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 1001–1020 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =987Cumari AmarilloC. chinense30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari AterticC. praetermissum30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari BahiaC. chinense30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari BolinhaC. praetermissum30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari CampinasC. chinense30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari de CheiroC. chinense30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari Do ParaC. chinense30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari FlibuC. praetermissum30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari FragilisC. chinense30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari JersicC. praetermissum30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari Laranja GrandeC. chinense30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari Minas GeraisC. praetermissum30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari O PassarinhoC. chinense30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari PolluxC. praetermissum30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari SelvagemC. praetermissum30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari VeredeiraC. praetermissum30,000–200,000 SHU
- =987Cumari VistosaC. praetermissum30,000–200,000 SHU
- =1018African BirdC. frutescens50,000–175,000 SHU
- =1018Peri Peri KZNC. frutescens50,000–175,000 SHU
- =1018Piri PiriC. frutescens50,000–175,000 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.