Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Scoville Heat
Pepper X is the hottest pepper in this ranking at 2,693,000 SHU. 4,246 chili pepper varieties are ranked here by Scoville heat units, hottest first.
Ranks 2801–2820 of 4,246 · browse the full database
- =1986VPUC MutantC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986VPUC Purple MutantC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Wae Mae WoC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986WarsawC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986WatermelonC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Were RabbitC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986West Virginia PeaC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986White CloudC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986White LakesC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986White ZinfandelC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986WHP 053C. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986WhyNotC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986WhyNot PeachC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986WhyNot WhiteC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Wicked PepperC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Wild BaccatumC. baccatum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Wild Brazil CrossC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Wild Brazil Cross PurpleC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Wild Japanese PepperC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Wild Purple GuatemalaC. annuum var. glabriusculum5,000–30,000 SHU
How to read these numbers
Ranked on the heat figure for each variety: the top of its SHU range, or the one number on file. 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 heat figure, usually because one breeder’s published number was applied across a family, so their order on the page carries no meaning. 949 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.