Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Scoville Heat
Pepper X is the hottest pepper in this ranking at 2,693,000 SHU. 4,243 chili pepper varieties are ranked here by Scoville heat units, hottest first.
Ranks 261–280 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =261Fools Scorpion CrossC. chinense500,000–1,390,000 SHU
- =261Orange Long-Tailed ScorpionC. chinense500,000–1,390,000 SHU
- =261Pimenta de Paolo Black × Not Leviathan Scorpion GnarlyC. chinense500,000–1,390,000 SHU
- =261Trinidad Scorpion × Congo ChocolateC. chinense500,000–1,390,000 SHU
- =265Naga ViperC. chinense900,000–1,382,118 SHU
- =265Naga Viper Gnarly ChocolateC. chinense900,000–1,382,118 SHU
- =265Naga Viper PurpleC. chinense900,000–1,382,118 SHU
- =268Pimenta da Neyde × 7 Pot BubblegumC. chinense1,000,000–1,350,000 SHU
- =268Pimenta Pink Tiger × 7 Pot BubblegumC. chinense1,000,000–1,350,000 SHU
- =270Borg 9 YellowC. chinense1,300,000 SHU
- =270Death SpiralC. chinense1,200,000–1,300,000 SHU
- =270ArrowheadC. chinense1,000,000–1,300,000 SHU
- =2707 Pot Yellow Brain StrainC. chinense800,000–1,300,000 SHU
- =270Ghost Scorpion PurpleC. chinense800,000–1,300,000 SHU
- =270Scotch BrainC. chinense800,000–1,300,000 SHU
- =270Scotch Brain OrangeC. chinense800,000–1,300,000 SHU
- =270Scotch Brain Orange PeachC. chinense800,000–1,300,000 SHU
- =270Scotch Brain RedC. chinense800,000–1,300,000 SHU
- =270Scotch Brain XcpC. chinense800,000–1,300,000 SHU
- =270Scotch Brain YellowC. chinense800,000–1,300,000 SHU
How to read these numbers
Ranked on the upper Scoville figure held for each variety. Capsaicin content swings with the seed line, the soil, the weather and where on the plant a pod grew, and two labs testing the same harvest can return different numbers. Very few of these varieties have ever been through a certified test; most figures trace to a breeder or a seed seller rather than a laboratory.
No warranty. WikiPepper publishes these figures as reported and warranties none of them. Treat a Scoville number as a claim about one harvest, not a property of the variety, and do not rely on it for anything that matters.
A rank marked = is shared: those varieties hold the same upper figure, usually because one breeder’s published number was applied across a family, so their order on the page carries no meaning. 952 varieties have no Scoville figure recorded at all and are not ranked; they still appear in the database. Spotted a figure you can source? Tell us.