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 2841–2860 of 4,246 · browse the full database
- =1986Zamora YellowC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Zapotec PleatedC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986ZemangoC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Zesty 7C. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986ZorzhaC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Zou-PiC. annuum5,000–30,000 SHU
- =1986Mattapeno × MutantgumC. annuum × C. chinense2,500–30,000 SHU
- =2848Indian JwalaC. annuum15,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848JwalaC. annuum15,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Little ElfC. annuum15,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Pusa JawalaC. annuum15,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848JaponesC. annuum12,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Pimenta da Neyde × Serrano Monte d'OroC. chinense10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848SerranoC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano AltipianoC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano CajohnC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano del SolC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano DevilC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano FireC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano GiganteC. annuum10,000–25,000 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.