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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ditmar Jakobs | Germany | 1 |
| Felix Magath | Germany | 1 |
| Frank Arnesen | Denmark | 1 |
| Hans-Peter Briegel | Germany | 1 |
| Harald Schumacher | Germany | 1 |
| Ivan Nielsen | Denmark | 1 |
| Jan Mølby | Denmark | 1 |
| Jens Jørn Bertelsen | Denmark | 1 |
| Jesper Olsen | Denmark | 1 |
| John Sivebæk | Denmark | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 20 Nov 1985 | v Australia | 2–0 | 59′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 8 Jun 1986 | v Germany | 1–2 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 1986 | v Denmark | 0–1 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 20 Nov 1985 | v Australia | 2–0 | — | — | 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.