Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Algeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alan McDonald | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Alemão | Brazil | 1 |
| Andoni Goikoetxea | Spain | 1 |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | 1 |
| Billy Hamilton | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Branco | Brazil | 1 |
| Careca | Brazil | 1 |
| Carlos | Brazil | 1 |
| Casagrande | Brazil | 1 |
| Colin Clarke | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 6 Oct 1985 | v Tunisia | 4–1 | 67′ | — | Extended lead | 3–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 12 Jun 1986 | v Spain | 0–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 6 Jun 1986 | v Brazil | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 3 Jun 1986 | v Northern Ireland | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 6 Oct 1985 | v Tunisia | 4–1 | — | — | 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.