Tallest: 9 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 7 · Minute
New Zealand's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alan Brazil | Scotland | 1 |
| Alan Hansen | Scotland | 1 |
| Alan Rough | Scotland | 1 |
| Aleksandr Chivadze | Russia | 1 |
| Allan Evans | Scotland | 1 |
| Anatoliy Demyanenko | Russia | 1 |
| Andriy Bal | Russia | 1 |
| Danny McGrain | Scotland | 1 |
| David Narey | Scotland | 1 |
| Éder | Brazil | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 5 Oct 1985 | v Taiwan | 5–1 | — | — | 3 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
| 23 Jun 1982 | v Brazil | 0–4 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 19 Jun 1982 | v Russia | 0–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 1982 | v Scotland | 2–5 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 14 Dec 1981 | v Kuwait | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
| 16 Aug 1981 | v Fiji | 13–0 | — | — | 6 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
| 3 May 1981 | v Fiji | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
| 25 Apr 1981 | v Australia | 3–3 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
| 25 Feb 1980 | v Tahiti | 1–3 | — | — | 1 | — | Oceania Nations Cup 1980 · Group stage |
| 23 Mar 1977 | v Taiwan | 6–0 | — | — | 3 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
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.