Tallest: 2 · 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Antonio Alzamendi | Uruguay | 1 |
| Darío Pereyra | Uruguay | 1 |
| Ditmar Jakobs | Germany | 1 |
| Eduardo Mario Acevedo | Uruguay | 1 |
| Enzo Francescoli | Uruguay | 1 |
| Felix Magath | Germany | 1 |
| Fernando Álvez | Uruguay | 1 |
| Hans-Peter Briegel | Germany | 1 |
| Harald Schumacher | Germany | 1 |
| Jorge Barrios | Uruguay | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 |
| Wales | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 12 Nov 1986 | v Luxembourg | 3–0 | 38′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1986 |
| 12 Nov 1986 | v Luxembourg | 3–0 | 24′ | pen | Winning goal | 1–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1986 |
| 20 Nov 1985 | v Australia | 2–0 | 53′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
| 10 Sep 1985 | v Wales | 1–1 | 80′ | pen | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 12 Nov 1986 | v Luxembourg | 3–0 | — | — | 2 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1986 |
| 13 Jun 1986 | v Uruguay | 0–0 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 8 Jun 1986 | v Germany | 1–2 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 20 Nov 1985 | v Australia | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
| 10 Sep 1985 | v Wales | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
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.