Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Brazil's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 66.7% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alain Giresse | France | 1 |
| Alan McDonald | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Billy Hamilton | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Bruno Bellone | France | 1 |
| Colin Clarke | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Dariusz Dziekanowski | Poland | 1 |
| David Campbell | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| David McCreery | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Dominique Rocheteau | France | 1 |
| Gerry Armstrong | Northern Ireland | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 16 Jun 1986 | v Poland | 4–0 | 55′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Round of 16 |
| 12 Jun 1986 | v Northern Ireland | 3–0 | 42′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 21 Jun 1986 | v France | 1–1 | started | 120 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Quarter-final |
| 16 Jun 1986 | v Poland | 4–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Round of 16 |
| 12 Jun 1986 | v Northern Ireland | 3–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
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.