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 161–180 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =119Why Not 2 White ScorpionC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Zombie ScorpionC. chinense1,000,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Amityville PeachC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119BJ Black × BC PythonC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Black WidowC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Blood Ghost DarkC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Chocolate Scotch Brain XCPC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Darth ShardanaC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Devils Naga BrainC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Dragon's Breath × Pink TigerC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Gage's Giant Ghost ScorpionC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Gator Jigsaw OrangeC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Gnar KingC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Gnarly OrionC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119God StopperC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Gothic GatorC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Horizon DuelingC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Jay's Pink BlackC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119Kali MirchC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 SHU
- =119LightspeedC. chinense800,000–1,500,000 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. 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.