Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Algeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 40% |
| Without them | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Alan McDonald | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Andoni Goikoetxea | Spain | 1 |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | 1 |
| Bernd Krauss | Austria | 1 |
| Billy Hamilton | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Bruno Pezzey | Austria | 1 |
| Carlos Caszely | Chile | 1 |
| Colin Clarke | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| David McCreery | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Eduardo Bonvallet | Chile | 1 |
| Niger | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 1 May 1981 | v Niger | 4–0 | 53′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 12 Jun 1986 | v Spain | 0–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 3 Jun 1986 | v Northern Ireland | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 24 Jun 1982 | v Chile | 3–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 1982 | v Austria | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 16 Jun 1982 | v Germany | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 1 May 1981 | v Niger | 4–0 | — | — | 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.