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 3521–3540 of 4,363 · browse the full database
- =3041Black HungarianC. annuum1,000–10,000 SHU
- =3041EarbobC. baccatum1,000–10,000 SHU
- =3041HungarianC. annuum1,000–10,000 SHU
- =3041Hungarian BussertC. annuum1,000–10,000 SHU
- =3041Hungarian CheeseC. annuum1,000–10,000 SHU
- =3041Hungarian OrangeC. annuum1,000–10,000 SHU
- =3041Large Black MarblesC. annuum1,000–10,000 SHU
- =3041Sri-Lanka Ca-8 RedC. annuum1,000–10,000 SHU
- =3041Tasmanian BlackC. annuum1,000–10,000 SHU
- =3041Tazmanian BlackC. annuum1,000–10,000 SHU
- =3041TehraniC. frutescens500–10,000 SHU
- =3532Aji MargariteñoC. chinense1,000–9,999 SHU
- =3532KalugeritsaC. annuum1,000–9,999 SHU
- =3532Wenk's Yellow HotsC. annuum1,000–9,999 SHU
- 3535Slim Jim JalapeñoC. annuum3,000–9,000 SHU
- =3536NuMex PrimaveraC. annuum5,000–8,500 SHU
- =3536Thunder Mountain Longhorn × JalapeñoC. annuum4,000–8,500 SHU
- =3536CAP 0872C. annuum1,600–8,500 SHU
- =3539Farmers Market JalapeñoC. annuum8,000 SHU
- =3539Hardy ChiliC. flexuosum8,000 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.