Tallest: 2 · 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 | 43 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 66 | 40 | 46.5% |
| Without them | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 55 | 29 | 50% |
| Alfa Semedo | Guinea-Bissau | 4 |
| Fali Candé | Guinea-Bissau | 4 |
| Jordan Ayew | Ghana | 4 |
| Opa Sanganté | Guinea-Bissau | 4 |
| Aïssa Mandi | Algeria | 3 |
| Ange Mutsinzi | Rwanda | 3 |
| Bonheur Mugisha | Rwanda | 3 |
| Burá | Guinea-Bissau | 3 |
| Dálcio | Guinea-Bissau | 3 |
| Djihad Bizimana | Rwanda | 3 |
| Benin | 1 | 1 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 16 Nov 2025 | v DR Congo | 1–1 | 3′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Benin | 4–0 | 90′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 16 Oct 2023 | v Mozambique | 3–2 | 30′ | — | Go-ahead goal | 2–1 | 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 60′ | 30 | — | — | Friendly |
| 3 Jun 2026 | v Poland | 2–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 Mar 2026 | v Jordan | 2–2 | started, off 81′ | 81 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Iran | 2–1 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | Friendly |
| 14 Jan 2026 | v Morocco | 0–0 | started, off 120′ | 120 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 10 Jan 2026 | v Algeria | 2–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 5 Jan 2026 | v Mozambique | 4–0 | started, off 83′ | 83 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 27 Dec 2025 | v Tunisia | 3–2 | started, off 79′ | 79 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 16 Nov 2025 | v DR Congo | 1–1 | started | 120 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | v Gabon | 4–1 | came on 83′ | 37 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Benin | 4–0 | came on 74′ | 16 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 6 Sep 2025 | v Rwanda | 1–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 6 Jun 2025 | v Russia | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 May 2025 | v Jamaica | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Unity Cup 2025 |
| 28 May 2025 | v Ghana | 2–1 | started, off 82′ | 82 | — | — | Unity Cup 2025 |
| 18 Nov 2024 | v Rwanda | 1–2 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 14 Nov 2024 | v Benin | 1–1 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Oct 2024 | v Libya | 1–0 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v Rwanda | 0–0 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 22 Mar 2024 | v Ghana | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 11 Feb 2024 | v Ivory Coast | 1–2 | started, off 86′ | 86 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Final |
| 7 Feb 2024 | v South Africa | 1–1 | started, off 102′ | 102 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Semi-final |
| 2 Feb 2024 | v Angola | 1–0 | started, off 87′ | 87 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 27 Jan 2024 | v Cameroon | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 22 Jan 2024 | v Guinea-Bissau | 1–0 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 18 Jan 2024 | v Ivory Coast | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Equatorial Guinea | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 19 Nov 2023 | v Zimbabwe | 1–1 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Lesotho | 1–1 | started, off 73′ | 73 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 16 Oct 2023 | v Mozambique | 3–2 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 10 Sep 2023 | v São Tomé and Príncipe | 6–0 | started, off 64′ | 64 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | v Sierra Leone | 3–2 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 27 Mar 2023 | v Guinea-Bissau | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Guinea-Bissau | 0–1 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 17 Nov 2022 | v Portugal | 0–4 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 Sep 2022 | v Algeria | 1–2 | started, off 85′ | 85 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 29 Mar 2022 | v Ghana | 1–1 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2022 |
| 25 Mar 2022 | v Ghana | 0–0 | came on 59′ | 31 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2022 |
| 19 Jan 2022 | v Guinea-Bissau | 2–0 | came on 76′ | 14 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2022 · Group stage |
| 16 Nov 2021 | v Cape Verde | 1–1 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
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.