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 1941–1960 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1841CGN 22839C. chinense10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841CGN 24332C. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Flexuosum Yellow FlowerC. flexuosum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841GRIF 15935C. frutescens10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841GRIF 15939C. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Hardy ChiliC. flexuosum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Huacareta EximiumC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841MexiquinC. annuum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Not Buforum Fiore ChiaroC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841PI 260425C. cardenasii10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841PI 260427C. chacoense10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841PI 439528C. baccatum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841PI 441654C. baccatum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841PI 501529C. cardenasii10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841PI 590507C. cardenasii10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841PI 59414110,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841PI 596051C. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841PI 596053C. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841PI 631154C. flexuosum10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Purple ChacoenseC. chacoense10,000–40,000 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.