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 441–460 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =402Jay's Peach Ghost ScorpionC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Jay's Red Ghost ScorpionC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Jay's White Ghost ScorpionC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Jay's Yellow Ghost ScorpionC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Moldavian Heart × Purple BhutC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Naga Myanmar × Ghostly JalapeñoC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Orange Ghost × ReaperC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Peach Ghost JamiC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Peperoncino Benno × Jay's Peach Ghost S.C. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Pineapple GhostC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Purple Cream Ghost ScorpionC. chinense800,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Rebel BhutC. chinense600,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Super BhutC. chinense600,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =402Viper × Purple BhutC. chinense600,000–1,041,427 SHU
- =455Fried ChickenC. chinense850,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455BubblegumC. chinense840,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Bubblegum NagaC. chinense840,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Bubblegum Naga YellowC. chinense840,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Puma BBG OrangeC. chinense840,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 PotishC. chinense800,000–1,000,000 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.
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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.