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 421–440 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =402CGN 21500 × Jay's Peach Ghost ScorpionC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Choco Ghost JamiC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost × Red GiantC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost Fox Purple Gnarly RubyC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost LadyC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost NaganeroC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost Naganero RedC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost Pepper BrazilianC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost Pepper PurpleC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost ScorpionC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost Scorpion MustardC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghost YakiC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Ghostly Jalapeño × Tabasco GreenleafC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Gold GhostC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Jalapeño GhostlyC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Jalapeño Ghostly DarkC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Jalapeño Golden GhostlyC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Jalapeño Lemon GhostlyC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Jay's Chocolate Ghost ScorpionC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Jay's Orange 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.
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.