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 1801–1820 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1507Aji PiuraC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji PucomuchoC. chinense10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji RainforestC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji RedC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji RojoC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji Rojo PFC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji RositaC. chinense10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji RurrenabaqueC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji RussianC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji Russian YellowC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji Santa RosaC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji Santa Rosa BlancoC. chinense10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji SerranitoC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji Strawberry DropC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji TamarindoC. chinense10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji TapachulaC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji Yellow DropC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Aji YuquitaniaC. chinense10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Baccatum BrownC. baccatum10,000–50,000 SHU
- =1507Bacclaudio var. BaccatumC. baccatum10,000–50,000 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.