Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Heat in Scovilles
Ranks 3621–3640 of 4,364 · browse the full database
- =3540Midwest OdapenoC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540MitlaC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540MoritaC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Orange LesyaC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Variegated Black JalapeñoC. annuum2,500–8,000 SHU
- =3540Floral GemC. annuum2,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Little NubianC. annuum2,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Aji VerdeC. baccatum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Candlelight MutantC. annuum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540FushimiC. annuum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540GuindillaC. annuum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Guindilla LargaC. annuum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Guindilla Larga AmarilloC. annuum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Guindilla Roja LargaC. annuum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Guindilla VascaC. annuum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Guindilla VenezolanaC. annuum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Guindilla Verde de IbarraC. annuum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Hatch ChileC. annuum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Hatch RattlesnakeC. annuum1,000–8,000 SHU
- =3540Himo TogarashiC. annuum1,000–8,000 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.
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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.