Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Northern Ireland's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Abdellah Medjadi Liegeon | Algeria | 1 |
| Andoni Goikoetxea | Spain | 1 |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | 1 |
| Djamel Zidane | Algeria | 1 |
| Emilio Butragueño | Spain | 1 |
| Faouzi Mansouri | Algeria | 1 |
| Francisco | Spain | 1 |
| Halim Benmabrouk | Algeria | 1 |
| José Antonio Camacho | Spain | 1 |
| Juan Antonio Señor | Spain | 1 |
| Malta | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 21 May 1988 | v Malta | 3–0 | 23′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1988 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 21 May 1988 | v Malta | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1988 |
| 7 Jun 1986 | v Spain | 1–2 | started, off 54′ | 54 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 3 Jun 1986 | v Algeria | 1–1 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | 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.