Heaviest animals in the world — the full ranked list
The complete ranking of heaviest animals in the world, in order, with what the ranking counts and how firm the figures behind it are. Free reference, no sign-up — and the guessing game that plays the same list.
Maximum recorded body mass of a living species. The top of the list is almost entirely marine and that is not a coincidence — water carries weight that legs cannot, which is why the largest land animal is a tenth of the size of the largest animal.
The figures behind this ranking move over time, so the order is right for now rather than fixed.
100 entries, in order.
- Blue whale
- Fin whale
- North Pacific right whale
- Bowhead whale
- Sperm whale
- Humpback whale
- Sei whale
- Gray whale
- Bryde's whale
- Whale shark
- Basking shark
- Minke whale
- Beluga whale
- Narwhal
- Orca
- Giant manta ray
- Great white shark
- Ocean sunfish
- Southern elephant seal
- Northern elephant seal
- Walrus
- Leatherback turtle
- Saltwater crocodile
- Nile crocodile
- African bush elephant
- African forest elephant
- Asian elephant
- White rhinoceros
- Indian rhinoceros
- Black rhinoceros
- Javan rhinoceros
- Sumatran rhinoceros
- Hippopotamus
- Giraffe
- Gaur
- Wild water buffalo
- American bison
- European bison
- Cape buffalo
- Yak
- Moose
- Camel
- Giant eland
- Banteng
- Kodiak bear
- Polar bear
- Brown bear
- American black bear
- Siberian tiger
- Lion
- Gorilla
- Elk
- Sable antelope
- Roan antelope
- Zebra
- Wildebeest
- Ostrich
- Cassowary
- Emu
- Komodo dragon
- Green anaconda
- Reticulated python
- Southern right whale
- Pygmy blue whale
- Pilot whale
- Bull shark
- Tiger shark
- Greenland shark
- Beluga sturgeon
- Atlantic bluefin tuna
- Goliath grouper
- Marlin
- Colossal squid
- Giant squid
- Steller sea lion
- Leopard seal
- Weddell seal
- Hooded seal
- Manatee
- Dugong
- Galapagos tortoise
- Aldabra giant tortoise
- American alligator
- Black caiman
- Gharial
- Burmese python
- Bengal tiger
- Grizzly bear
- Giant panda
- Orangutan
- Chimpanzee
- Okapi
- Common eland
- Greater kudu
- Muskox
- Bactrian camel
- Tapir
- Capybara
- Emperor penguin
- Kori bustard
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