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 101–120 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =88Carolina Reaper × ScorpaneroC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper × Scorpanero CaramelC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper × SRTSLC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper × SRTSL × Purple ReaperC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper × SRTSL × Purple Reaper RedC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper BlushC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper BurgundyC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper HP22BC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper Pink PeachC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper PurpleC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper Purple PeachC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper SbagliatoC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper Sbagliato OrangeC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Carolina Reaper SuperC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Pimenta Leopard × Carolina ReaperC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Sepia Serpent × Carolina ReaperC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Trinidad Dog × Carolina ReaperC. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =88Unreaper 2.0C. chinense500,000–1,600,000 SHU
- =119Rimmerhus Fun StrainC. chinense1,500,000 SHU
- =119T RexC. chinense1,300,000–1,500,000 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.