A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston head, an encircling fire land, and at least one annular groove structured to receive a piston ring and disposed contiguous to the fire land. The piston may include a first fire land portion having a first axial height h1, a second fire land portion having a second axial height h2, and a third fire land portion having a third axial height h3. The first fire land portion may have an upper external diameter D1. The third fire land portion may have a lower external diameter D3. A transition from the first to the second fire land portion may have a first external diameter D12. A transition from the second to the third fire land portion may have a second external diameter D23. The relationship (D12−D23)/h2>(D23−D3)/h3 may apply.