Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Scoville Heat
Pepper X is the hottest pepper in this ranking at 2,693,000 SHU. 4,365 chili pepper varieties are ranked here by Scoville heat units, hottest first.
Ranks 3301–3320 of 4,365 · browse the full database
- =3037Krasnyy DrakonC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037KroatinaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037KS LingriaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037KS StarrlingC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037Lanterna de FocC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037Largo de ReusC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037Largo PurpleC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037Layla GiampietroC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037Lazzaretto AbruzzeseC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037LegambeC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037LentoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037Lester Williams RedC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037Li BlackC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037LilacC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037Lingua di FuocoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037Little BlueC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037Ljubov DianC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037LjutiC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037LocoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3037Long BrownC. 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. 1,045 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.