Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
Scotland's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Without them | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0% |
| Antonio Alzamendi | Uruguay | 1 |
| Darío Pereyra | Uruguay | 1 |
| Eduardo Mario Acevedo | Uruguay | 1 |
| Enzo Francescoli | Uruguay | 1 |
| Fernando Álvez | Uruguay | 1 |
| Frank Arnesen | Denmark | 1 |
| Ivan Nielsen | Denmark | 1 |
| Jan Mølby | Denmark | 1 |
| Jens Jørn Bertelsen | Denmark | 1 |
| Jesper Olsen | Denmark | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Oct 1984 | v Iceland | 3–0 | 74′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1984 |
| 12 Oct 1983 | v Belgium | 1–1 | 55′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | UEFA Euro qualification 1983 |
| 30 Mar 1983 | v Switzerland | 2–2 | 75′ | — | Equaliser | 2–2 | UEFA Euro qualification 1983 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 13 Jun 1986 | v Uruguay | 0–0 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 1986 | v Denmark | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 17 Oct 1984 | v Iceland | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1984 |
| 12 Oct 1983 | v Belgium | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1983 |
| 30 Mar 1983 | v Switzerland | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1983 |
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.