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 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 33 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 50 | 28 | 45.5% |
| Ahmed Deen | Sierra Leone | 1 |
| Aiden McGeady | Republic of Ireland | 1 |
| Al Bangura | Sierra Leone | 1 |
| Aldo De Nigris | Mexico | 1 |
| Alou Diarra | France | 1 |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | Spain | 1 |
| Álvaro González | Uruguay | 1 |
| Álvaro Pereira | Uruguay | 1 |
| André-Pierre Gignac | France | 1 |
| Andrés Guardado | Mexico | 1 |
| France | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 2 Jun 2009 | v France | 1–0 | 32′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 23 Jun 2013 | v Spain | 0–3 | started, off 71′ | 71 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2013 · Group stage |
| 20 Jun 2013 | v Uruguay | 1–2 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | Yellow | Confederations Cup 2013 · Group stage |
| 31 May 2013 | v Mexico | 2–2 | started, off 51′ | 51 | — | — | Friendly |
| 2 Jun 2009 | v France | 1–0 | started, off 74′ | 74 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 29 May 2009 | v Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | Friendly |
| 11 Oct 2008 | v Sierra Leone | 4–1 | came on 66′ | 24 | — | — | 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.