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 921–940 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =719Scotch Bonnet CappuccinoC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet FoodoramaC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet Foodorama YellowC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet FreeportC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet Freeport OrangeC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet GrenadaC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet HaitiC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet Haiti RedC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet MOAC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet MOA YellowC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet P. Dreadie StrainC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet Papa Joe'sC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet SafiC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet Schneider FarmsC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet Steve PurpleC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet StuffingC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet TFMC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet Tobago RedC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet TrinidadC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =719Scotch Bonnet True Jamaican YellowC. 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.