Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Heat in Scovilles
Ranks 3821–3840 of 4,364 · browse the full database
- =3800Pasilla ApaseoC. annuum1,000–2,500 SHU
- =3800Pasilla de OaxacaC. annuum1,000–2,500 SHU
- =3800Pasilla MixeC. annuum1,000–2,500 SHU
- =3800Pasilla PadillaC. annuum1,000–2,500 SHU
- =3800RocotilloC. chinense1,000–2,500 SHU
- =3800Aji AyuyoC. baccatum800–2,500 SHU
- =3800Aji Ayuyo PurpleC. baccatum800–2,500 SHU
- =3800AbiquiuC. annuum500–2,500 SHU
- =3800AcomaC. annuum500–2,500 SHU
- =3800Anaheim ChargerC. annuum500–2,500 SHU
- =3800Anaheim HighlanderC. annuum500–2,500 SHU
- =3800Anaheim MC. annuum500–2,500 SHU
- =3800Anaheim TMRC. annuum500–2,500 SHU
- =3800Anaheim TMR23C. annuum500–2,500 SHU
- =3800Chile Seco del NorteC. annuum500–2,500 SHU
- =3800Fairytale CachucaC. chinense500–2,500 SHU
- =3800Georgescu ChocolateC. annuum500–2,500 SHU
- =3800MurasakiC. annuum500–2,500 SHU
- =3800New Mexico 6-4C. annuum500–2,500 SHU
- =3800NuMex Alma PaprikaC. annuum500–2,500 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.