Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 4 · Minute
Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alexis Alexandris | Greece | 1 |
| Alexis Alexiou | Greece | 1 |
| Christos Karkamanis | Greece | 1 |
| Ioannis Kalitzakis | Greece | 1 |
| Minas Hantzidis | Greece | 1 |
| Nikos Machlas | Greece | 1 |
| Nikos Nioplias | Greece | 1 |
| Nikos Tsiantakis | Greece | 1 |
| Panagiotis Tsalouchidis | Greece | 1 |
| Savvas Kofidis | Greece | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 12 Jan 1992 | v Senegal | 2–1 | 89′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | African Cup of Nations 1992 · Group stage |
| 12 Aug 1989 | v Angola | 1–0 | 44′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 10 Jun 1989 | v Cameroon | 2–0 | 43′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 22 Jan 1989 | v Angola | 2–2 | 8′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 6 Apr 1985 | v Kenya | 3–0 | 45′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
| 14 Mar 1984 | v Egypt | 2–2 | 43′ | pen | Pulled one back | 1–2 | African Cup of Nations 1984 · Semi-final |
| 7 Mar 1982 | v Ethiopia | 3–0 | 84′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | African Cup of Nations 1982 · Group stage |
| 7 Mar 1982 | v Ethiopia | 3–0 | 27′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 1982 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 30 Jun 1994 | v Greece | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 12 Jan 1992 | v Senegal | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 1992 · Group stage |
| 12 Aug 1989 | v Angola | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 10 Jun 1989 | v Cameroon | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 22 Jan 1989 | v Angola | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 6 Apr 1985 | v Kenya | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
| 14 Mar 1984 | v Egypt | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 1984 · Semi-final |
| 7 Mar 1982 | v Ethiopia | 3–0 | — | — | 2 | — | African Cup of Nations 1982 · 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.