
- 138 feet - Vortex (April 11, 1987 - June 3, 1988)
- 155 feet - Shockwave (June 3, 1988 - May 6, 1989)
- 155 feet - Great American Scream Machine (April 1989 - May 6, 1989)
- 194.7 feet - Magnum XL-200 (May 6, 1989 - January 23, 1991)
- 225 feet - Steel Phantom (January 23, 1991 – July 1996)
- 225 feet - Desperado (1994 – July 1996)
- 229.7 feet - Fujiyama (July 1996 – January 23, 1997)
- 328.1 feet - Tower of Terror (January 23, 1997 – May 4, 2003)
- 328.1 feet - Superman: The Escape (March 15, 1997 – May 4, 2003)
- 400 feet - Top Thrill Dragster (May 4, 2003 – May 21, 2005)
- 418 feet - Kingda Ka (May 21, 2005 – November 10, 2024 (demolished))
- 420 feet - Top Thrill 2 (November 10, 2024 – present)
Wood
- 9 feet - Leap The Dips (1902 - 1914)
- 50 feet - Big Dipper (Roton Point) (1914 - 1920)
- 70 feet - Jack Rabbit (1920 - 1921)
- 85 feet - Coaster Dips (1921 - 1928)
- 85 feet - Bobs (Riverview Park) (1921 - 1928)
- 90 feet - Thunderbolt (Kennywood) (1924 - 1928)
- 95 feet - Wildcat (Rocky Springs Park) (1928 - 1965 (demolished))
- 90 feet - Thunderbolt (Kennywood) (1965 - April 10, 1976)
- 92 feet - Screamin' Eagle (April 10, 1976 - June 28, 1978)
- 115 feet - Colossus (June 29, 1978 - April 14, 1979)
- 141 feet - The Beast (April 14, 1979 - May 23, 1981)
- 147 feet - American Eagle (May 23, 1981 - May 6, 1989)
- 151 feet - Hercules (May 6, 1989 - March 16, 1990)
- 155 feet - Mean Streak (May 11, 1991 - March 13, 1992)
- 166 feet - Rattler (March 14, 1992 – 1990s)
- 155 feet - Mean Streak (1990s - May 26, 2000)
- 214 feet - Son of Beast (May 26, 2000 – June 16, 2009 (demolished))
- 176 feet El Toro - (June 16, 2009 – June 19, 2014)
- 180 feet - Goliath (June 19, 2014 - present)
