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 1521–1540 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1507Aji GuaguaoC. frutescens30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji GusanitoC. baccatum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji JobitoC. chinense30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507AmmazzoC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507AsanteC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Australian LanternC. chinense30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Beni Highlands × Lemon DropC. chinense30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Beni Highlands × TabascoC. chinense30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Berebere BrownC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Black Bird's EyeC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Black CubanC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Blue Mystery30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Brazilian PumpkinC. baccatum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Buist's Yellow CayenneC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507CatarinaC. annuum var. glabriusculum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507CayenneC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Cayenne Amazing 2C. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Cayenne CarolinaC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Cayenne CineseC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Cayenne CortoC. annuum30,000–50,000 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.
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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.