Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Scotland's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 20% |
| Without them | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Adrian Elrick | New Zealand | 1 |
| Aleksandr Chivadze | Russia | 1 |
| Allan Boath | New Zealand | 1 |
| Anatoliy Demyanenko | Russia | 1 |
| Andriy Bal | Russia | 1 |
| Antonio Alzamendi | Uruguay | 1 |
| Bobby Almond | New Zealand | 1 |
| Darío Pereyra | Uruguay | 1 |
| Ditmar Jakobs | Germany | 1 |
| Duncan Cole | New Zealand | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 18 Jun 1982 | v Brazil | 1–4 | 18′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 13 Jun 1986 | v Uruguay | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 8 Jun 1986 | v Germany | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 22 Jun 1982 | v Russia | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 1982 | v Brazil | 1–4 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 1982 | v New Zealand | 5–2 | came on 83′ | 7 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 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.