Roller Coasters with the Most Inversions
Key Findings
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The Smiler (UK) leads in Inversions with 14 in 2025.
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Average Inversions in 2025: 10.38 · median: 10.
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Gap in 2025: The Smiler (UK) is 1.6× larger than AlpenFury (Canada).
About This Dataset
Roller Coasters with the Most Inversions
The roller coasters that turn riders upside-down the most times in a single ride. The Smiler at Alton Towers in the United Kingdom holds the world record with 14 inversions, more than any other coaster ever built.
Analysis
The Smiler (UK) heads the table on 14, ahead of Altair (Italy) (10) and Colossus (UK) (10) in Inversions in 2025. 5 separates the highest figure (14) from the lowest (9) in Inversions. Most of that gap is between first and second alone (4 of 5); the other 7 are separated by just 1. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 10 to 9 Inversions.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia - List of Roller Coaster Rankings
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2025 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Inversions
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- 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.
Data Sources & References
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