Steepest Roller Coasters in the World
Key Findings
About This Dataset
Steepest Roller Coasters in the WorldAll eight coasters are 'beyond-vertical', dropping at angles greater than 90° so riders briefly face back toward the sky. The spread is remarkably narrow - just 10.5° separates the steepest, TMNT Shellraiser (121.5°), from eighth-place Steel Hawg (111°) - showing how tightly clustered the record for steepness has become. The top four (Shellraiser, Takabisha, Green Lantern Coaster and Crazy Bird) are packed within 1.5° of one another, effectively tied. Unlike the height and length rankings dominated by Gulf mega-coasters, this list is geographically diverse, with entries from the USA, Japan, Australia, China, France and the UK, reflecting that extreme steepness is achieved through compact drop design rather than sheer scale.
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia - List of Roller Coaster Rankings
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2025 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Drop Angle (degrees)
- Last updated
- 12 July 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2025.
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