Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Scoville Heat
Pepper X is the hottest pepper in this ranking at 2,693,000 SHU. 4,243 chili pepper varieties are ranked here by Scoville heat units, hottest first.
Ranks 2001–2020 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1983Sugar Rush MangoC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush No StripeyC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush OrangeC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush Peach BellC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush Peach Bell StripeyC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush Peach EroticC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush Peach GiganticC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush Peach GrenadeC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush Peach StripeyC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush Peach Thin StripedC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush Peach TwistyC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush RedC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush Red SunriseC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Sugar Rush StripeyC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Tepin × Lemon DropC. baccatum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Thai PumpkinC. annuum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Tibetan LhasaC. annuum15,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Aji Confusion × Brazilian StarfishC. baccatum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Aji FlorC. baccatum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Aji Flor MoradoC. baccatum10,000–30,000 SHU
How to read these numbers
Ranked on the upper Scoville figure held for each variety. Capsaicin content swings with the seed line, the soil, the weather and where on the plant a pod grew, and two labs testing the same harvest can return different numbers. Very few of these varieties have ever been through a certified test; most figures trace to a breeder or a seed seller rather than a laboratory.
No warranty. WikiPepper publishes these figures as reported and warranties none of them. Treat a Scoville number as a claim about one harvest, not a property of the variety, and do not rely on it for anything that matters.
A rank marked = is shared: those varieties hold the same upper figure, usually because one breeder’s published number was applied across a family, so their order on the page carries no meaning. 952 varieties have no Scoville figure recorded at all and are not ranked; they still appear in the database. Spotted a figure you can source? Tell us.