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 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20% |
| Without them | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 100% |
| Alan McDonald | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Alemão | Brazil | 1 |
| Andoni Goikoetxea | Spain | 1 |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | 1 |
| Bernd Krauss | Austria | 1 |
| Billy Hamilton | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Branco | Brazil | 1 |
| Bruno Pezzey | Austria | 1 |
| Careca | Brazil | 1 |
| Carlos | Brazil | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 3 Jun 1986 | v Northern Ireland | 1–1 | 59′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 16 Mar 1982 | v Ghana | 2–3 | 29′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | African Cup of Nations 1982 · Semi-final |
| 10 Oct 1981 | v Nigeria | 2–0 | 44′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | 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, off 58′ | 58 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 6 Jun 1986 | v Brazil | 0–1 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 3 Jun 1986 | v Northern Ireland | 1–1 | started, off 71′ | 71 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · 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, off 64′ | 64 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 16 Mar 1982 | v Ghana | 2–3 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 1982 · Semi-final |
| 10 Oct 1981 | v Nigeria | 2–0 | — | — | 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.