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 3201–3220 of 4,353 · browse the full database
- =3031EccoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031EcuadorC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Ecuadorian BrownC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Ecuadorian SweetC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031EgyptianC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031El ChacoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031EspanolaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Explosive BlastC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Fairy LightsC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031FantasiaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031FanuroC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Feher CseresznyeC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031FertilissimoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031FestivalC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031FiammettaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Figitelli SiciliaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Filfil I Surkh AfghanistanC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031FiocchettiC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031FirefoxC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3031Fish Eye PeachC. 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.