Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Northern Ireland's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Abdellah Medjadi Liegeon | Algeria | 1 |
| Alemão | Brazil | 1 |
| Andoni Goikoetxea | Spain | 1 |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | 1 |
| Branco | Brazil | 1 |
| Careca | Brazil | 1 |
| Carlos | Brazil | 1 |
| Casagrande | Brazil | 1 |
| Djamel Zidane | Algeria | 1 |
| Edinho | Brazil | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 27 Apr 1983 | v Albania | 1–0 | 54′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1983 |
| 17 Nov 1982 | v Germany | 1–0 | 18′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1982 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 12 Jun 1986 | v Brazil | 0–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 7 Jun 1986 | v Spain | 1–2 | came on 54′ | 36 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 3 Jun 1986 | v Algeria | 1–1 | came on 67′ | 23 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 27 Apr 1983 | v Albania | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1983 |
| 17 Nov 1982 | v Germany | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1982 |
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.