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 2861–2880 of 4,246 · browse the full database
- =2848Serrano Hot RodC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano HuastecoC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano Monte d'OroC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano NuMex CaJohn'sC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano NuMex LotaLuteinC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano OrangeC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Serrano PurpleC. annuum10,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848AchardC. annuum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848AlotenangoC. annuum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Asta de ToroC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Asta de Toro AmarilloC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Asta de Toro CafèC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Asta de Toro NaranjoC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Asta de Toro RojoC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Atomic StarfishC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848BaccatinoC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Baccato de OrtoC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Baccatum (Not C. Parvifolium)C. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Black PearlC. annuum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Blended LemonC. baccatum8,000–25,000 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.