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 2041–2060 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1983Hot PaletteC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Hot PopsC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Hot Red di CaiennaC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Hot RodC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Inca HotC. baccatum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Jamaican Hot ChocolateC. chinense10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Jamaican Hot OrangeC. chinense10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Jamaican Hot YellowC. chinense10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Jamy Yellow HotC. baccatum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Jersey Long HotC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Lazzaretto Abruzzese × Albanian Red HotC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983M&Ms HotC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Maule's Red HotC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983NuMex StarburstC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983NuMex SungloC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Patio Hot WingsC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Peperoncino Calabrese TondoC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Peperone Hot PaperchiaC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Peperone Hot RomitalC. annuum10,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Pucumaucho HotC. 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.