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 1921–1940 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1841CAP 0503C. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 0524C. annuum var. glabriusculum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 0578C. galapagoense10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 1003C. annuum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 1141C. praetermissum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 1144C. praetermissum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 1153C. chacoense10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 1445C. chacoense10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 1446C. chacoense10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 1478C. praetermissum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 1487C. praetermissum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 1491C. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 1530C. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CAP 1639C. annuum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CaxixeC. praetermissum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CGN 19198C. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CGN 20497C. cardenasii10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CGN 21502C. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CGN 22794C. praetermissum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CGN 22795C. 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.
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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.