Tallest roller coasters

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

Steel

The tallest operational roller coaster at 456 feet tall was Kingda Ka from 2005 until its closure in 2024. The tallest operational coaster is Top Thrill 2 at Cedar Point. Falcon's Flight is currently under construction and is the tallest coaster ever built.

Rank	Height	Name	Amusement park	Location	Manufacturer	Record Held
**	531 feet	Falcon's Flight	Six Flags Qiddiya	Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia	Intamin	N/A
1st	420 feet	Top Thrill 2	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	Intamin	May 2003 - May 2005 November 2024 - present
2nd	367.3 feet	Red Force	Ferrari Land	Salou, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain	Intamin	N/A
3rd	325 feet	Fury 325	Carowinds	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Bolliger & Mabillard	N/A
4th	318.3 feet	Steel Dragon 2000	Nagashima Spaland	Nagashima, Mie Prefecture, Japan	Morgan	N/A
5th	310 feet	Millennium Force	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	Intamin	N/A
6th	306 feet	Leviathan	Canada's Wonderland	Vaughan, Ontario, Canada	Bolliger & Mabillard	N/A
7th	305 feet	Pantherian	Kings Dominion	Doswell, Virginia, USA	Intamin	N/A
8th	287 feet	Orion	Kings Island	Mason, Ohio, USA	Bolliger & Mabillard	N/A
9th	262.5 feet	Thunder Dolphin	Tokyo Dome City	Bunkyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan	Intamin	N/A
10th	259.2 feet	Fujiyama	Fuji-Q-Highland	Shinnishihara, Fujiyoshida Prefecture, Japan	TOGO	July 1996 - January 1997

Wood

The tallest operating wooden roller coasters are T Express at Everland and Wildfire at Kolmården both standing at 183.8 feet, however the defunct Son of Beast at Kings Island stood taller when it existed at 218 feet.

Lightning Rod at Dollywood has a 206 feet tall lift hill but the actual highest point relative to the ground is only 80 feet.

Rank	Height	Name	Amusement Park	Location	Manufacturer	Record Held
1st	183.8 feet	T Express	Everland	Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea	Intamin	June 2009 - present
1st	183.8 feet	Wildfire	Kolmården Wildlife Park	Nörrkoping, Östergötland, Sweden	Rocky Mountain Construction	June 2016 - present
3rd	181 feet	El Toro	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson, New Jersey, USA	Intamin	N/A
4th	165 feet	Goliath	Six Flags Great America	Gurnee, Illinois, USA	Rocky Mountain Construction	N/A
5th	164 feet	Colossos - Kampf der Giganten	Heide Park	Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany	Intamin	N/A
6th	159 feet	The Voyage	Holiday World	Santa Claus, Indiana, USA	The Gravity Group	N/A
7th	136 feet	Hades 360	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA	The Gravity Group	N/A
8th	131.2 feet	WODAN - Timburcoaster	Europa-Park	Rust, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany	Great Coasters International	N/A
9th	130.9 feet	Le Monstre	La Ronde	Montréal, Québec, Canada	Martin & Vleminckx	July 1985 - March 1990
10th	127 feet	American Eagle	Six Flags Great America	Gurnee, Illinois, USA	Intamin	May 1981 - July 1985