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 1581–1600 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1507NuMex Nematador CayenneC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507NuMex TwilightC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Pimenta de Paolo Black × Cayenne GoldenC. chinense30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Primo × Lemon DropC. chinense30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Primo × Lemon Drop RedC. chinense30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Red Ember CayenneC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Red Flame CayenneC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Red Rocket CayenneC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Rocoto CanarioC. pubescens30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507RotabascoC. frutescens30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Santaka AsianC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Santaka Hot AsianC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Santaka Hot JapaneseC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Short Purple CayenneC. annuum30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507TabascoC. frutescens30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Tabasco × Lemon DropC. frutescens30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Tabasco × Naga × Pink TigerC. chinense30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Tabasco Costa RicanC. frutescens30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Tabasco GreenleafC. frutescens30,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Tabasco HotC. frutescens30,000–50,000 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.
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.