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 1261–1280 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1030Rocoto de La Selva OxapampaC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto DesertC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Desert PeachC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto EcuadorianC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto GaiaC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Gaia YellowC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Gelbe RiesenC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Giant MexicanC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Giant P. OnoreC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Giant P. Onore YellowC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Gigante de Los IncasC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Green ZebraC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto GuatemalaC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto GuatemalanC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto La MercedC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto La PazC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto La Paz OrangeC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto La Paz RojoC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto Large RedC. pubescens30,000–100,000 SHU
- =1030Rocoto MacaraC. 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.