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 1241–1260 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1030Rocoto CAP 1492C. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto CAP 867C. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto CAP 867 OrangeC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Chicon Esquilino RomaC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Chicon Firenze S.LorenzoC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Chicon Long Darsena MilanoC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Chicon Milano DarsenaC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto CileC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Costa Rica YellowC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Costa RicanC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Cristobal ColomboC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto CuencanoC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto CuzcoC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Cuzco ManzanoC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Cuzco Manzano AmarilloC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Da SombraC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto de La Selva ArequipaC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto de La Selva Arequipa RojoC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto de La Selva LimaC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto de La Selva Lima AmarilloC. pubescens30,000–100,000 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.