Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Northern Ireland's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alain Couriol | France | 1 |
| Alain Giresse | France | 1 |
| Anthony Costly | Honduras | 1 |
| Anton Pichler | Austria | 1 |
| Antonio Laing | Honduras | 1 |
| Armando Betancourt | Honduras | 1 |
| Bernard Genghini | France | 1 |
| Bernd Krauss | Austria | 1 |
| Bruno Pezzey | Austria | 1 |
| Didier Six | France | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 2 May 1979 | v Bulgaria | 2–0 | 16′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1979 |
| 30 Oct 1974 | v Sweden | 2–0 | 7′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1974 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 4 Jul 1982 | v France | 1–4 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 1 Jul 1982 | v Austria | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 25 Jun 1982 | v Spain | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 1982 | v Honduras | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 1982 | v Serbia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 2 May 1979 | v Bulgaria | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1979 |
| 30 Oct 1974 | v Sweden | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1974 |
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.