Tallest: 4 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
Spain's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 9 | 95% |
| Without them | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 92.9% |
| Aaron Hughes | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Aaron Mokoena | South Africa | 1 |
| Aco Stojkov | North Macedonia | 1 |
| Admir Vladavic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
| Agim Ibraimi | North Macedonia | 1 |
| Alaa Abdul Zahra | Iraq | 1 |
| Alberto Aquilani | Italy | 1 |
| Alberto Rodríguez | Peru | 1 |
| Aleksandar Dragovic | Austria | 1 |
| Aleksandr Aniukov | Russia | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 18 Nov 2009 | v Austria | 5–1 | 56′ | — | Extended lead | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 28 Jun 2009 | v South Africa | 3–2 | 89′ | — | Go-ahead goal | 2–1 | Confederations Cup 2009 · Third-place play-off |
| 28 Jun 2009 | v South Africa | 3–2 | 88′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Confederations Cup 2009 · Third-place play-off |
| 9 Jun 2009 | v Azerbaijan | 6–0 | 71′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 26 Jun 2008 | v Russia | 3–0 | 73′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 · Semi-final |
| 18 Jun 2008 | v Greece | 2–1 | 88′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 3 Mar 2010 | v France | 2–0 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | Friendly |
| 18 Nov 2009 | v Austria | 5–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 9 Sep 2009 | v Estonia | 3–0 | came on 54′ | 36 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 12 Aug 2009 | v North Macedonia | 3–2 | came on 64′ | 26 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Jun 2009 | v South Africa | 3–2 | came on 56′ | 64 | 2 | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Third-place play-off |
| 17 Jun 2009 | v Iraq | 1–0 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Group stage |
| 9 Jun 2009 | v Azerbaijan | 6–0 | came on 68′ | 22 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 1 Apr 2009 | v Turkey | 2–1 | came on 85′ | 5 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 11 Feb 2009 | v England | 2–0 | came on 85′ | 5 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 Oct 2008 | v Belgium | 2–1 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 10 Sep 2008 | v Armenia | 4–0 | started, off 56′ | 56 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 6 Sep 2008 | v Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | came on 85′ | 5 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 20 Aug 2008 | v Denmark | 3–0 | came on 63′ | 27 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Jun 2008 | v Germany | 1–0 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | UEFA Euro 2008 · Final |
| 26 Jun 2008 | v Russia | 3–0 | came on 69′ | 21 | 1 | — | UEFA Euro 2008 · Semi-final |
| 22 Jun 2008 | v Italy | 0–0 | came on 85′ | 35 | — | — | UEFA Euro 2008 · Quarter-final |
| 18 Jun 2008 | v Greece | 2–1 | started | 90 | 1 | Yellow | UEFA Euro 2008 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2008 | v United States | 1–0 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 May 2008 | v Peru | 2–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | Friendly |
| 21 Nov 2007 | v Northern Ireland | 1–0 | started, off 57′ | 57 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2007 |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.