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 461–480 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =455Apocalypse × 7 Pot JonahC. chinense800,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Apocalypse Scorpion × Jay's Peach Ghost ScorpionC. chinense800,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Bhut Yellow AssamC. chinense800,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Black Ghost PepperC. chinense800,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Black Naga × 7 Pot BubblegumC. chinense800,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot EvergreenC. chinense600,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Bhut Orange CopenhagenC. chinense600,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot LemonC. chinense500,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Alien MetamorphosisC. chinense500,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Alien Metamorphosis BlackC. chinense500,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Barbaras Antipodes FHC. annuum × C. chinense500,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Batman TangerineC. chinense500,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Batman Tangerine CreamC. chinense500,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Black MonsterC. chinense500,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Cow Killer OrangeC. chinense500,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Lemon ReaperC. chinense500,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455Red DoomC. chinense500,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =455RhinoC. chinense500,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 PotC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot × Trinidad ScorpionC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 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.
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.