Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Scoville Heat
Pepper X is the hottest pepper in this ranking at 2,693,000 SHU. 4,364 chili pepper varieties are ranked here by Scoville Heat Units, hottest first.
Ranks 3541–3560 of 4,364 · browse the full database
- =3540Hardy ChiliC. flexuosum8,000 SHU
- =3540Cabacina LaranjaC. chinense5,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540CherryC. annuum5,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Cherry HotC. annuum5,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540PuyaC. annuum5,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540VPBC MutantC. annuum5,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540VPUC MutantC. annuum5,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540VPUC Purple MutantC. annuum5,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Yellow JalapeñoC. annuum5,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540JalafuegoC. annuum3,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Aci Sivri × JalapeñoC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540BananapenoC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Biker Billy KnightC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Cayenne × JalapeñoC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Gigantia JalapeñoC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Goliath JalapeñoC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Jalafeugo JalapeñoC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Jalapeño × CarmagnolaC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Jalapeño Agriset 4108C. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Jalapeño ArribaC. annuum2,500–8,000 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. 1,060 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.