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 2901–2920 of 4,246 · browse the full database
- =2848CAP 05058,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848CAP 0649C. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848CAP 1152C. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848CAP 1474C. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848CAP 5482C. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848CattyC. annuum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848CerejaC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848CGN 16905C. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848CGN 22181C. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848CGN 22792C. frutescens8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848CGN 22871C. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Chaco YellowC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Chinchi UchuC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Cream FantasyC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Dedo de MocaC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Dedo de Moca AmareloC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Dedo de Moca PeachC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Don Xuan MarketC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848Dr. GreenC. baccatum8,000–25,000 SHU
- =2848EarbobC. 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.