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 401–420 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =367Nightmare NagaC. chinense600,000–1,086,844 SHU
- =402Bhut Orange Copenhagen RedC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost PepperC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost Pepper CaramelC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost Pepper Carbon Bhut × 7 PotC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost Pepper KhakiC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost Pepper Red Strain IC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost Pepper Red Strain IIC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Peach Ghost PepperC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Red Ghost JamiC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Red Naga BrainC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402White Ghost PepperC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Yaki Orange GhostC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Yellow Ghost PepperC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Yorkshire Naga DropC. chinense855,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Bhut × JigsawC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Bhuta CherryC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402BhutanC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Blood GhostC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Butterscotch Ghost ScorpionC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 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.
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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.