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 3001–3020 of 4,353 · browse the full database
- =2980CostenoC. annuum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Hungarian WaxC. annuum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980InfernoC. annuum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Knights Arch AngelC. annuum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Monkey NipplesC. annuum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Peach Piments HabaneroC. chinense5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Purple PumpkinC. annuum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Sugar Rush CreamC. baccatum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Trepadeira WernerC. baccatum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980White CapyaC. annuum5,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Aci KilC. annuum3,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Aci SivriC. annuum3,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Antep Aci DolmaC. annuum3,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Antep Aci Dolma CrossC. annuum3,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Renkli AciC. annuum3,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Trilop Üçburun BiberC. annuum3,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Turkish Flower BiberC. annuum3,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Urfa BiberC. annuum3,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980ShattahC. annuum2,000–15,000 SHU
- =2980Aji CirelC. frutescens1,000–15,000 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.