| Rank | Name | Country | Year completed | Structure volume [106 m3] | Structure height [m] | Reservoir volume [109 m3] | Installed capacity [MW] | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarbela Dam[1] | 1976 | 153 | 143 | 13.7 | 4,888 | TE/ER | |
| 2 | Fort Peck Dam[2] | 1940 | 96 | 76.4 | 23 | 185 | TE | |
| 3 | Atatürk Dam[3] | 1990 | 84.5 | 166 | 48.7 | 2,400 | TE/ER | |
| 4 | Houtribdijk | 1968 | 78[4] | 13 | 2[5] | 0 | TE/ER | |
| 5 | Oahe Dam[2] | 1963 | 70.3 | 75 | 29 | 786 | TE/ER | |
| 6 | Mangla Dam | 1967 | 65.4 | 147 | 7.25 | 1,000 | TE or TE/ER | |
| 7 | Gardiner Dam[6] | 1967 | 65.4 | 64 | 9.4 | 186 | TE | |
| 8 | Oroville Dam | 1968 | 59.6 | 230 | 4.36 | 819 | TE/ER | |
| 9 | San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) | 1967 | 59.6 | 93 | 2.52 | 424 | TE | |
| 10 | Nurek Dam | 1980 | 54 | 300 | 10.5 | 3,200 | TE | |
| 11 | Samara Dam | 1955 | 54[4] | 52 | 57.3 | 2,315 | TE or ER | |
| 12 | Garrison Dam[2] | 1954 | 50.8 | 64 | 29 | 583.3 | TE | |
| 13 | Cochiti Dam | 1975 | 50.2 | 76.5 | 0.73 | NA | TE | |
| 14 | Aswan Dam[7] | 1970 | 44.3 | 111 | 169 | 2,100 | TE/ER | |
| 15 | W. A. C. Bennett Dam | 1968 | 43.7 | 186 | 7.4 | 2,876 | TE | |
| 16 | San Roque Dam | 2003 | 40[8] | 200 | 0.835 | 345 | TE or ER | |
| 17 | Fort Randall Dam[2] | 1953 | 38.2 | 50.3 | 6.7 | 320 | TE/ER | |
| 18 | Afsluitdijk | 1932 | 36.5[4] | 13 | 5.5 | 0 | TE/ER | |
| 19 | Kölnbrein Dam | 1979 | 35.2 | 200 | 200 | 1,028.5 | TE | |
| 21 | Guri Dam | 1978 | 29.8 | 162 | 135 | 10,235 | PG/ER | |
| 22 | Three Gorges Dam | 2008 | 27.4[9] | 181 | 39.3 | 22,500 | PG | |
| 23 | Indira Sagar Dam | 2005 | 12.2 | 92 | 9.75 | 1,000 | PG |