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 3021–3040 of 4,353 · browse the full database
- =2980Aji White FantasyC. baccatum1,000–15,000 SHU
- 3022African FishC. annuum13,500 SHU
- 3023Machu PicchuC. chinense12,500 SHU
- =3024Peruvian OrangeC. baccatum8,000–12,000 SHU
- =3024Kung PaoC. annuum7,000–12,000 SHU
- =3024Bico RoxaC. chinense1,000–12,000 SHU
- =3024Orange RocotoC. pubescens500–12,000 SHU
- =3028Uchu CreamC. annuum7,000–11,000 SHU
- =3028Purple TigerC. annuum5,000–11,000 SHU
- =3028Aji Minas GeraisC. baccatum3,000–11,000 SHU
- =3031Aji Fantasy StripeyC. baccatum10,000 SHU
- =3031Aji GuyanaC. baccatum10,000 SHU
- =3031Aji JamyC. baccatum10,000 SHU
- =3031AleppoC. annuum10,000 SHU
- =3031Amachito RedC. annuum10,000 SHU
- =3031Black JalapeñoC. annuum10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 0499C. chacoense10,000 SHU
- =3031ChipotleC. annuum10,000 SHU
- =3031CobanC. annuum10,000 SHU
- =3031CyclonC. annuum10,000 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.