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 3121–3140 of 4,353 · browse the full database
- =3031C. rabenii BR01C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Cabai Merah BesarC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Cabeza de LagartoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Calabrese AlberelloC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Calabrese ConicoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Calabrese GaraC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Calabrese GrossC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Calabrese Lo ZoppoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Calabrese LungoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Calabrese SottileC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Calabrese Tondo DolceC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Calousa Indian MoundC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CanarieC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CancunC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CanzoneC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 0246C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 0247C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 0253C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 0291C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 0483C. 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.