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 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16.7% |
| Without them | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 66.7% |
| Abdoh Autef | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdulatif Al-Ghannam | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdullah Al Dosari | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdullah Shuhail | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abel Aguilar | Colombia | 1 |
| Ahmad Mohammed Abass | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Ahmed Al Fraidi | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Ahmed Ateef | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Alaa Alrishani | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Alexandros Tziolis | Greece | 1 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 30 May 2010 | v Colombia | 1–1 | 69′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 17 Jun 2010 | v Greece | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 2010 | v Argentina | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 6 Jun 2010 | v North Korea | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 30 May 2010 | v Colombia | 1–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 25 May 2010 | v Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 May 2008 | v Austria | 1–1 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | 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.