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 881–900 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =719Orange Scotch BonnetC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719OxkutzcabianC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Paper Lantern HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Peach Elysium Oxide Scotch BonnetC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Peach HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Peach Lightning HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Peach Piments HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Peach Scotch BonnetC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Peruvian HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Peruvian White Lightning HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Peruvian Yellow HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Pimenta da Neyde × Habanero ChocolateC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Pink HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Pink Scotch BonnetC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Pointed Mustard HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Primero HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Pumpkin BonnetC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Purple Blush HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Purple HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Raj's Wiri WiriC. frutescens100,000–350,000 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.
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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.