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 521–540 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =4557 Pot Chaguanas YellowC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot ChocolateC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot CinderC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot CongoC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Congo ChocolateC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Congo SR Gigantic RedC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Congo SR Gigantic YellowC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot DouglahC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Douglah RedC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Douglah YellowC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Gigantic ChocolateC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Gigantic Congo SRC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot JonahC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Jonah × Pimenta Da NeydeC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Jonah × Trinidad Dougla JunglerainC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Jonah × Trinidad Scorpion ChocolateC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Jonah OrangeC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot KatieC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot LavaC. chinense400,000–1,000,000 SHU
- =4557 Pot Lava × 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.