Hottest Peppers

HOW PEPPER "HOTNESS" IS MEASURED

The "Hotness" of a specific pepper is based on the Scoville number associated with that pepper. The Scoville number, or Scoville scale, is a measurement of pungency (spiciness or "heat") of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville Heat Units (SHU).

The hottest known pepper is "Pepper X" having a Scoville Scale of 3.1 Million Scoville Heat Units (SHU).

HOTTEST PEPPERS IN THE WORLD

• Pepper X -                                                         3.18 Million SHU        (3,180,000 SHU)
• Dragon’s Breath Pepper -                             2.48 Million SHU        (2,480,000 SHU)
• Carolina Reaper Pepper -                             2.20 Million SHU        (1,600,000 - 2,200,000 SHU)
• Komodo Dragon Pepper -                            2.20 Million SHU        (1,400,000 - 2,200,000 SHU)
• 7 Pot Douglah Pepper -                               1.65 Million SHU        (924,000 - 1,653,000 SHU)
• Trinidad Scorpion Pepper -                          1.46 Million SHU        (800,000 - 1,460,000 SHU)
• Infinity Kepper Pepper -                               1.25 Million SHU        (1,00,000 - 1,250,000 SHU)
• Moruga Scorpion Pepper -                          2.10 Million SHU        (1,200,000 - 2,100,000 SHU)
• Pepper Spray -                                                2.00 Million SHU        (2,000,000 SHU)
• Chocolate Bhutal Pepper -                           2.00 M SHU        (1,400,000 - 2,000,000 SHU)
• Dorset Naga Pepper -                                    1.16 M SHU        (1,000,000 - 1,600,000 SHU)
• Scorpion Butch T Pepper -                           1.14 M SHU        (1,000,000 - 1,465,000 SHU)
• Naga Viper Pepper -                                      1.14 M SHU        (900,000 - 1,400,000 SHU)
• New Mexico Scorpion Pepper -                  1.11 M SHU        (1,000,000 - 1,190,000 SHU)
• Ghost Pepper -                                              1.04 M SHU        (855,000 - 1,041,000 SHU)
• Raja Mirchi Pepper -                                     0.90 M SHU        (800,000 - 900,000 SHU)
• Wicked Ghost F1 Pepper -                           0.90 M SHU        (700,000 - 900,000 SHU)
• NagaBon Pepper -                                          0.80 M SHU        (750,000 - 800,000 SHU)
• HabaNaga Pepper -                                       0.80 M SHU        (500,000 - 800,000 SHU)
• Chocolate Habanero Pepper-                      0.57 M SHU        (435,000 - 577,000 SHU)
• Caribbean Yellow Habanero Pepper-        0.50 M SHU        (400,000 - 500,000 SHU)
• Habanero Lemon Pepper-                            0.50 M SHU        (400,000 - 500,000 SHU)
• Caribbean Yellow Habanero Pepper-        0.50 M SHU        (400,000 - 500,000 SHU)
• Habanero Lemon Pepper-                            0.50 M SHU        (400,000 - 500,000 SHU)
• Red Cienfuegos F1 Pepper-                         0.40 M SHU        (300,000 - 400,000 SHU)
• Orange Cienfuegos F1 Pepper-                   0.40 M SHU        (300,000 - 400,000 SHU)
• Yellow Scotch Bonnet Pepper-                    0.35 M SHU        (100,000 - 350,000 SHU)
• Small Yellow Cherry Pepper-                       0.35 M SHU        (100,000 - 350,000 SHU)
• Red Scotch Bonnet Pepper-                         0.35 M SHU        (100,000 - 350,000 SHU)
• Jamaican Yellow Pepper-                              0.35 M SHU        (100,000 - 350,000 SHU)
• Hot Portugal Pepper-                                    0.35 M SHU        (100,000 - 350,000 SHU)
• White Habanero Pepper-                             0.35 M SHU        (100,000 - 350,000 SHU)
• Caribbean Red Habanero Pepper-             0.35 M SHU        (100,000 - 350,000 SHU)
• Mayan Yellow Habanero Pepper-               0.35 M SHU        (100,000 - 350,000 SHU)
• Mayan Red Habanero Pepper-                   0.35 M SHU        (100,000 - 350,000 SHU)
• Orange Habanero Pepper-                           0.35 M SHU        (100,000 - 350,000 SHU)
• Fatalii Pepper-                                                 0.35 M SHU        (125,000 - 325,000 SHU)
• Red Cheese Pepper-                                      0.30 M SHU        (100,000 - 300,000 SHU)
• Yellow Mushroom Pepper-                          0.20 M SHU        (100,000 - 200,000 SHU)
• Orange Scotch Bonnet Pepper-                  0.20 M SHU        (100,000 - 200,000 SHU)
• Jamaican Red Pepper-                                  0.20 M SHU        (100,000 - 200,000 SHU)
• African Devil Pepper-                                    0.17 M SHU        (50,000 - 175,000 SHU)
• Charleston Hot Pepper-                               0.10 M SHU        (70,000 - 100,000 SHU)
• Birds Eye Pepper-                                           0.10 M SHU        (50,000 - 100,000 SHU)
• Thai Dragon Pepper-                                     0.10 M SHU        (50,000 - 100,000 SHU)
• Thai Garden Bird Pepper-                            0.10 M SHU        (50,000 - 100,000 SHU)
• Thai Bird Pepper-                                           0.10 M SHU        (50,000 - 100,000 SHU)
• Thai Hot Pepper-                                            0.10 M SHU        (50,000 - 100,000 SHU)
• Thai Scorpion F1 Pepper-                             0.08 M SHU        (75,000 - 85,000 SHU)
• Pequin Pepper-                                              0.07 M SHU        (50,000 - 70,000 SHU)
• Pequin Pepper-                                              0.07 M SHU        (50,000 - 70,000 SHU)