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 2721–2740 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1983Ta Vera CruzC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983TakaraC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983TangerineC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Tangerine TigerC. baccatum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Tangerine TSC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Tarahumara ColoradoC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Tasmanian BlackC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Tasmanian Black Tree PepperC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983TaurusC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983TavicheC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Tears of HeavenC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Tennessee CheeseC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Tennessee Tear DropsC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983TepehuanC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Tequila SunriseC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983TestaneraC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Texas BlackC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Texas RiceC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Thunder Cacho BrownC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1983Thunder Cacho Brown JCC. annuum5,000–30,000 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.