The variety index
Browse 136 varieties

Superhot
C. annuum
Bird's Eye Chilli
100,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. baccatum
Bishop's Crown
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Black Pearl
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Bolivian Rainbow
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. annuum
Buena Mulata
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Hot
C. annuum
Calabrian Chilli
40,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Superhot
C. chinense
Carolina Reaper
2,200,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Cayenne
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Cayenne Ring of Fire
50,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Medium
C. annuum
Cheongyang
23,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Medium
C. annuum
Cherry Bomb Pepper
5,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Medium
C. annuum
Cherry Pepper
5,000 SHU

Medium
C. annuum
Chilaca
2,500 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Chile de Árbol
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Superhot
C. annuum
Chiltepin
100,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Medium
C. annuum
Chipotle
8,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Superhot
C. chinense
Chocolate Bhutlah
2,000,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Superhot
C. chinense
Chocolate Habanero
577,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Mild
C. annuum
Cubanelle
1,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Superhot
C. chinense
Cumari o Passarinho
100,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Superhot
C. annuum
Dalle Khursani
350,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Superhot
C. chinense
Datil
300,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)

Hot
C. annuum
Diavoletto d'Abruzzo
30,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Superhot
C. chinense
Dorset Naga
1,600,000 SHU (heat figure has a source on record)
Heat figure has a published source on record. Unmarked figures are compiled from references we haven't yet cited on the page — accurate as far as we know, but not something you should have to take on trust.