Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Scoville Heat
Pepper X is the hottest pepper in this ranking at 2,693,000 SHU. 4,353 chili pepper varieties are ranked here by Scoville heat units, hottest first.
Ranks 2981–3000 of 4,353 · browse the full database
- =2980Kitchen PepperC. annuum15,000 SHU
- =2980Nepal SnakebiteC. annuum15,000 SHU
- =2980Purple NNC. annuum15,000 SHU
- =2980Aji BenitoC. baccatum10,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Dedo de MocaC. baccatum10,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Dream Catcher × Farmers Market JalapeñoC. annuum10,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Machu PichuC. chinense10,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980VampireC. annuum10,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980CobinchoC. exile8,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Cobincho Capsicum ExileC. chacoense8,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Sweet Peach HabaneroC. chinense8,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Aji ConquistadorC. baccatum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Aji DelightC. baccatum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Aji FantasyC. baccatum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Aji Little FingerC. baccatum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Aji Sopa Puerto RicoC. baccatum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Bishop's CrownC. baccatum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Bishop's Crown Mad HatterC. baccatum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Bishop's Crown YellowC. baccatum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Blue MysteryC. praetermissum5,000–15,000 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. 844 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.