One World Trade Center, at 1,776 feet, is the tallest completed building in the United States, ahead of Central Park Tower and Willis Tower, per Wikipedia's list as of October 2026.
One World Trade Center in New York City is the tallest building in the United States, at 1,776 feet (541 m). Central Park Tower is second at 1,550 feet and Willis Tower in Chicago third at 1,450 feet. The ranking uses architectural height (spires included, antennas excluded) of completed buildings, from Wikipedia's List of tallest buildings in the United States, as of October 2026.
This list ranks the ten tallest completed buildings in the United States by architectural height, the measurement that counts spires and architectural details but not antenna masts. It is the US companion to the site's world ranking of tallest buildings. New York City holds eight of the ten places and Chicago the other two. The list spans almost a century of construction, from the Empire State Building (1930) to JPMorgan Chase's 270 Park Avenue (2025), and five of the ten carry a listed year of 2019 or later.
One World Trade Center has been the tallest building in the United States since it topped out in 2013. Its spire brings it to a symbolic architectural height of 1,776 feet, for the year the Declaration of Independence was signed, and Wikipedia notes it became the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere on May 10, 2013.
Also known as the Nordstrom Tower, Central Park Tower topped out in September 2019 and was completed in 2020. At 1,550 feet it is, per Wikipedia's table, the tallest residential building in the world by both roof height and architectural height, and the tallest building completed in the United States in the 2020s.
Formerly known, and still commonly called, the Sears Tower, Chicago's Willis Tower stands 1,450 feet tall with 110 floors. It was the tallest building in the world from 1974 until 2003.
Also known as Steinway Tower, 111 West 57th Street rises 1,428 feet over 84 floors. Wikipedia's table describes it as the world's most slender skyscraper.
One Vanderbilt in New York City topped out in September 2019 at 1,401 feet. The table lists it with 93 floors and a year of 2019; the building opened on September 14, 2020.
432 Park Avenue topped out in October 2014 and stands 1,396 feet tall with 85 floors. It is 5 feet shorter than One Vanderbilt, the closest gap in the top six.
Chicago's Trump International Hotel and Tower stands 1,388 feet tall with 98 floors; the table lists its year as 2008. Wikipedia's table notes it as the tallest building constructed in the United States in the 2000s.
JPMorgan Chase's new headquarters at 270 Park Avenue matches the Trump tower at 1,388 feet, but with 60 floors. It was approved by the New York City Council in May 2019, topped out in November 2023 and is listed as completed in 2025.
30 Hudson Yards, listed for 2019, rises 1,270 feet over 103 floors in New York City. Wikipedia's table notes it as the 47th-tallest building in the world.
The oldest building in the top ten, the Empire State Building stands 1,250 feet tall. Wikipedia's table notes it was the tallest building in the world from 1930 until 1971 and the first building in the world to contain over 100 floors.
| # | Name | City | Height | Floors | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One World Trade Center | New York City | 1,776 ft (541 m) | 94 | 2013 |
| 2 | Central Park Tower | New York City | 1,550 ft (472 m) | 98 | 2020 |
| 3 | Willis Tower | Chicago | 1,450 ft (442 m) | 110 | 1974 |
| 4 | 111 West 57th Street | New York City | 1,428 ft (435 m) | 84 | 2021 |
| 5 | One Vanderbilt | New York City | 1,401 ft (427 m) | 93 | 2019 |
| 6 | 432 Park Avenue | New York City | 1,396 ft (426 m) | 85 | 2014 |
| 7 | Trump International Hotel and Tower | Chicago | 1,388 ft (423 m) | 98 | 2008 |
| 8 | 270 Park Avenue | New York City | 1,388 ft (423 m) | 60 | 2025 |
| 9 | 30 Hudson Yards | New York City | 1,270 ft (387 m) | 103 | 2019 |
| 10 | Empire State Building | New York City | 1,250 ft (381 m) | 102 | 1930 |
Buildings are ranked by height in feet as listed in the 'Tallest buildings' table of Wikipedia's List of tallest buildings in the United States (revision 1381069070, last edited 19 October 2026). The page says the table ranks the 100 tallest completed and topped-out buildings in the US based on standard height measurement (the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat method), which includes spires and architectural details but excludes antenna masts. Rows the page marks as topped out but not yet completed are excluded; in this revision the rows so marked (highlighted: Cipriani Residences Miami, 950 ft, and the 400 Lake Shore Drive North Tower, 877 ft; asterisked: Waterline, 1,025 ft, 520 Fifth Avenue, 1,002 ft, and 125 Greenwich Street, 912 ft) are all far below the top ten, so the exclusion changes nothing here. Heights are as the table gives them in feet, with metres rounded to the nearest whole metre by the page; the chart uses feet. Trump International Hotel and Tower and 270 Park Avenue tie at 1,388 ft (423 m); they are ranked 7 and 8 in the order the page lists them, which is not a height difference. City, floors and year are as the table states them, except One World Trade Center's floors (see below). The page defines its 'Year' column as the year a building was or will be completed, but for some towers it matches the topping-out year: One World Trade Center topped out May 10, 2013 and opened November 3, 2014; 432 Park Avenue topped out October 10, 2014 and was completed December 23, 2015; One Vanderbilt opened September 14, 2020 (each building's Wikipedia article). One World Trade Center has 94 stories, with its top floor numbered 104.
One World Trade Center in New York City, at an architectural height of 1,776 feet (541 m). It has been the tallest skyscraper in the US since it topped out in 2013. The absolute tip, or pinnacle, of the structure is measured at 1,792 feet.
The table follows the standard height measurement used by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, which counts spires and architectural details but excludes antenna masts. Wikipedia's page keeps a separate table of tallest buildings by pinnacle height.
New York City, with eight: One World Trade Center, Central Park Tower, 111 West 57th Street, One Vanderbilt, 432 Park Avenue, 270 Park Avenue, 30 Hudson Yards and the Empire State Building. Chicago has the other two, Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower.
No. Wikipedia's page notes that its observation deck elevation and its highest occupied floor are surpassed by Central Park Tower, 432 Park Avenue, 111 West 57th Street and Chicago's Willis Tower. Its spire is what brings it to the 1,776-foot architectural height used for this ranking.
The North Tower stood 1,368 feet and the South Tower 1,362 feet, per Wikipedia's page. Placed in this table alongside One World Trade Center, they would rank ninth and tenth, just below the two 1,388-foot towers and ahead of 30 Hudson Yards (1,270 ft). The page's own text says ninth and tenth with One World Trade Center excluded, but by its table's heights, excluding One World Trade Center would put them eighth and ninth.
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