List of roller coaster rankings

This list of roller coaster records provides data on current record-holding roller coasters, runners-up, and previous record holders.

Height Records

This list of roller coaster records provides data on current record-holding roller coasters, runners-up, and previous record holders.

Tallest Steel Roller Coasters

These are the tallest continuous-circuit^[1] steel roller coasters in the world.

Rank	Name	Park	Location	Height	Record Holder
1.	Kingda Ka	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson, NJ, USA	456 feet (139 m)	May 2005 - Present
2.	Top Thrill Dragster	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	420 feet (130 m)	May 2003 - May 2005
3.	Steel Dragon 2000	Nagashima Spa Land	Nagashima, Mie, Japan	318 feet (97 m)	August 2000 - May 2003
4.	Millennium Force	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	310 feet (94 m)	May 2000 - August 2000
5.	Thunder Dolphin	LaQua	Tokyo, Japan	263 feet (80 m)
6.	Fujiyama	Fuji-Q Highland	Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan	259 feet (79 m)	July 1996 - May 2000
7.	Eejanaika	Fuji-Q Highland	Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan	249 feet (76 m)
8.	Titan	Six Flags Over Texas	Arlington, Texas, USA	245 feet (75 m)
9.	Silver Star	Europa-Park	Rust, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany	240 feet (73 m)
10.	Goliath	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Valencia, California, USA	235 feet (72 m)

Tallest Steel Roller Coaster Drops

Rank	Name	Park	Location	Height	Record Holder
1.	Kingda Ka	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson Township, New Jersey, USA	418 feet (127 m)	May 2005 - Present
2.	Top Thrill Dragster	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	400 feet (120 m)	May 2003 - May 2005
3.	Tower of Terror	Dreamworld	Coomera, Queensland, Australia	328 feet (100 m)	January 1997 - May 2003
3.	Superman: The Escape	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Valencia, California, USA	328 feet (100 m)	March 1997 - May 2003
5.	Steel Dragon 2000	Nagashima Spa Land	Nagashima, Mie, Japan	307 feet (94 m)
6.	Millennium Force	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	300 feet (91 m)
7.	Goliath	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Valencia, California, USA	255 feet (78 m)
7.	Titan	Six Flags Over Texas	Arlington, Texas, USA	255 feet (78 m)
9.	Fujiyama	Fuji-Q Highland	Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan	230 feet (70 m)	July 1996 - January 1997
10.	Phantom's Revenge	Kennywood	West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA	228 feet (69 m)

Tallest Wooden Roller Coasters

Rank	Name	Park	Location	Height	Record Holder
1.	Son of Beast	Kings Island	Mason, Ohio, USA	218 feet (66 m)	May 2000 - Present
2.	Colossos	Heide Park	Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany	196 feet (60 m)
3.	T Express	Everland	Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea	184 feet (56 m)
4.	El Toro	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson Township, New Jersey, USA	181 feet (55 m)
5.	Rattler	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	San Antonio, Texas, USA	179 feet (55 m)	March 1992 - May 2000
6.	The Voyage	Holiday World & Splashin' Safari	Santa Claus, Indiana, USA	173 feet (53 m)
7.	Mean Streak	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	161 feet (49 m)	May 1991 - March 1992
8.	Texas Giant	Six Flags Over Texas	Arlington, Texas, USA	143 feet (44 m)	March 1990 - May 1991
9.	Hades	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA	140 feet (43 m)
10.	White Cyclone	Nagashima Spa Land	Kuwana, Mie, Japan	139 feet (42 m)

Tallest Wooden Roller Coaster Drops

Rank	Name	Park	Location	Drop Height	Record Holder
1.	Son of Beast	Kings Island	Mason, Ohio, USA	214 feet (65 m)	May 2000 - Present
2.	El Toro	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson Township, New Jersey, USA	176 feet (54 m)
3.	Colossos	Heide Park	Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany	159 feet (48 m)
4.	Mean Streak	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	155 feet (47 m)	May 1991 - May 2000
5.	The Voyage	Holiday World & Splashin' Safari	Santa Claus, Indiana, USA	154 feet (47 m)
6.	T Express	Everland	Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea	151 feet (46 m)
7.	The Boss	Six Flags St. Louis	Eureka, Missouri, USA	150 feet (46 m)
8.	American Eagle	Six Flags Great America	Gurnee, Illinois USA	147 feet (45 m)	May 1981 - May 1991
9.	The Beast	Kings Island	Mason, Ohio, USA	141 feet (43 m)	April 1979 - May 1981
10.	Hades	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA	140 feet (43 m)

Tallest Vertical Loops

Rank	Name	Park	Location	Height	Record Holder
1.	Superman: Krypton Coaster	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	San Antonio, Texas, USA	145 feet (44 m)	March 11, 2000 - Today
2.	Viper	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Valencia, California, USA	140 feet (43 m)
3.	Dominator	Kings Dominion	Doswell, Virginia, USA	135 feet (41 m)
4.	Scream!	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Valencia, California, USA	128 feet (39 m)
5.	Medusa	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom	Vallejo, California, USA	128 feet (39 m)
6.	Dragon Khan	Port Aventura	Salou, Catalunya, Spain	125 feet (38 m)	May 2, 1995 - March 11,2000
7.	The Riddler's Revenge	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Valencia, California, USA	124 feet (38 m)
8.	Chang	Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom	Louisville, Kentucky, USA	121 feet (37 m)
9.	Mantis	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	119 feet (36 m)

Note: Viper is now included as a vertical loop.

Speed Records

Fastest Steel Roller Coasters

Rank	Name	Park	Location	Speed	Record Holder
1.	Ring Racer	Nurburgring	Nurnburg, Germany	134.8 miles per hour (216.9 km/h)	July 9th - Present
2.	Kingda Ka	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson Township, New Jersey, USA	128 miles per hour (206 km/h)	May 2005 - July 2009
3.	Top Thrill Dragster	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	120 miles per hour (190 km/h)	May 2003 - May 2005
4.	Dodonpa	Fuji-Q Highland	Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan	107 miles per hour (172 km/h)	December 2001 - May 2003
5.	Superman: The Escape	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Valencia, Santa Clarita, California	100 miles per hour (160 km/h)	March 1997 - December 2001
6.	Tower of Terror	Dreamworld	Coomera, Queensland, Australia	100 miles per hour (160 km/h)	January 1997 - December 2001
7.	Steel Dragon 2000	Nagashima Spa Land	Nagashima, Mie, Japan	95 miles per hour (153 km/h)
8.	Millennium Force	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	93 miles per hour (150 km/h)
9.	Goliath	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Valencia, California, USA	85 miles per hour (137 km/h)
10.	Titan	Six Flags Over Texas	Arlington, Texas, USA	85 miles per hour (137 km/h)

Fastest Wooden Roller Coasters

Rank	Name	Park	Location	Speed	Record Holder
1.	Son of Beast	Kings Island	Mason, Ohio, USA	78.4 miles per hour (126.2 km/h)	May 2000 - Present
2.	Colossos	Heide Park	Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany	74.6 miles per hour (120.1 km/h)
3.	El Toro	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson Township, New Jersey, USA	70 miles per hour (110 km/h)
4.	The Voyage	Holiday World & Splashin' Safari	Santa Claus, Indiana, USA	67.4 miles per hour (108.5 km/h)
5.	The Boss	Six Flags St. Louis	Eureka, Missouri, USA	66.3 miles per hour (106.7 km/h)
6.	American Eagle	Six Flags Great America	Gurnee, Illinois USA	66 miles per hour (106 km/h)	May 1981 - May 2000
7.	Mean Streak	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	65 miles per hour (105 km/h)
7.	Rattler	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	San Antonio, Texas, USA	65 miles per hour (105 km/h)
9.	The Beast	Kings Island	Mason, Ohio, USA	64.8 miles per hour (104.3 km/h)	April 1979 - May 1981
10.	T Express	Everland	Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea	64.6 miles per hour (104.0 km/h)

Length Records

Longest Steel Roller Coasters

Rank	Name	Park	Location	Length	Record Holder
1.	Steel Dragon 2000	Nagashima Spa Land	Kuwana, Mie, Japan	8,133 feet (2,479 m)	August 2000 - Present
♦.	Daidarasaurus	Expoland	Osaka, Japan	7,677 feet (2,340 m)	1999 - August 2000 *^[2]
2.	Ultimate	Lightwater Valley	Ripon, North Yorkshire, England	7,442 feet (2,268 m)	July 1991 - 1999
3.	Fujiyama	Fuji-Q Highland	Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan	6,708 feet (2,045 m)
4.	Millennium Force	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	6,595 feet (2,010 m)
5.	California Screamin'	Disney's California Adventure Park	Anaheim, California, USA	6,072 feet (1,851 m)
6.	Desperado	Buffalo Bill's	Primm, Nevada, USA	5,843 feet (1,781 m)
7.	Steel Force	Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom	Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	5,600 feet (1,700 m)
7.	Mamba	Worlds of Fun	Kansas City, Missouri, USA	5,600 feet (1,700 m)
9.	Superman el Último Escape	Six Flags México	Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico	5,577 feet (1,700 m)
10.	Dragon Mountain	Marineland (Ontario)	Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada	5,500 feet (1,700 m)

♦ - Daidarasaurus although still stands is no longer operating. Expoland, the park where it is located, was indefinitely closed at the end of 2007. However on February 9, 2009, the park was permanently closed down.

Longest Wooden Roller Coasters

Rank	Name	Park	Location	Length	Record Holder
1.	The Beast	Kings Island	Mason, Ohio, USA	7,359 feet (2,243 m)	April 1979 - Present
2.	Son Of Beast	Kings Island	Mason, Ohio, USA	7,032 feet (2,143 m)
3.	The Voyage	Holiday World & Splashin' Safari	Santa Claus, Indiana, USA	6,442 feet (1,964 m)
4.	White Cyclone	Nagashima Spa Land	Kuwana, Mie, Japan	5,577 feet (1,700 m)
5.	Mean Streak	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	5,427 feet (1,654 m)
6.	T Express	Everland	Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea	5,384 feet (1,641 m)
7.	Shivering Timbers	Michigan's Adventure	Muskegon, Michigan, USA	5,383 feet (1,641 m)
8.	Jupiter	Kijima Amusement Park	Beppu, Ōita, Japan	5,249 feet (1,600 m)
9.	Rattler	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	San Antonio, Texas, USA	5,080 feet (1,550 m)
10.	The Boss	Six Flags St. Louis	Eureka, Missouri, USA	5,051 feet (1,540 m)

Other Records

Colossus at Thorpe Park in Surrey, UK was the first rollercoaster to feature ten inversions, the most inversions on a rollercoaster.

Also at Thorpe Park is the only backwards in-the-dark coaster, X:\ No Way Out.

And also at Thorpe Park is SAW - The Ride a Gerstlauer Euro-fighter rollercoaster, it's the world's first horror movie based roller coaster, and the first rollercoaster with a 100 degree drop, currently the 3rd steepest rollercoaster in the world.

The steepest rollercoaster in the world is Mumbo Jumbo at Flamingo Land in Yorkshire, UK, it is only 1 degree steeper than it's sister ride at Indiana Beach in the USA named Steel Hawg.

And again at Thorpe Park is Nemesis Inferno an inverted B&M coaster, the only in the world to feature interlocking corkscrews on a single track.

The first ever rollercoaster with a vertical drop was Oblivion at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, UK.

The rollercoaster that has had the most naked riders is Nemesis at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, UK.

The rollercoaster that has had the people with the oldest average age riding is Big Dipper at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK.

Wild Thing, a hypercoaster at Valleyfair in Shakopee, MN, has the longest low-gravity section of any roller coaster in the world.

Le Monstre, a wooden rollercoaster located at La Ronde (amusement park) in Montréal, Québec, Canada, holds the record for longest 2 track rollercoaster in the world.

Most Roller Coasters At A Single Park

Rank	Park	Location	Opened	Coasters
1.	Cedar Point	Sandusky, Ohio, USA	1870	17
2.	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Valencia, California, USA	1971	16
3.	Canada's Wonderland	Vaughan, Ontario, Canada	1981	15
4.	Kings Island	Kings Mills, Ohio, USA	1972	14
5.	Kings Dominion	Doswell, Virginia, USA	1975	13
5.	Six Flags Over Texas	Arlington, Texas, USA	1961	13
5.	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson Township, New Jersey, USA	1974	13

Oldest Operating Roller Coasters

Oldest Wooden Operating: Leap-The-Dips at Lakemont Park, Pennsylvania - installed in 1902, it was closed from 1985 until 1999^[3]
Oldest Continually Operating Wooden : Scenic Railway, Luna Park, Melbourne, Australia - installed in 1912^{[citation needed]}
Oldest Steel Operating: Matterhorn Bobsleds, Disneyland, California - installed 1959 ^[3]

External links

Roller Coaster Record Book on Ultimate Rollercoaster.com
Roller Coaster Database - Information, statistics and photos for over 1900 roller coasters throughout the world

Notes

^ Superman: The Escape at Six Flags Magic Mountain is 415 feet (126 m) tall and Tower of Terror at Dreamworld is 377 feet (115 m) tall, but since these are not continuous-circuit coasters, the cars on both rides go to a height of only about 328 feet (100 m).
^ Standing but not operating
^ ^a ^b Urbanowicz, Steven J. (2002). The Roller Coaster Lover's Companion; Citadel Press, New York. ISBN 0806523093.

[1] Superman: The Escape at Six Flags Magic Mountain is 415 feet (126 m) tall and Tower of Terror at Dreamworld is 377 feet (115 m) tall, but since these are not continuous-circuit coasters, the cars on both rides go to a height of only about 328 feet (100 m).

[2] Standing but not operating

[Urban-3] Urbanowicz, Steven J. (2002). The Roller Coaster Lover's Companion; Citadel Press, New York. ISBN 0806523093.

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