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 121–140 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =119T Rex ChocolateC. chinense1,300,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119T Rex RedC. chinense1,300,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Apocalypse CaramelC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Bubblegum AlchemyC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Bubblegum Armageddon BlackC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Bubblegum Blood OrangeC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Bubblegum Cotton CandyC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Bubblegum FrankensteinC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Bubblegum MidnightC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Bubblegum Naga Golt ArizonaC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Bubblegum PeachC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Bubblegum PinkC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Bubblegum ScorpionC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Congo SR Gigantic TrinidadC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =1197 Pot Lava × Scorpion OrangeC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Big Black MamaC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Bismark RedC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Bleeding Trinidad ScorpionC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Butch X JonahC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Chernobyl ReaperC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 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.