Pepper Lists, Ranked by Heat

The hottest, the mildest, the super-hots — every list below is ranked by measured Scoville heat straight from our pepper database.

Hottest Peppers in the World (2026 Current Record)

25 peppers ranked

  1. Apollo Pepper (3M SHU)
  2. Pepper X (2.7M SHU)
  3. Dragon's Breath (2.5M SHU)
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Mildest Peppers, Ranked

25 peppers ranked

  1. Bell Pepper (0 SHU)
  2. California Wonder Pepper (0 SHU)
  3. Fushimi Pepper (0 SHU)
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Hottest Peppers You Can Grow at Home

25 peppers ranked

  1. Apollo Pepper (3M SHU)
  2. Pepper X (2.7M SHU)
  3. Dragon's Breath (2.5M SHU)
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Every Super-Hot Pepper Over 1 Million SHU

13 peppers ranked

  1. Apollo Pepper (3M SHU)
  2. Pepper X (2.7M SHU)
  3. Dragon's Breath (2.5M SHU)
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Hottest Mexican Peppers, Ranked

25 peppers ranked

  1. Habanero (350K SHU)
  2. White Habanero (350K SHU)
  3. Orange Habanero (325K SHU)
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Hottest Capsicum Chinense Peppers, Ranked

30 peppers ranked

  1. Apollo Pepper (3M SHU)
  2. Pepper X (2.7M SHU)
  3. Dragon's Breath (2.5M SHU)
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Hottest Capsicum Annuum Peppers, Ranked

30 peppers ranked

  1. Charleston Hot (120K SHU)
  2. Bird's Eye Chili (100K SHU)
  3. Chiltepin (100K SHU)
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Hottest Capsicum Baccatum Peppers, Ranked

17 peppers ranked

  1. Aji Cito (100K SHU)
  2. Sugar Rush Peach (100K SHU)
  3. Sugar Rush Stripey (100K SHU)
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Hottest Caribbean Peppers, Ranked

18 peppers ranked

  1. Trinidad Moruga Scorpion (2M SHU)
  2. 7 Pot Douglah (1.9M SHU)
  3. Trinidad Scorpion Butch T (1.5M SHU)
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