1. 1,463,700 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ’trinidad scorpion’
or ‘butch t’
The official hottest chilli
in the world

2. 1,001,304 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘chocolate
bhut jolokia’
Capsicum chinense

3. 10,000–23,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘peter pepper red’
Capsicum annuum

4. 30,000–50,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘black cuban’
Capsicum annuum

5. 15–30,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘gambia red’
Capsicum chinense

6. 0 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘sweet chocolate’

7. 100,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘numex twilight’
Capsicum annuum

8. 850 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘numex red’

9. 1,000–5,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘cyklon’

10. 8,000–22,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘purple serrano’
Capsicum annuum

11. 30,000–50,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘cayenne’

12. 100,000–140,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘mexican pequins’
Capsicum annuum

13. n/a Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘numex xmas day’
ornamental

14. 40,000–50,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘santaka’
Capsicum annuum

15. 2,500–4,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘espelette’

16. 1 million Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘nagalah’

17. 1,086,844 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘naga morich’

18. 70,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘chiltepin’ 50–100 000
Capsicum annuum

19. 30,000–50,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘aji crystal’

20. 800,000–1 million Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘brain strain 7 pod’

21. 5,000–15,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘christmas bell’
Capsicum baccatum

22. 125,000–325,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘devils tongue’
Capsicum chinense

23. 5,000 Scoville heat units (SHU)
15,000,000
(hottest)
0
Capsicum ‘monkey face’
Capsicum annuum