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 741–760 of 4,243 · browse the full database

  1. =719Buddha's Hand Scotch BonnetC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  2. =719Bumpy White HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  3. =719Burkina Scotch BonnetC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  4. =719Burkina YellowC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  5. =719Cancun HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  6. =719Caribbean Chocolate HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  7. =719Caribbean HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  8. =719Carolina HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  9. =719Carolina Reaper × HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  10. =719Carolina Reaper × Habanero Green XLC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  11. =719Carolina Reaper × Habanero White GiantC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  12. =719Carolina Yellow HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  13. =719Chocolate CongoC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  14. =719Chocolate Hand Grenade HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  15. =719Chocolate Lightning HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  16. =719Chocolate Scotch BonnetC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  17. =719Congo de NicaraguaC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  18. =719Congo PeachC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  19. =719Congo RedC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
  20. =719Davie HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 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.

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