Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Heat in Scovilles
Ranks 3981–4000 of 4,364 · browse the full database
- =3918StavrosC. annuum0–1,000 SHU
- =3918Sulu AdanaC. annuum0–1,000 SHU
- =3918Sweet MorugaC. chinense0–1,000 SHU
- =3918Trinidad Scorpion Sweet ChocolateC. chinense0–1,000 SHU
- =3918Trinidad Scorpion Sweet CP 134C. chinense0–1,000 SHU
- =3918Venezuelan TigerC. chinense0–1,000 SHU
- =3918Yellowbell BaccatumC. baccatum0–1,000 SHU
- =3988CascaduraC. annuum0–999 SHU
- =3988ManganjiC. annuum0–999 SHU
- =3988NadapenoC. annuum0–999 SHU
- =3988Yellow BellC. annuum0–999 SHU
- 3992NuMex Suave OrangeC. chinense900 SHU
- =3993Aji Rosita DulceC. chinense0–800 SHU
- =3993LombakC. annuum0–800 SHU
- 3995NuMex Suave Red HabaneroC. chinense774 SHU
- 3996NuMex R NakyC. annuum260–760 SHU
- 3997LombardiC. annuum750 SHU
- 3998CAP 0500C. eximium500–700 SHU
- 3999Santa FèC. annuum650 SHU
- =4000Greek PepperoniC. annuum600 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.