Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Scoville Heat
Pepper X is the hottest pepper in this ranking at 2,693,000 SHU. 4,363 chili pepper varieties are ranked here by Scoville Heat Units, hottest first.
Ranks 3501–3520 of 4,363 · browse the full database
- =3038Yemen North Orange MediumC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038Yemen Red Round WedgeC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038Yemen SouthC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038Yemen South Green LongC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038YucatanC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038Zenzero ToscanoC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038Zimbabwe Black VariegatedC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038Zimbabwe OrangeC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038ZlutaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038ZokiC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038ZolotnichokC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038ZuzkaC. annuum2,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038GochugaruC. annuum1,500–10,000 SHU
- =3038Gochujang King Hot KoreanC. annuum1,500–10,000 SHU
- =3038Hong Gochu Large KoreanC. annuum1,500–10,000 SHU
- =3038Korean WinnerC. annuum1,500–10,000 SHU
- =3038Wa Mae Wo Hot KoreanC. annuum1,500–10,000 SHU
- =3038Jalapeño NuMex Orange SpiceC. annuum1,100–10,000 SHU
- =3038Black HungarianC. annuum1,000–10,000 SHU
- =3038EarbobC. baccatum1,000–10,000 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. 1,061 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.