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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 41–60 of 4,243 · browse the full database

  1. 41XVILLC. chinense1,800,000–2,100,000 SHU
  2. =42Bleeding JigsawC. chinense2,000,000 SHU
  3. =42Bhutlah ChocolateC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  4. =42Bhutlah Chocolate Bhutlah CS PepperC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  5. =42BroadheadC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  6. =42Broadhead OrangeC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  7. =42Death DragonC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  8. =42Gator Jigsaw MustardC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  9. =42Gator Jigsaw PurpleC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  10. =42Iowa TwisterC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  11. =42Jabba the HuttC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  12. =42Jigsaw GatorC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  13. =42Primo NoirC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  14. =42Red Bhutlah SLPC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  15. =42Remmert Red DeadpoolC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  16. =42Repo MangC. chinense1,500,000–2,000,000 SHU
  17. =42Gage's Giant ScorpionC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
  18. =42Gage's Giant Scorpion Yellow WhiteC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
  19. =42I Scream ScorpionC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
  20. =42Jay's Red Scorpion XC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 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. 958 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.

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