Pepper Name High SHU Rating 16,000,000,000 Resiniferatoxin 5,300,000,000 Tinyatoxin 16,000,000 Pure Capsaicin 15,000,000 Dihydrocapsaicin 9,200,000 Nonivamide 9,100,000 Nordihydrocapsaicin 8,600,000 Homodihydrocapsaicin 5,300,000 Police Grade Pepper Spray 2,200,000 Carolina Reaper 2,000,000 Common Pepper Spray Trinidad Moruga 2,009,231 Scorpion 1,853,396 7 Pot Douglah 1,463,700 Trinidad Scorpion Butch T 1,382,118 Naga Viper Pepper 1,300,000 7 Pot Barrackpore 7 Pot Jonah 1,200,000 1,200,000 7 Pot Primo 1,191,595 New Mexico Scorpion 1,176,182 Infinity Chili 1,120,000 Bedfordshire Super Naga Chili 1,100,000 Dorset Naga Pepper 1,100,000 Naga Jolokia 1,100,000 Naga Morich 1,086,844 Spanish Naga Chili 1,066,882 7 Pot Madballz 1,041,427 Bhut Jolokia Pepper 1,001,304 Chocolate Bhut Jolokia 1,000,000 7 Pot Brain Strain 1,000,000 Bhut Jolokia Indian Carbon 1,000,000 Trinidad Scorpion Raja Mirch 900,000 800,000 Habanaga Pepper 800,000 Nagabon Jolokia 580,000 Red Savina Habanero 500,000 Fatalii Aji Chombo 500,000 Pingo de Ouro 500,000 Aribibi Gusano 470,000 400,000 Caribbean Red Habanero 350,000 Chocolate Habanero 350,000 Datil Pepper 350,000 Habanero Jamaican Hot Pepper 350,000 350,000 Madame Jeanette chili 350,000 Rocoto Pepper 350,000 Scotch Bonnet 350,000 Zimbabwe Bird Chili 350,000 Adjuma 350,000 Guyana Wiri Wiri 348,634 Tiger Paw 325,000 Big Sun Habanero 300,000 Mustard Habanero 300,000 Devil’s Tongue 300,000 Orange Rocoto Pepper Paper Lantern 300,000 Habanero Piri Piri 300,000 Red Cheese 300,000 Red Rocoto 300,000 300,000 Tepin Pepper Thai Burapa 300,000 White Habanero 300,000 Yellow Habanero 300,000 Texas Chiltepin 265,000 Pimenta de Neyde 250,000 Maori 240,000 Quintisho 240,000 Bird’s Eye Chili 225,000 Ecuador Hot 186,000 160,000 Shogaol 160,000 Sparkler Jamaican Gold 150,000 Cajamarca 150,000 Kumataka 150,000 Orange Thai 150,000 Red Thai 150,000 Thai Dragon 150,000 Yellow Thai 150,000 125,000 Carolina Cayenne 115,000 Tabiche Pepper 110,000 Bahamian Pepper Aji Cito 108,000 Piperine 100,000 100,000 African Birds Eye Chili 100,000 Byadgi Chili China Express Chili 100,000 Diablo Grande 100,000 Malagueta 100,000 Pepin Chili 100,000 100,000 Aji Charapita Ají Lemon Drop 100,000 Ají Rojo Pepper 100,000 Black Scorpion Tongue 100,000 100,000 Charleston Hot Pepper 100,000 Chiltepin Pepper Cili Goronong 100,000 Firecracker Pequin 100,000 Pepper Indian Jwala Pepper 100,000 Mayan Cobanero Love 100,000 Pepper Peri-Peri Chili 100,000 Siling Labuyo Pepper 100,000 100,000 Thai Pepper Golden Cayenne 85,000 Pepper Suryaki Cluster 81,400 Haimen 80,000 75,000 Red Amazon Tien Tsin Pepper 75,000 Yatsafusa 75,000 Chi Chien Pepper 70,000 Prik Kee Noo 70,000 60,000 Gingerol 58,000 Pequin Pepper Piquin 58,000 African Pequin 57,000 Chile Grande Pepper 55,000 50,000 Aji Limo Aci Sivri Chili 50,000 Aji Pepper 50,000 Balloon Pepper 50,000 Brazilian Starfish 50,000 pepper 50,000 Cumari Pepper Guntur Chili 50,000 Satans Kiss Pepper 50,000 Tricolor variegata 50,000 Pepper Wild Baccatum 50,000 50,000 Aji Amarillo Ají Crystal Pepper 50,000 Ají Omnicolor Pepper 50,000 Akabare 50,000 50,000 Aurora Bishops Crown Chili 50,000 Black Cuban Pepper 50,000 Bolivian Rainbow 50,000 Pepper Bonney 50,000 50,000 Cayenne Pepper Chinese Five Color 50,000 Pepper Coban 50,000 Demre 50,000 Desi Teekhi 50,000 Diente de Perro 50,000 DKurnool 50,000 Dong Xuan Pepper 50,000 Dunso 50,000 Etna 50,000 Explosive Ember 50,000 Pepper Faria 50,000 Fiji 50,000 Filius Blue Pepper 50,000 Fluorescent Purple 50,000 Pepper Goat Horn Pepper 50,000 Guarani 50,000 Hermosillo 50,000 Hot Portugal Pepper 50,000 Inca Berry Pepper 50,000 Kurnool Pepper 50,000 Large Purple Cayenne 50,000 Pepper Large Red Thick 50,000 Cayenne Pepper Little Nubian Pepper 50,000 Maras Biber 50,000 Marbles Pepper 50,000 McMahon’s Texas Bird 50,000 Pepper Medusa’s Head Pepper 50,000 NuMex Twilight Pepper 50,000 Orange Manzano 50,000 Pepper Punjab 50,000 Purple Prince 50,000 Pusa Jwala 50,000 Rain Forest Pepper 50,000 Red Manzano Pepper 50,000 Red Squash Pepper 50,000 Rooster Spur Pepper 50,000 50,000 Santaka Pepper Siling Haba Pepper 50,000 50,000 Super Chili 50,000 Tabasco Pepper Urfa Biber 50,000 Yellow Manzano 50,000 Pepper Long Slim Cayenne 45,000 Pepper Beni Highland 42,600 Dundicut 40,000 Guntur Sannam Pepper 40,000 30,000 Chile de Arbol Japones Chili 30,000 Abchazskij Ostruyi 30,000 Afega Longa 30,000 Aji Carmine 30,000 Aji Criolla Sella 30,000 Ata Barukono 30,000 Australian Latern 30,000 Berbere 30,000 Beslers Cherry 30,000 Black Pearl 30,000 Black Prince 30,000 Bode Amarela 30,000 Bombilla Amarilla 30,000 Bonanza Brasileira 30,000 Bubba 30,000 Cabai Burong 30,000 Cabai Merah Besar 30,000 Caballero 30,000 Chao Tian Jiao 30,000 30,000 Pico de Pajaro Chile Inayague 30,000 Chile Maya 30,000 Chile Pepe 30,000 Chilito de Simojovel 30,000 Chinchi Uchu 30,000 Chivato 30,000 Chupetinho 30,000 De árbol Pepper 30,000 Dedo de Bahamas 30,000 Dieng Plateau 30,000 Erva de Bode 30,000 Golden Heat 30,000 Hahony Kacho 30,000 Havaiana 30,000 Holiday Cheer 30,000 Inca Glow 30,000 Inca Laranja 30,000 Inca Red Drop 30,000 Jwala 30,000 Kim Chi 30,000 Lemon Drop 30,000 Little Elf 30,000 30,000 Manzano Merah 30,000 New Delhi Long 30,000 Onza Yellow 30,000 Orozco 30,000 Peter Pepper 30,000 Pimenta de Bode 30,000 Royal Black 30,000 Shipkas 30,000 Takanotsume 30,000 Stumpy 27,000 Gambia 26,500 Tianying 25,000 Tears Of Fire 23,600 Aleppo Pepper 23,000 Chili Wili Pepper 23,000 Halabi Pepper 23,000 Serrano Huasteco Chili 23,000 23,000 Serrano Pepper Aji Colorado Pepper 20,000 Black Hungarian 20,000 Pepper Ají Brazilian Pumpkin 20,000 Pepper Ají Pineapple Pepper 20,000 Onza Roja Pepper 20,000 Peruvian Purple Pepper 20,000 Aji Escabeche 17,000 Hidalgo Pepper 17,000 16,000 Capsiate Aji Bento 15,500 Yellow Wax Pepper 15,000 Abbraccio 15,000 Afegã Curta 15,000 Aji Cobincho 15,000 Balãozinho 15,000 Cseresznye Paprika 15,000 Dutch Red 15,000 Estrela-do-Mar 15,000 Hot Banana Pepper 15,000 Israeli Hot 15,000 Jarales 15,000 Costeno Rojo Pepper 12,000 Kung Pao Pepper 12,000 Louisiana Hot Pepper 10,000 Pasilla de Oaxaco Chili 10,000 Biker Billy Jalapeno 10,000 Dutch Pepper 10,000 Earbob 10,000 Fish Pepper 10,000 Fresno Pepper 10,000 Hot Apple Pepper 10,000 10,000 Hungarian Wax Pepper 10,000 Jalapeño Pepper Lumbre Hot 10,000 Puya Pepper 10,000 Purple Tiger ‘Trifetti’ 9,000 Long Thick Cayenne 8,500 Chile Gordo Pepper 8,000 8,000 Guajillo Pepper Huachinango Pepper 8,000 Mitla Pepper 8,000 New Mexican 8,000 Annaheim Pepper Cascabel Chili 8,000 8,000 Chipotle Pepper Pretty Purple 8,000 Sandia Pepper 7,000 Barker’s Hot 7,000 Chimayo 6,000 Hatch Green 6,000 Cherry Bomb Pepper 5,000 Chilcostle Pepper 5,000 Huasteco Pepper 5,000 Inferno Pepper 5,000 Serrano Tampequino 5,000 Pepper Volcano Pepper 5,000 Atomic Heart 5,000 Azr 5,000 Baccio di Satana 5,000 Bermuda 5,000 Bouquet 5,000 Bulgarian Carrot 5,000 Pepper Caloro Pepper 5,000 Cenoura Búlgara 5,000 Cereja 5,000 Chile de Cuscutlan 5,000 Chintexle 5,000 Cochabamba 5,000 Cochiti 5,000 Cyklon 5,000 Dhanraj 5,000 Equador Roxa 5,000 Floral Gem 5,000 Fogo Explosivo 5,000 Goan 5,000 Golden Nugget 5,000 Gulbarga 5,000 Hari Mirch 5,000 Huatulco Puntado 5,000 Inca 5,000 Inchanga 5,000 Isleta 5,000 Jaloro Pepper 5,000 Jemes 5,000 Kalia 5,000 Kerinting 5,000 Kori Sitakame 5,000 Mirasol Pepper 5,000 New Mexico Pepper 5,000 NM 6-4 Heritage 5,000 Nosegay 5,000 Pimientos de Padrón 5,000 Purple Jalapeño 5,000 Pepper Ubatuba Cambuci 5,000 Mesilla Pepper 4,500 Ancho San Luis Pepper 4,000 Big Jim Heritage 4,000 Cascabella 4,000 Espelette 4,000 San Ardo 4,000 Italian Sweet Pepper 3,000 Pulla Pepper 3,000 Californian Pepper 2,500 Magdalena Pepper 2,500 Padro Pepper 2,500 Poinsettia Pepper 2,500 Prometheus Springs 2,500 Pepper Aji Andina 2,500 Ají Habanero Pepper 2,500 Alcalde 2,500 Ammazzo 2,500 2,500 Anaheim Pepper Calabria 2,500 Japanese Pepper 2,500 2,500 NuMex Big JimPepper 2,500 Rocotilla Pepper Chilhuacle Negro Chile 2,000 Costeno Amarillo 2,000 Pepper Szentesi Chili 2,000 2,000 Ancho Pepper Chilaca Pepper 2,000 Espanola Pepper 2,000 Hawaiian Sweet Hot 2,000 Pepper Mulato Isleno Pepper 2,000 2,000 Pasilla Pepper 2,000 Poblano Pepper Tobago Seasoning 2,000 Pepper Georgia Flame Pepper 1,500 Prairie Fire Chili 1,500 Achar 1,500 Almapaprika 1,500 Dedo de Moca 1,500 TAM Mild Jalapeno 1,500 Romanian Hot Pepper 1,400 Aji Mirasol Pepper 1,400 Peppadew Pepper 1,200 Aji Panca Pepper 1,000 Joe E Parker Pepper 1,000 Agua Blanca 1,000 Ají Dulce Pepper 1,000 Ametista 1,000 Beaver Dam Pepper 1,000 Bedgi 1,000 Biquinho 1,000 Brinco de Princesa 1,000 Calistan 1,000 1,000 Coronado Pepper Cubanelle Pepper 1,000 Escabeche 1,000 Gana Redonda 1,000 Banana Pepper 900 900 Pepperoncini El-Paso 700 Holy Mole 700 700 Santa Fe Grande Pepper Mariachi Pepper 600 Sonora Annaheim 600 Pepper Avalon Button 500 Babura Zelena 500 Baldi 500 Cachucha 500 Cambuci 500 Catarina 500 Cherry Pepper 500 Corbaci 500 Cow Horn Pepper 500 Cowhorn Chili 500 Criollo 500 Delicious Trinidad 500 Frutka 500 Georgescu Chocolate 500 Guajilla de Zihutenejo 500 Hot Cherry 500 Italian Pepperoncini 500 Karlo 500 Keystone Giant 500 Mexi Bell Pepper 500 500 Pimiento Pepper Pasilla Bajio Pepper 250 Hot Navajo 150 False Alarm Pepper 100 Aconcagua 0 Aji Chuncho 0 Aladdin 0 0 Bell Pepper Branco Diamante 0 California Wonder 0 Pepper Carliston 0 Carmagnola Rosso 0 Chinese Giant Pepper 0 Corno Verde 0 Corona 0 Cuneo Giallo 0 Diamond White 0 Dove 0 Early Sunsation 0 Etham 0 Figaro 0 Filfil Darah 0 Fushimi 0 Giant Aconcagua 0 Pepper Gigante 0 Golden Treasure 0 Pepper Greygo 0 Gypsy Pepper 0 Hershey 0 Islander 0 0 Jimmy Nardello Jingle Bells 0 Jupiter 0 Kaala 0 Kandil 0 Marconi Purple 0 Miniature Chocolate 0 Pepper Miniature Yellow 0 Pepper Orage Sun 0 Purple Beauty 0 Quadrato D’Asti 0 Red Marconi Pepper 0 0 Shishito Pepper Siling Lara Pepper 0 Tangerine 0 Please Note: A good source of quality pepper pods is FireHouseChilli.com .