Tallest roller coasters

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Kingda Ka, the tallest roller coaster in the world.

Key	Meaning
^	Currently in storage
*	Currently standing but not operating (SBNO)
**	Currently under construction
	Current record holder

The tallest roller coaster in the world is Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in the United States standing at 456 feet. The tallest operating wooden roller coaster is Lightning Rod at Dollywood in Tennessee standing at 206 feet.

Rankings

Steel

Rank	Height	Name	Amusement park	Location	Manufacturer	Record Held
1st	456 feet	Kingda Ka	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson, New Jersey, USA	Intamin	May 2005 – present
2nd	420 feet	Top Thrill Dragster	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	Intamin	May 2003-May 2005
3rd	415 feet	Superman: Escape From Krypton	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Valencia, California, USA	Intamin	March 1997-May 2003
4th	377 feet	Tower of Terror II	Dreamworld	Coomera, Queensland, Australia	Intamin	January 1997-March 1997
5th	367.4 feet	Red Force	Ferrari Land	Salou, Tarragona, Spain	Intamin	N/A
6th	325 feet	Fury 325	Carowinds	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Bolliger & Mabillard	N/A
7th	318 feet	Steel Dragon 2000	Nagashima Spaland	Nagashima, Mie Prefacture, Japan	Morgan	N/A
8th	310 feet	Millennium Force	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	Intamin	N/A
9th	306 feet	Leviathan	Canada's Wonderland	Vaughan, Ontario, Canada	Bolliger & Mabillard	N/A
10th	305 feet	Intimidator 305	Kings Dominion	Doswell, Virginia, USA	Intamin	N/A

Wood

While it uses wooden track, the tallest section of Wildfire at Kolmården uses a steel structure, so whether it should be included in this list is debatable.

Rank	Height	Name	Amusement Park	Location	Manufacturer	Record Held
*	196.8 feet	Colossos	Heide Park	Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany	Intamin	April 2001 – July 2016
1st	187 feet	Wildfire	Kolmården	Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden	Rocky Mountain Construction	July 2016 - October 2016
2nd	183.8 feet	T Express	Everland	Yongin-Si, South Korea	Intamin	October 2016 - present
3rd	181 feet	El Toro	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson, New Jersey	Intamin	N/A
4th	165 feet	Goliath	Six Flags Great America	Gurnee, Illinois, USA	Rocky Mountain Construction	N/A
5th	164 feet	Python in Bamboo Forest	Nanchang Wanda Park	Nanchang, Jangxi, China	Great Coasters International	N/A
6th	163 feet	The Voyage	Holiday World	Santa Claus, Indiana, USA	The Gravity Group	N/A
7th	147 feet	Wood Coaster	Knight Valley	Shenzhen, Guangdong, China	Great Coasters International	N/A
8th	139 feet	White Cyclone	Nagashima Spa Land	Mie Prefecture, Japan	Intamin	N/A
9th	136 feet	Hades 360	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA	The Gravity Group	N/A
10th	131 feet	WODAN - Timburcoaster	Europa-Park	Rust, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Great Coasters International	N/A

History

Steel

• 137.8 feet - White Lightnin' (1977 – May 21, 1978)
• 137.8 feet - Greased Lightnin' (July 8, 1977 – May 21, 1978)
• 137.8 feet - King Kobra (1977 – May 21, 1978)
• 148 feet - Montezooma's Revenge (May 21, 1978 – June 24, 1983)
• 229.7 feet - Moonsault Scramble (June 24, 1983 – July 1996)
• 259.2 feet - Fujiyama (July 1996 – January 23, 1997)
• 377.3 feet - Tower of Terror II (January 23, 1997 – March 15, 1997)
• 415 feet - Superman: Escape From Krypton (March 15, 1997 – May 4, 2003)
• 420 feet - Top Thrill Dragster (May 4, 2003 – May 21, 2005)
• 456 feet - Kingda Ka (May 21, 2005 – present)

Wood

• 100 feet - Cyclone (Revere Beach) (1925 - 1937)
• 125 feet - Lake Placid Bobsled (1937 - 1946 (demolished))
• 110 feet - Giant Racer (1946 - 1957 (demolished))
• 100 feet - Cyclone (Revere Beach) (1957 - 1964)
• 110 feet - Montaña Rusa (La Feria Chapultepec Mágico) (1964 - June 28, 1978)
• 110 feet - Screamin' Eagle (April 10, 1976 - June 28, 1978)
• 125 feet - Colossus (June 29, 1978 - May 23, 1981)
• 127 feet - American Eagle (May 23, 1981 - July 19, 1985)
• 130.9 feet - Monstre (July 20, 1985 - March 16, 1990)
• 143 feet - Texas Giant (March 17, 1990 - May 10, 1991)
• 161 feet - Mean Streak (May 11, 1991 - March 13, 1992)
• 171.9 feet - Rattler (March 14, 1992 – May 26, 2000)
• 218 feet - Son of Beast (May 26, 2000 – June 16, 2009 (demolished))
• 197 feet - Colossos (June 16, 2009 - June 28, 2016 (SBNO))
• 187 feet - Wildfire (Kolmården Wildlife Park) (June 28, 2016 - October 28, 2016 (SBNO))
• 183.3 feet T Express - (October 28, 2016 – present)