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 1841–1860 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1841Buena MulataC. annuum25,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Calabrian DiavolicchioC. annuum25,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Calabrian MazettiC. annuum25,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Calabrian Naso di CaneC. annuum25,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Calabrian Sigaretta RistraC. annuum25,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Peperoncino di BennoC. frutescens25,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Peperoncino Dolce di AltinoC. annuum25,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Rooster SpurC. annuum25,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841AuroraC. annuum20,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CobraC. annuum20,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ethiopian Brown BerbereC. annuum20,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ethiopian Brown GassaC. annuum20,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ethiopian Pepper TreeC. annuum20,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ethiopian Pepper Tree × Sugar RushC. baccatum20,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ethiopian Pepper Tree × Sugar Rush Peach RedC. baccatum20,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Filius BlueC. annuum20,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Marconi 3 PuntasC. annuum20,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Aribibi GusanoC. frutescens10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841AriviviC. chacoense10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841BGH 0460C. praetermissum10,000–40,000 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.