Roller Coasters with the Longest Drops

About This Dataset

The roller coasters with the greatest single drop, measured by vertical drop height in metres. Falcon's Flight in Saudi Arabia leads with a 158 m plunge, far deeper than any other coaster's drop.

✨ AI Insight

Falcon's Flight (158 m) again heads the field, its drop 38 m deeper than Top Thrill 2 (120 m) at Cedar Point - a gap wider than most coasters' entire drops. Below the leader the values fall smoothly: Red Force (105 m), Fury 325 (98 m), then a dense cluster of Steel Dragon 2000 (93.5 m), Leviathan (93 m), Millennium Force (91 m) and Orion (91 m) separated by only a couple of metres. The list closely mirrors the tallest-coaster ranking, confirming that the biggest drops come from the tallest structures - though launch coasters like Falcon's Flight can convert their full height into a single continuous plunge, maximising the sensation of free fall.

Source: Wikipedia - List of Roller Coaster Rankings

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Falcon's Flight (Saudi Arabia) leads with 158 in 2025.

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Average value in 2025: 106 · median: 96.

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Gap in 2025: Falcon's Flight (Saudi Arabia) is 1.7× larger than Orion (USA).