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 961–980 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =719Yellow Lightning HabaneroC. chinense100,000–350,000 SHU
- =962Grenada HotC. chinense150,000–300,000 SHU
- =962Trinidad Congo YellowC. chinense150,000–300,000 SHU
- =962Bonda Ma JacquesC. chinense100,000–300,000 SHU
- =962DatilC. chinense100,000–300,000 SHU
- =962Datil × LimonC. chinense100,000–300,000 SHU
- =962Datil GiacominoC. chinense100,000–300,000 SHU
- =962Datil RedC. chinense100,000–300,000 SHU
- =962Devil's Tongue WhiteC. chinense100,000–300,000 SHU
- =962Jigsaw ChocolateC. chinense100,000–300,000 SHU
- =962KS Lemon Starrburst × DatilC. chinense100,000–300,000 SHU
- =962SuperdatilC. chinense100,000–300,000 SHU
- =962Aji Mango × JPGSC. baccatum × C. chinense50,000–300,000 SHU
- =974Arriba SaiaC. chinense200,000–250,000 SHU
- =974KS Peach PumpkinC. chinense150,000–250,000 SHU
- =974Hawaiian KonaC. frutescens100,000–250,000 SHU
- =974Jamaican Hot RedC. chinense100,000–250,000 SHU
- =974Mini RocotoC. pubescens100,000–250,000 SHU
- =974Ultimate PubeC. pubescens100,000–250,000 SHU
- =974PDN × BMJ CaramelC. chinense50,000–250,000 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.