Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Malawi's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11.1% |
| Without them | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11.1% |
| Ahmed Musa | Nigeria | 2 |
| Azubuike Egwueke | Nigeria | 2 |
| Da Costa Angula | Namibia | 2 |
| Denzil Haoseb | Namibia | 2 |
| Efe Ambrose | Nigeria | 2 |
| Godfrey Obobona | Nigeria | 2 |
| Manfred Starke | Namibia | 2 |
| Petrus Shitembi | Namibia | 2 |
| Tang Shi | Namibia | 2 |
| Victor Moses | Nigeria | 2 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 5 Sep 2008 | v Djibouti | 3–0 | 70′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 8 Sep 2018 | v Morocco | 0–3 | came on 69′ | 21 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2018 |
| 11 Nov 2017 | v Lesotho | 1–1 | started, off 81′ | 81 | — | — | Friendly |
| 7 Sep 2013 | v Nigeria | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2013 |
| 5 Jun 2013 | v Namibia | 0–0 | started, off 30′ | 30 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2013 |
| 23 Mar 2013 | v Namibia | 1–0 | started, off 59′ | 59 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2013 |
| 9 Jun 2012 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | started, off 57′ | 57 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 |
| 2 Jun 2012 | v Kenya | 0–0 | started, off 54′ | 54 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 |
| 18 Jan 2010 | v Mali | 1–3 | came on 48′ | 42 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2010 · Group stage |
| 10 Oct 2009 | v Ivory Coast | 1–1 | came on 87′ | 3 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 5 Sep 2008 | v Djibouti | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
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.