Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 52.6% |
| Without them | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 52.6% |
| Bote Silvestre Mesaka | Equatorial Guinea | 2 |
| Danilo Clementino | Equatorial Guinea | 2 |
| David Kily | Equatorial Guinea | 2 |
| Diomansy Kamara | Senegal | 2 |
| Haminu Draman | Ghana | 2 |
| Hans Sarpei | Ghana | 2 |
| Henri Camara | Senegal | 2 |
| Iván Zarandona | Equatorial Guinea | 2 |
| Juan Epitie | Equatorial Guinea | 2 |
| Juvenal | Equatorial Guinea | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 11 Oct 2008 | v Sierra Leone | 4–1 | 51′ | — | Extended lead | 4–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 22 Jun 2010 | v South Korea | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 2010 | v Greece | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 2010 | v Argentina | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 6 Jun 2010 | v North Korea | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 30 May 2010 | v Colombia | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 25 May 2010 | v Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | Friendly |
| 30 Jan 2010 | v Algeria | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2010 · Third-place play-off |
| 28 Jan 2010 | v Ghana | 0–1 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2010 · Semi-final |
| 29 Mar 2009 | v Mozambique | 0–0 | started, off 87′ | 87 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 11 Oct 2008 | v Sierra Leone | 4–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 6 Sep 2008 | v South Africa | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 21 Jun 2008 | v Equatorial Guinea | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 15 Jun 2008 | v Equatorial Guinea | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 9 Feb 2006 | v Senegal | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Third-place play-off |
| 7 Feb 2006 | v Ivory Coast | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Semi-final |
| 4 Feb 2006 | v Tunisia | 1–1 | started, off 96′ | 96 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Quarter-final |
| 31 Jan 2006 | v Senegal | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage |
| 27 Jan 2006 | v Zimbabwe | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage |
| 23 Jan 2006 | v Ghana | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage |
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.