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 61–80 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =42Kraken Scorpion ChocolateC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Lava ScorpionC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Lucy ScorpionC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42MorugalahC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Purple Orange Ghost ScorpionC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Scorpion Gnarly LeviathanC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Scorpion Gnarly Leviathan CaramelC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Scorpion KrakenC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Scorpion Long Tail OrangeC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Scorpion TongueC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Scorpion Tongue ChocolateC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Scorpion Tongue YellowC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Thai ScorpionC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Tom's Giant Peach ScorpionC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Uai's Ghost ScorpionC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Yellow Ghost ScorpionC. chinense1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42RB003C. chinense1,000,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42Super Hot BeastC. chinense1,000,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =42HowellerC. chinense500,000–2,000,000 SHU
- =80Chocolare PrimotaliiC. chinense1,200,000–1,800,000 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.