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 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 40% |
| Without them | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 57.1% |
| Abdoulaye Soulama | Burkina Faso | 1 |
| Abdoulrazak Traore | Burkina Faso | 1 |
| Abebaw Butaco | Ethiopia | 1 |
| Adane Grima | Ethiopia | 1 |
| Addis Hintsa | Ethiopia | 1 |
| Alain Traoré | Burkina Faso | 1 |
| Alan Hutton | Scotland | 1 |
| Allan McGregor | Scotland | 1 |
| Andy Robertson | Scotland | 1 |
| Aristide Bancé | Burkina Faso | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 14 Nov 2012 | v Venezuela | 3–1 | 53′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 28 May 2014 | v Scotland | 2–2 | came on 53′ | 37 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2013 | v Ethiopia | 2–1 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2013 |
| 7 Sep 2013 | v Malawi | 2–0 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2013 |
| 25 Jan 2013 | v Zambia | 1–1 | started, off 76′ | 76 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2013 · Group stage |
| 21 Jan 2013 | v Burkina Faso | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2013 · Group stage |
| 14 Nov 2012 | v Venezuela | 3–1 | — | — | 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.