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 1481–1500 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1457Pequín BlackC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457Pequín OrangeC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457Pequín PurpleC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457Pequín Purple CrossC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457Pequín RedondoC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457Phujadi IndianC. annuum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457Pima Bajo ChiltepíneC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457Piquín Large BlackC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457South African PequínC. annuum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457South Texas PequínC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457Texas PequínC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457Texas Wild PequínC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457Variegated Chile PequínC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457CAP 0487C. pubescens20,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457CAP 1693C. pubescens20,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457CGN 22796C. pubescens20,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457Ecuador AzuayC. pubescens20,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457IndonesianC. pubescens20,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457LolitaC. pubescens20,000–60,000 SHU
- =1457MascapocsC. pubescens20,000–60,000 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.