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 3141–3160 of 4,353 · browse the full database
- =3031CAP 0539C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 1142C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 1428C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 1473C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 1499C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 1533C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 1620C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 1621C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CAP 1683C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Capriglio YellowC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Caribe GordoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CarlistonC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CarnivalC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CavkaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CayambeC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CayenettaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CeylonC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CGN 22163C. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031CH1 IndiaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031ChawaC. 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.