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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 see a lot of the top North American peppers on this list. I was just wondering how the Thai Pepper matches up on this heat scale. Thai peppers can be intensely hot but It feels like a different type of burn than many north American peppers. It doesn’t affect your lips as much but it’s quite intense on the tongue.
Sorry to inform you. Dragons breath was a sauce. It was a mixture of Bhut Jolokia and Habenero mix with spices.
Is your 1 oz of reaper pepper powder by volume or by weight?
1 oz by weight
Some of the comments below are funny. Listen, if you feel any heat at all from a jalepeno, then don’t claim to be able to eat C. Reapers. If you can eat a C. Reaper, then you are unable to detect heat on a jalepeno. I know cause if I am cooking, I have to have my wife taste the level of seasoning because if I can even _detect_ it, it’s too hot for everyone else.
My current daily use hot sauce is a Ghost Pepper sauce, it’s delicious. I am looking for a good but not expensive C. Reaper sauce. Haven’t found a food one yet. there are lots of $100 sauces out there but geez man, sco vile has no inherent value, it’s just another pepper man!!!
The Scoville scale does have inherent value. There is a scientific process to measuring the score. The fact that each person’s taste/tolerance/sensitivity varies does not mean the SHU are insignificant.
I love this list of hot peppers I should try them all
I think you should try them all! Theres many sauces, peppers, and powders. Maybe you can get them! But if you already got them you should ahve them again if you like them!
What about Pepper X or Dragon’s Breath Chile?
Can you tell me about normal peppers hottest power ?
I had a bite of a red Savina habenero I was sweating… =) try it see my pain and i was…5 now i’m 11
I spent 2 years in Korea and built up my tolerance of spicy hot food. Had not found anything hot enough in the States, until one day I was in a Rusty Taco where they had a basket of peppers out with a “take one free” sign. I popped one in my mouth and immediately the pain seared my throat, and I was gasping for air. My wife thought I was having a heart attack. I tried bread, milk, water, and only Sprite worked to tame that Ghost Pepper. I finally found something hotter than the Korean food.
I’m going to have to disagree with you on this one Patrick. Any soda will actually amplify the spiciness.
Your best bet is dairy: milk or yogurt works great.
You forgot the almighty scotch bonnet! Scorch yer guts out mate! lol
I wonder which one will be the next hottest pepper
Did you ever eat it
I’m a pepperhead; can’t operate without them!
Trying to leave my email so I can be notified when Dragons breath seeds are again available but it just goes on and on
easy I could do that in my sleep.
cool man.
Hottest chillies I’ve ever tried are the infamous Ghost Peppers. That was bad enough. These top 5 although scary, sound like a challenge. Can you actually buy them in Australia?
I do eat pickled Jalapenos with food, eg: on pizzas, all even on their own (sliced up), having acquired the taste back when I was a kid in Malaysia many years back now. Otherwise it’s just the standard small birdseye chillies. (we don’t tend to call them”peppers” in Australia)
Hey I wanted to know what did you call them in Australia? I want to know! I was never in Australia before and I am an Amreican. So what do they call the Peppers?
i vant to know too. i really want to grow zem
Where does “Guntur Chilli” a widely known as very hot chilli pepper in India fits in > Any idea what is the SHU of It?
Ghost peppers are so spicy I ended up in the hospital
Oh my! I am NOT going to have any Ghoust Peppers anytime soon! I am super sorry to hear that.
I make scorpion tacos 1 1/2 scorpion pepper and 2 jalapenos per lb of meat and then taco seasoning n garlic they are amazing
Just harvested Carolina Reapers, Moriga Scorpions, and Devils Tounges. Military grade Peppers.
Please try get more information on Pepper X, I can’t hardly believe there’s anything more than 2,000.000 Shu, and if true, because I have exterminated rats and mice with just a couple nibbles off of the ghost pepper, but WOW what amazing pepper that would be if twice the Caralina Reaper .
I’m going to plant a pepper patch next year and I’m going to make pepper sauce to go home made chilly.
Need some seeds from all types.
A master gardener I know, says pepper plants can be kept alive over winter, if in pots and restart them in late spring. This shortens the growing time. Has anyone tried this? I’m growing 2 scropions in 5 gal buckets and will give this a shot.