Tallest: 4 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 62.5% |
| Without them | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| Aaron Appindangoyé | Gabon | 1 |
| Aaron Wan-Bissaka | DR Congo | 1 |
| Abdallah Nasib | Jordan | 1 |
| Abde Ezzalzouli | Morocco | 1 |
| Abubakar Moffat | Zimbabwe | 1 |
| Achraf Hakimi | Morocco | 1 |
| Adam Masina | Morocco | 1 |
| Adil Boulbina | Algeria | 1 |
| Ahmad Assaf | Jordan | 1 |
| Aïssa Mandi | Algeria | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 10 Jun 2026 | v Portugal | 1–2 | 37′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Iran | 2–1 | 51′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 10 Jan 2026 | v Algeria | 2–0 | 57′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 5 Jan 2026 | v Mozambique | 4–0 | 75′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | v Gabon | 4–1 | 78′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Lesotho | 2–1 | 80′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 10 Jun 2026 | v Portugal | 1–2 | started, off 79′ | 79 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 3 Jun 2026 | v Poland | 2–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 26 May 2026 | v Zimbabwe | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Unity Cup 2026 |
| 31 Mar 2026 | v Jordan | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Iran | 2–1 | started, off 68′ | 68 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 17 Jan 2026 | v Egypt | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 14 Jan 2026 | v Morocco | 0–0 | started, off 98′ | 98 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 10 Jan 2026 | v Algeria | 2–0 | started, off 86′ | 86 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 5 Jan 2026 | v Mozambique | 4–0 | started, off 86′ | 86 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 30 Dec 2025 | v Uganda | 3–1 | came on 87′ | 3 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 27 Dec 2025 | v Tunisia | 3–2 | started, off 79′ | 79 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 23 Dec 2025 | v Tanzania | 2–1 | started, off 59′ | 59 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 16 Nov 2025 | v DR Congo | 1–1 | came on 45′ | 75 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | v Gabon | 4–1 | started, off 83′ | 83 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Benin | 4–0 | started, off 74′ | 74 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Lesotho | 2–1 | came on 62′ | 28 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
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.