Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
Scotland's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25% |
| Without them | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 100% |
| Adrian Elrick | New Zealand | 1 |
| Aleksandr Chivadze | Russia | 1 |
| Ali Parvin | Iran | 1 |
| Allan Boath | New Zealand | 1 |
| Anatoliy Demyanenko | Russia | 1 |
| Andranik Eskandarian | Iran | 1 |
| Andriy Bal | Russia | 1 |
| Bobby Almond | New Zealand | 1 |
| Duncan Cole | New Zealand | 1 |
| Ebrahim Ghasempour | Iran | 1 |
| Israel | 2 | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | 1 | 1 |
| Romania | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Oct 1990 | v Switzerland | 2–1 | 34′ | pen | Opening goal | 1–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1990 |
| 12 Sep 1990 | v Romania | 2–1 | 37′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | UEFA Euro qualification 1990 |
| 15 Jun 1982 | v New Zealand | 5–2 | 73′ | — | Extended lead | 4–2 | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 9 Sep 1981 | v Sweden | 2–0 | 80′ | pen | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
| 28 Apr 1981 | v Israel | 3–1 | 30′ | pen | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
| 28 Apr 1981 | v Israel | 3–1 | 21′ | pen | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
| 19 Dec 1979 | v Belgium | 1–3 | 55′ | — | Pulled one back | 1–3 | UEFA Euro qualification 1979 |
| 7 Jun 1979 | v Norway | 4–0 | 43′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1979 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 17 Oct 1990 | v Switzerland | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1990 |
| 12 Sep 1990 | v Romania | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1990 |
| 22 Jun 1982 | v Russia | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 1982 | v Brazil | 1–4 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 1982 | v New Zealand | 5–2 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 9 Sep 1981 | v Sweden | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
| 28 Apr 1981 | v Israel | 3–1 | — | — | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
| 19 Dec 1979 | v Belgium | 1–3 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1979 |
| 7 Jun 1979 | v Norway | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1979 |
| 7 Jun 1978 | v Iran | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1978 · Group stage |
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.