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 3061–3080 of 4,353 · browse the full database
- =3031PI 281317 Type 2C. chinense5,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Purple Cacho White LeafC. annuum5,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Scarlett VariegatedC. annuum5,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Scarlett's Chili VariegatedC. annuum5,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031SpaghettiC. annuum5,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031White WaxC. annuum5,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Zou-PiC. annuum5,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Mari YellowC. annuum4,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Tiger JalapeñoC. annuum4,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Aji ImbaburaC. baccatum3,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Aji AhuachapanC. baccatum2,500–10,000 SHU
- =3031Aleppo MildC. annuum2,500–10,000 SHU
- =3031FresnoC. annuum2,500–10,000 SHU
- =3031Fresno SupremeC. annuum2,500–10,000 SHU
- =3031Abchazskij OstruyiC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031AcolarimentoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Agronaldo di AstiC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031AjvarkaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Alba OrangeC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Aluca SargaC. annuum2,000–10,000 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.