Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 28 | 50% |
| Without them | 57 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 99 | 55 | 50.9% |
| Frank Anguissa | Cameroon | 4 |
| Karl Toko Ekambi | Cameroon | 4 |
| Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | Cameroon | 3 |
| Michael Ngadeu | Cameroon | 3 |
| Moumi Ngamaleu | Cameroon | 3 |
| Pierre Kunde | Cameroon | 3 |
| Stéphane Bahoken | Cameroon | 3 |
| Bernardo Silva | Portugal | 2 |
| Bruno Fernandes | Portugal | 2 |
| Cédric Hountondji | Benin | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 3 Jun 2026 | v Poland | 2–2 | 77′ | pen | Go-ahead goal | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 30 Dec 2025 | v Uganda | 3–1 | 28′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 30 Mar 2021 | v Lesotho | 3–0 | 83′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2021 |
| 27 Mar 2021 | v Benin | 1–0 | 90′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2021 |
| 26 Mar 2019 | v Egypt | 1–0 | 1′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 10 Jun 2026 | v Portugal | 1–2 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | Friendly |
| 3 Jun 2026 | v Poland | 2–2 | came on 45′ | 45 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Iran | 2–1 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Jan 2026 | v Egypt | 0–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 14 Jan 2026 | v Morocco | 0–0 | came on 118′ | 2 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 5 Jan 2026 | v Mozambique | 4–0 | came on 86′ | 4 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 30 Dec 2025 | v Uganda | 3–1 | started, off 76′ | 76 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 23 Dec 2025 | v Tanzania | 2–1 | came on 86′ | 4 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 10 Jun 2024 | v Benin | 1–2 | came on 51′ | 39 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 7 Jun 2024 | v South Africa | 1–1 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 2 Feb 2024 | v Angola | 1–0 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 27 Jan 2024 | v Cameroon | 2–0 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 18 Jan 2024 | v Ivory Coast | 1–0 | came on 88′ | 2 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Equatorial Guinea | 1–1 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Guinea-Bissau | 0–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 17 Nov 2022 | v Portugal | 0–4 | came on 58′ | 32 | — | — | Friendly |
| 16 Nov 2021 | v Cape Verde | 1–1 | came on 89′ | 1 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 7 Sep 2021 | v Cape Verde | 2–1 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 3 Sep 2021 | v Liberia | 2–0 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 8 Jun 2021 | v Cameroon | 0–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 4 Jun 2021 | v Cameroon | 0–1 | started, off 66′ | 66 | — | — | Friendly |
| 30 Mar 2021 | v Lesotho | 3–0 | came on 76′ | 14 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2021 |
| 27 Mar 2021 | v Benin | 1–0 | came on 71′ | 19 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2021 |
| 13 Nov 2020 | v Sierra Leone | 4–4 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2020 |
| 9 Oct 2020 | v Algeria | 0–1 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2019 | v Brazil | 1–1 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | Friendly |
| 6 Jul 2019 | v Cameroon | 3–2 | came on 85′ | 5 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2019 · Round of 16 |
| 26 Jun 2019 | v Guinea | 1–0 | came on 88′ | 2 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2019 · Group stage |
| 22 Jun 2019 | v Burundi | 1–0 | started, off 73′ | 73 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2019 · Group stage |
| 8 Jun 2019 | v Zimbabwe | 0–0 | started, off 64′ | 64 | — | — | Friendly |
| 26 Mar 2019 | v Egypt | 1–0 | started, off 88′ | 88 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 22 Mar 2019 | v Seychelles | 3–1 | came on 65′ | 25 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2019 |
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.