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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 50% |
| Without them | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 14.3% |
| Adam Larsen | Ghana | 1 |
| Albert Adomah | Ghana | 1 |
| Anthony Annan | Ghana | 1 |
| Asamoah Gyan | Ghana | 1 |
| Basisila Lusadisu | DR Congo | 1 |
| Bedi Mbenza | DR Congo | 1 |
| Bengele Bombase | DR Congo | 1 |
| Cedric Makiadi | DR Congo | 1 |
| Cschini Kanyinda | DR Congo | 1 |
| Dioko Kaluyituka | DR Congo | 1 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 3 Mar 2010 | v DR Congo | 5–2 | 11′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 11 Oct 2011 | v Ghana | 0–0 | came on 88′ | 2 | — | — | Friendly |
| 3 Mar 2010 | v DR Congo | 5–2 | started, off 69′ | 69 | 1 | — | Friendly |
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.