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Hottest Pepper
The world’s hottest pepper is constantly changing, evolving almost. It seems every year a new pepper is either created or discovered so check back often to see new record breaking peppers! PepperHead® has the most up-to-date list of the World’s Hottest Peppers. Here at PepperHead® we have been growing these “super hots” for over 20 years and have grown and eaten every pepper on this list. We are dedicated to providing you spicy lovers with the ability to grow all of these insanely spicy peppers in your own backyards. Without further ado, here is our Top 10 Hottest Pepper List.Share this Hottest Pepper List
Top 10 Hottest Peppers In The World [2026 Update]
SHU = Scoville Heat Unit (A measure of Spiciness) Pepper Scoville Scale displayed as Peak SHU Values SHU is a way of quantifying how spicy a pepper is by measuring the concentration of capsaicinoids. Capsaicin is the chemical responsible for the spicy sensation within a pepper.1. Pepper X 2,693,000 SHU
Pepper X is now the World’s hottest Pepper with an average of 2.69 Million Scoville Units and peaks over 3 Million SHU. Not much is known about this pepper since seeds have not been publicly released. So unfortunately you cannot taste or grow Pepper X yourself.
2. Carolina Reaper 2,200,000 SHU
The Carolina Reaper pepper is 200x hotter than a Jalapeno #WorldsHottestPepperJust looking at the pictures above, you know its one mean pepper. The Carolina Reaper has a unique stinger tail that is unlike any other pepper and every pod is different! It gets this insane heat from being a cross between a Ghost Pepper and a Red Habanero. Oddly enough this pepper doesn’t just have heat, but excellent fruity flavor to boot. Well, that is before it melts your face off. More Carolina Reaper Info
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You can now buy the reaper as powder, live plants or seeds so you can grow your own plant and try for yourself.3. Trinidad Moruga Scorpion 2,009,231 SHU
Straight from the depths of hell the Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend, AKA Moruga Scorpion, is a rare sought after pepper that was only just recently discovered.
Native to the lands of Moruga in Trinidad and Tobago. Once you take a bite of this formidable pepper the heat never stops building.
This pepper may be lacking the Reaper’s stinger, but don’t let that fool you. The Moruga Scorpion is every bit as hot as The Carolina Reaper.
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4. 7 Pot Douglah 1,853,936 SHU
Well renown in the pepper community as one of the hottest peppers with the best flavor.
The 7 Pot Douglah is the hottest pepper you can find that isn’t red.
The hottest “superhot” peppers are traditionally red, but the Douglah defies the odds by being brown AND scortching hot.
You can’t go wrong with fresh, dried, or powdered Douglah on any food.
Also known as 7 Pod Douglah, Chocolate 7 Pod or the 7 Pot Brown.
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5. 7 Pot Primo 1,469,000 SHU
The 7 Pot Primo is very distinctive with its long skinny “tail”.
This pepper was created by horticulturist Troy Primeaux.
Some peppers cultivators have tried to replicate the Primo look by breeding their own peppers to have a long stinger.
When you just look at this pepper, you know it’s going to be INSANELY hot. It coincidentally looks strikingly similar to The Carolina Reaper…
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6. Trinidad Scorpion “Butch T” 1,463,700 SHU
The Trinidad Scorpion Butch T is a previous Guinness World Record Holder (2011) from Australia.
No doubt it’s insanely hot, but other peppers have been proven to be hotter.
It’s aptly named due to the scorpion stinger found at the tip of the pepper and also the creator, Butch Taylor.
The burn from this pepper is unlike any other.
The Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper burns like you swallowed a 1,000 suns.More Butch T Info
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7. Naga Viper 1,349,000 SHU
Naga Viper is an extremely rare pepper cultivated in the UK. Hybrid of many different peppers and years of cross pollination created this variety of “Super HOT” pepper.
It was never fully stabilized before being released so pod variation is expected.
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8. Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia) 1,041,427 SHU
The Ghost Pepper is the most famous “Super Hot” due to the amount of press it has received in the past.
It exploded in popularity on YouTube and other social sites where pepperheads ate whole Ghost Peppers as part of a challenge.
This is the first pepper to scientifically test over 1 million scovilles.
Many mistakenly believe the Ghost Pepper is still the World’s Hottest pepper, this list shows it is far from it.This isn’t 2007. If you have friends that still think the Ghost Pepper is the hottest pepper, share this page with them. However, don’t be fooled by how low this is on the list as it can still bring a grown man to his knees. More Ghost Pepper Info
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9. 7 Pot Barrackpore ~1,000,000 SHU
The 7 Pot Barrackpore is one of the hottest of the 7 Pot peppers.
This one is from the Town of Chaguanas in Trinidad and Tobago.
Many of these “super hots” come from this region.
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10. Red Savina Habanero 500,000 SHU
Back in the early years of super hots, the Red Savina Habanero was KING!
It held the title of the World’s Hottest Pepper from 1994 to 2006. 12 Years!
The Red Savina has since been dethroned and many peppers have passed it in heat, but still to this day it is one of my favorite peppers to grow because it has the perfect balance of heat and flavor..
The Red Savina just barely makes the Top 10, but does so in fashion with its great flavor and extreme heat.
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Honorable Mentions
Lets talk about some upcoming hybrid peppers that show promise. These two hot peppers will be added to the list once their validity has been confirmed.Dragon’s Breath 2,483,584 SHU
There have been recent reports of a Dragon’s Breath pepper claiming to be hotter than the Carolina Reaper.Preliminary testing of the Dragon’s Breath pepper pegs it at 2,483,584 SHU which would blow the Carolina Reaper out of the water.It could be a publicity stunt in which the “news” websites ate up, even claiming Dragon’s Breath could kill you. Technically a pencil can kill you too…
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I love spicy things, but my friend and I tried pepper x and it was not the business. Our mouths didn’t stop burning for 2 hours. And neiher did our butts. Word to the wise, DO NOT EAT THAT!!!!
How did u get pepper x? Its not available to the public yet
Pepper X is nothing but a myth. If it was real it would have been available already.
Eating those extremely hot peppers can destroy your trigeminal nerve endings in your mouth (taste buds, you can loose your sence of food smell and taste.
My wife and I made pizza one night and she stopped at Safeway to get shredded cheese. They didn’t have pepper jack so she grabbed a couple packs of Carolina Reaper cheese. So I used it ! I gotta say it was really good, and as the minutes clicked by it got Really Hot! But it was really good. I keep a package or 2 around all the time now because it’s hard to find.
Am a farmer I grow Carolina Reaper I do sell in bulk and mini an I would love to grow Pepper X
Chocolate primotalii!
I ate one Carolina Reaper fresh from my mom’s garden. It took two 8oz glasses of milk to extinguish the in my mouth. CR is extremely hot for me right now. I am currently eating with food habaneros.
I actually grow dragons breath and carolina reapers
i ate the ghost pepper
regretted and never eat..
BAD YELP REVIEW!
Come to Nagaland… 1 kg free king chilli to all foreigners
I am a pepper grower.. and always EAGER to try somthing new.. push it on me..
Dorset Naga/Naga Morich?
To me all peppers are the same it’s what ever fits you, all of them are hot.
The way i see it, the pepper does not judge itself. Ppl judge pepper. As for me, i don’t do that. When you have a taste for hotness the name of the pepper does not matter, it’s what you prefer to use.
I wonder if any of these pepper are actually natural or not manually crossed or breed, something grows in nature? I would love to see a list where only natural grows pepper are on the list.
There are very few peppers left that have not been cultivated. Peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. Almost every single fruit and vegetable you know and eat today is the same way. Wild fruits, vegetables and yes peppers are basically inedible.
Might be the case with peppers (and it probably isnt) but yiu say wild fruits and veg are inedible? BS!
Hello I have a pepper and wish to know the Scoville level on it and perhaps you have route to finding this out thank.you!!!!
Stick it up your ass , then hold your breath . This should let you know the Scoville level. Your welcome, glad to help.
I have eaten a Carolina Reaper only once. To me… it tasted like soap poured out of a hobos shoe while on fire. I love hot peppers, this was the nastiest thing I’ve ever tasted as well as the hottest.
I call BS on all the people saying they grow/ate Pepper X.
From everything I have been able to find it is unobtainable as a plant, seed and pod. You can only buy sauces made from it. In fact, I even contacted Ed Currie at PuckerButt Pepper Company and offered $200 for a single plant.
If I am wrong and you people claiming to be growing Pepper X aren’t lying (which we already know you are), please point me in the direction to buy a few plants. I will even pay you a finders fee of $100.
I am a ficus collecter and bonsai artist and i understand his level of care and craft…i offer him 2,000. That might get you a single seed…but id do ot if he offered. I have some scorpions turning red right now. I accidentally made a new pepper…its shaped like a ufo where the bottom bell is a scotch brain.
I’m with you. If you find where to get them, I would love to know also.
I tried the Carolina Reaper & the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion and the heat was stupid intense but didn’t seem to last as long as I thought it would, with that being said I do Believe I have hit my max on those 2. and Idon’t think I’ll be trying the Pepper X.
How can I find which of all the hot peppers ️ is the best anti oxidants? I find that the Carolina Reaper and the Red Jalapeños work for me while green Jalapeños and numerous other hot peppers do not work for me health wise for what I assume is anti-oxidant purposes and for destroying toxic sulfur compounds that we all get from ultra violet combining with sulfur that we invest with food during daytime. What does Carolina Reapers and Red Jalapeños have in common that improve my health, that Habeneros (spelling?) and many other food store hot peppers do not have in common?
I like the Carolina Reaper
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How can I get the seedlings to grow in Ghana?
Dese aint hot but the 1 one is way to how and the 2 3 and 4 they were way to hot for me it’s like a volcano that is still rumbling still it’s kinds easy to eat number 5 because it’s literally not hot so thank you
I absolutely love the Reaper, to have such nice flavor first up and then ,Pow right in the kisser.. it really needed a more stealthy name as the face melting heat just builds and builds.
Background info:
Within the family Nightshade, genus Capsicum, there are multiple species of chili, each of which can have its own hottest, sweetest, most flavorful, etc. ranking. Most but not all of those mentioned here are capsicum chinense (yes that is spelled correctly) and generally referred to as habaneros. Poblano and serrano and jalapeños are a different species (annuum), tabasco and thai yet another (frutescens), so you can grow 1 from each of the groups in the same garden and get pure strain chilis.
Notice I didn’t used the term pepper until now. Pepper is more a cooking term than a biological term. Black pepper for example is from the family Piperaceae, genus Piper, very different attributes than Nightshades (its a vine). Yet in cookbooks they’re just different kinds of peppers.
The chinense rules the roost when it comes to SCH, while the annuum are the most widely used because of their shorter growing period and hardiness vs weather.
Thank you! Awesome information, well compiled and explained.
How did Cameroon Pepper Miss this list?
how do i get the pepper X chilly sent to Australia are thef
se chillys grown in Australia
The seeds are unavailable right now, which is stated in the description above.
among them all which one has a wider market. im a chilli farmer in Africa