Hottest Peppers in the World, Ranked by Scoville Heat
Pepper X is the hottest pepper in this ranking at 2,693,000 SHU. 4,243 chili pepper varieties are ranked here by Scoville heat units, hottest first.
Ranks 981–1000 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =974PDN × Bonda Ma Jacques WhiteC. chinense50,000–250,000 SHU
- =974PDN × DouglahC. chinense50,000–250,000 SHU
- =974Pimenta da NeydeC. chinense50,000–250,000 SHU
- =974Pimenta da Neyde × SB7JC. chinense50,000–250,000 SHU
- =974Scarlet LanternC. chinense50,000–250,000 SHU
- 986Jellybean YellowC. chinense90,000–225,000 SHU
- =987KS Chocolate Texas Crimson BonnetC. chinense100,000–200,000 SHU
- =987KS Lemon StarrburstC. chinense80,000–200,000 SHU
- =987KS Lemon Starrburst X KSLSB XC. chinense80,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Jalabanero PurpleC. chinense50,000–200,000 SHU
- =987KS Linzo ChocolateC. annuum × C. chinense50,000–200,000 SHU
- =987KS StarrGazerC. annuum × C. chinense50,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Land (Cheiro Roxa × CGN 24360)C. chinense50,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Pink Tiger × Yaki Blue FawnC. chinense50,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Pink Tiger CreamC. chinense50,000–200,000 SHU
- =987CumariC. praetermissum30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari AlongadoC. chinense30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari Alongado OrangeC. chinense30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari Alongado RedC. chinense30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari AlongatoC. praetermissum30,000–200,000 SHU
How to read these numbers
Ranked on the upper Scoville figure held for each variety. 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 upper figure, usually because one breeder’s published number was applied across a family, so their order on the page carries no meaning. 952 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.