Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Scoville Heat
Pepper X is the hottest pepper in this ranking at 2,693,000 SHU. 4,359 chili pepper varieties are ranked here by Scoville heat units, hottest first.
Ranks 3281–3300 of 4,359 · browse the full database
- =3033JaimitoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033JalahotC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033JalapaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033JalayennaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033JarandaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033JarizaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033JemezC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033JeronimC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033JivaroC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033JowyC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033KabuntalanC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033Kapan ArmeniaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033Keriting CabaiC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033Kitchen Pepper PeachC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033KogiC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033KoruboC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033Krasnyy DrakonC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033KroatinaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033KS LingriaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3033KS StarrlingC. 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. 993 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.