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 1961–1980 of 4,243 · browse the full database
- =1841Purple Flowered ChacoenseC. chacoense10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841PutaparioC. chacoense10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841RocopicaC. pubescens10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Rocopica '07 JoeC. pubescens10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Rocopica Dark StripedC. pubescens10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Rocopica Huge Ulupica LargeC. pubescens10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Rocopica X2C. pubescens10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841UlupicaC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ulupica Black Con Flor BlancaC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ulupica Black NetaC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ulupica Black SemiocaC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ulupica BlancaC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ulupica CambaC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ulupica Large DarkC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ulupica MuruchiC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ulupica TunaC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Ulupica VerdeC. eximium10,000–40,000 SHU
- =1841Chinese 5 ColorC. annuum5,000–40,000 SHU
- =1979Guntur SannamC. annuum30,000–35,000 SHU
- =1979Chupetinho PurpleC. chinense25,000–35,000 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.