Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
Italy's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 50% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Aarón Padilla | Mexico | 1 |
| Antonio Munguía | Mexico | 1 |
| Arsène Auguste | Haiti | 1 |
| Bernd Patzke | Germany | 1 |
| Berti Vogts | Germany | 1 |
| Brito | Brazil | 1 |
| Carlos Alberto | Brazil | 1 |
| Carlos Babington | Argentina | 1 |
| Claude Barthélemy | Haiti | 1 |
| Clodoaldo | Brazil | 1 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1 |
| Finland | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 1 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 15 Jun 1974 | v Haiti | 3–1 | 52′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 1974 · Group stage |
| 20 Oct 1973 | v Switzerland | 2–0 | 39′ | pen | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1973 |
| 31 Mar 1973 | v Luxembourg | 5–0 | 63′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1973 |
| 17 Jun 1970 | v Germany | 4–3 | 111′ | — | Winning goal | 4–3 | FIFA World Cup 1970 · Semi-final |
| 14 Jun 1970 | v Mexico | 4–1 | 70′ | — | Extended lead | 3–1 | FIFA World Cup 1970 · Quarter-final |
| 1 Nov 1965 | v Poland | 6–1 | 71′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1965 |
| 4 Nov 1964 | v Finland | 6–1 | 16′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1964 |
| 10 Nov 1963 | v Russia | 1–1 | 89′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | UEFA Euro qualification 1963 |
| 2 Dec 1962 | v Turkey | 6–0 | 47′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1962 |
| 2 Dec 1962 | v Turkey | 6–0 | 15′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1962 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 19 Jun 1974 | v Argentina | 1–1 | started, off 66′ | 66 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1974 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 1974 | v Haiti | 3–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1974 · Group stage |
| 20 Oct 1973 | v Switzerland | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1973 |
| 31 Mar 1973 | v Luxembourg | 5–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1973 |
| 21 Jun 1970 | v Brazil | 1–4 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1970 · Final |
| 17 Jun 1970 | v Germany | 4–3 | came on 46′ | 74 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1970 · Semi-final |
| 14 Jun 1970 | v Mexico | 4–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | 1 | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1970 · Quarter-final |
| 11 Jun 1970 | v Israel | 0–0 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1970 · Group stage |
| 1 Nov 1965 | v Poland | 6–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1965 |
| 4 Nov 1964 | v Finland | 6–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1964 |
| 10 Nov 1963 | v Russia | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1963 |
| 2 Dec 1962 | v Turkey | 6–0 | — | — | 2 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1962 |
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.