Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
Scotland's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Adrian Elrick | New Zealand | 1 |
| Aleksandr Chivadze | Russia | 1 |
| Allan Boath | New Zealand | 1 |
| Anatoliy Demyanenko | Russia | 1 |
| Andriy Bal | Russia | 1 |
| Bobby Almond | New Zealand | 1 |
| Duncan Cole | New Zealand | 1 |
| Éder | Brazil | 1 |
| Falcão | Brazil | 1 |
| Frank van Hattum | New Zealand | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 30 Mar 1983 | v Switzerland | 2–2 | 70′ | — | Pulled one back | 1–2 | UEFA Euro qualification 1983 |
| 13 Oct 1982 | v German DR | 2–0 | 53′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1982 |
| 15 Jun 1982 | v New Zealand | 5–2 | 32′ | — | Winning goal | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 1982 | v New Zealand | 5–2 | 29′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 25 Mar 1981 | v Northern Ireland | 1–1 | 75′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 30 Mar 1983 | v Switzerland | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1983 |
| 13 Oct 1982 | v German DR | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1982 |
| 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 | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 25 Mar 1981 | v Northern Ireland | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
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.