Tallest Buildings
This list ranks San Francisco skyscrapers that stand at least 400 feet (122 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. Freestanding towers, while not habitable buildings, are included for comparison purposes but not ranked.
| Rank | Name | Height |
Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transamerica Pyramid | 853 (260) | 48 | 1972 | Has been the tallest building in San Francisco since 1972; 3rd-tallest building in California, 32nd-tallest in the United States, and 143rd-tallest in the world; tallest building on the West Coast from 1972 until 1974; tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 1970s |
| 2 | 555 California Street | 779 (237) | 52 | 1969 | 56th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building on the West Coast from 1969 to 1972; formerly known as Bank of America Center; tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s |
| 3 | 345 California Center | 695 (212) | 48 | 1986 | Tallest mid-block skyscraper in San Francisco; tallest building constructed in the city in the 1980s Height shown includes flagpoles. |
| 4 | Millennium Tower | 645 (197) | 58 | 2009 | Tallest building constructed in the city in the 2000s, and the tallest mixed-use residential building. |
| 5 | One Rincon Hill South Tower | 641 (195) | 60 | 2008 | Tallest all-residential building in the city |
| 6 | 50 Fremont Center | 600 (183) | 43 | 1985 | |
| 7 | 101 California Street | 600 (183) | 48 | 1982 | |
| 8 | Chevron Tower | 573 (175) | 40 | 1975 | |
| 9 | Four Embarcadero Center | 570 (174) | 45 | 1982 | |
| 10 | One Embarcadero Center | 569 (173) | 45 | 1971 | |
| 11 | 44 Montgomery Street | 565 (172) | 43 | 1967 | |
| 12 | Spear Tower | 564 (172) | 43 | 1976 | |
| 13 | Citicorp Center | 550 (168) | 41-43 (43 if including basement) | 1984 | |
| 14 | Shaklee Terraces | 538 (164) | 38 | 1979 | |
| 15 | First Market Tower | 529 (161) | 39 | 1973 | |
| McKesson Plaza | 529 (161) | 38 | 1969 | ||
| 17 | 425 Market Street | 525 (160) | 38 | 1973 | |
| 18 | Telesis Tower | 500 (152) | 38 | 1982 | |
| 19 | 333 Bush Street | 495 (151) | 43 | 1986 | |
| 20 | Hilton San Francisco Tower I | 493 (150) | 46 | 1971 | Tallest building used exclusively as a hotel in the city |
| 21 | Pacific Gas & Electric Building | 492 (150) | 34 | 1971 | |
| 22 | 50 California Street | 487 (148) | 37 | 1972 | |
| 23 | St. Regis San Francisco | 484 (147) | 42 | 2005 | |
| 24 | 100 Pine Center | 476 (145) | 33 | 1972 | |
| 45 Fremont Center | 476 (145) | 34 | 1978 | ||
| 26 | 333 Market Street | 472 (144) | 33 | 1979 | |
| 27 | 650 California Street | 466 (142) | 34 | 1964 | |
| 28 | 555 Mission Street | 458 (140) | 33 | 2008 | |
| 29 | The Infinity I | 450 (137) | 41 | 2008 | |
| 30 | 100 First Plaza | 447 (136) | 27 | 1988 | |
| 31 | One California | 438 (134) | 32 | 1969 | |
| 32 | San Francisco Marriott | 436 (133) | 39 | 1989 | |
| 33 | Russ Building | 435 (132) | 32 | 1927 | Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s |
| PacBell Building | 435 (132) | 26 | 1925 | Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s | |
| 35 | JP MorganChase Building | 420 (128) | 31 | 2002 | |
| The Paramount | 420 (128) | 40 | 2002 | ||
| 37 | Providian Financial Building | 417 (127) | 30 | 1981 | |
| 38 | Three Embarcadero Center | 413 (126) | 31 | 1977 | |
| Two Embarcadero Center | 413 (126) | 30 | 1974 | ||
| 40 | 595 Market Street | 410 (125) | 30 | 1979 | |
| 41 | 123 Mission Street | 407 (124) | 29 | 1986 | |
| 42 | 101 Montgomery | 404 (123) | 28 | 1984 | |
| Embarcadero West | 404 (123) | 34 | 1989 | ||
| 44 | California Automobile Association Building | 400 (122) | 29 | 1974 |
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