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World's Top 1000 Skyscrapers

Here you find the current list of the World's Official Top 1000 Skyscrapers based on the latest available information supplied by the editors and thousands of companies who are involved in the construction and management of tall buildings. This listing is maintained on a regular basis and always reflects the current state of knowledge. Head of Rankings is Marshall Gerometta (pictured), founder of the legendary Hot 500 list.

Eligible buildings to be listed must be skyscrapers which are completed or are currently topped out. The height ranking is based on the building mass height which allows to apply a uniform and official way to rank skyscrapers. To report an update, sign in or become a member.

If you want to cite this list, please credit SKYDB as the source in your publication and link to it. For media inquiries, please contact the team. This list is as of May 3, 2026 and is updated regularly.

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  1. Burj Khalifa 1
    828 m 162 fl 2010
  2. Shanghai Tower 2
    632 m 128 fl 2015
  3. Ping An Finance Center 4
    599 m 115 fl 2017
  4. Lotte World Tower 5
    554 m 123 fl 2017
  5. CTF Finance Centre 7
    530 m 111 fl 2016
  6. Taipei 101 8
    509 m 101 fl 2004
  7. Petronas Tower 2 11
    452 m 88 fl 1998
  8. Petronas Tower 1 12
    452 m 88 fl 1998
  9. Zifeng Tower 13
    450 m 66 fl 2010
  10. Willis Tower 14
    442 m 108 fl 1974
  11. KK100 15
    442 m 100 fl 2011
  12. Wuhan Center 17
    438 m 88 fl 2019
  13. 432 Park Avenue 18
    426 m 88 fl 2016
  14. Marina 101 19
    425 m 101 fl 2017
  15. Jin Mao Tower 21
    421 m 88 fl 1999
  16. Princess Tower 22
    413 m 101 fl 2012
  17. 23
    413 m 80 fl 2011
  18. 23 Marina 25
    392 m 89 fl 2012
  19. 26
    391 m 80 fl 1997
  20. PIF Tower 27
    385 m 76 fl 2021
  21. Shun Hing Square 28
    384 m 69 fl 1996
  22. Eton Place Dalian Tower 1 29
  23. Empire State Building 31
  24. Elite Residence 32
    380 m 87 fl 2012
  25. Central Plaza 33
    374 m 78 fl 1992
  26. Vostok 34
    374 m 95 fl 2017
  27. Address Boulevard 36
    368 m 72 fl 2017
  28. Bank of China Tower 37
    367 m 70 fl 1990
  29. Bank of America Tower 38
  30. Almas Tower 39
    360 m 68 fl 2008
  31. Gevora Hotel 40
    356 m 75 fl 2018
  32. Emirates Office Tower 43
    355 m 54 fl 2000
  33. OKO Residential Tower 44
    354 m 90 fl 2015
  34. The Torch 45
    352 m 86 fl 2011
  35. 46
    351 m 68 fl 2015
  36. 47
    350 m 60 fl 2012
  37. 48
    348 m 85 fl 1997
  38. Aon Center 49
    346 m 83 fl 1973
  39. The Center 50
    346 m 73 fl 1998
  40. 875 North Michigan 52
    344 m 100 fl 1969
  41. ADNOC Headquarters 53
    342 m 65 fl 2015
  42. 54
  43. Mercury City Tower 56
    339 m 75 fl 2013
  44. 57
  45. 58
  46. DAMAC Heights 59
    335 m 88 fl 2018
  47. Huaguoyuan Tower 1 60
    335 m 74 fl 2020
  48. Huaguoyuan Tower 2 61
    335 m 74 fl 2020
  49. Shimao International Plaza 62
  50. Rose Rayhaan by Rotana 63
    333 m 71 fl 2007
  51. 64
    331 m 68 fl 2007
  52. 65
    330 m 105 fl
  53. 66
    330 m 68 fl 2017
  54. 67
    330 m 74 fl 2010
  55. Hon Kwok City Center 68
    329 m 80 fl 2017
  56. 69
  57. 70
    328 m 74 fl 2011
  58. Al Yaqoub Tower 71
    328 m 69 fl 2013
  59. 72
    328 m 68 fl 2014
  60. The Index 73
    326 m 80 fl 2010
  61. The Landmark 74
    324 m 72 fl 2013
  62. 75
    324 m 62 fl 2013
  63. 76
    323 m 59 fl 2017
  64. Q1 77
    Q1
    323 m 80 fl 2005
  65. 78
    322 m 68 fl 2011
  66. Guangxi Finance Plaza 79
    321 m 68 fl 2017
  67. Burj Al Arab 80
    321 m 60 fl 1999
  68. Nina Tower 81
    320 m 80 fl 2006
  69. Sinar Mas Center 1 82
    320 m 66 fl 2017
  70. Chrysler Building 83
    319 m 77 fl 1930
  71. Global City Square 84
    319 m 67 fl 2016
  72. New York Times Tower 85
  73. 86
  74. Blue Tower 89
    318 m 72 fl 2010
  75. 90
    316 m 62 fl 2016
  76. 91
  77. MahaNakhon 92
    314 m 75 fl 2016
  78. Bank of America Plaza 93
    312 m 55 fl 1992
  79. 94
    311 m 75 fl 2014
  80. 95
    311 m 61 fl 2017
  81. US Bank Tower 96
    310 m 73 fl 1989
  82. Menara Telekom 97
    310 m 55 fl 2001
  83. Ocean Heights 98
    310 m 82 fl 2010
  84. Pearl River Tower 99
    309 m 71 fl 2012
  85. Fortune Center 100
    309 m 68 fl 2015
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