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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Abdellah Medjadi Liegeon | Algeria | 1 |
| Alemão | Brazil | 1 |
| Andoni Goikoetxea | Spain | 1 |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | 1 |
| Branco | Brazil | 1 |
| Careca | Brazil | 1 |
| Carlos | Brazil | 1 |
| Casagrande | Brazil | 1 |
| Djamel Zidane | Algeria | 1 |
| Edinho | Brazil | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Feb 1993 | v Albania | 2–1 | 41′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
| 11 Sep 1991 | v Faroe Islands | 5–0 | 14′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1991 |
| 21 Dec 1988 | v Spain | 0–4 | 64′ | own goal | Extended lead | 0–4 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1988 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 17 Feb 1993 | v Albania | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
| 11 Sep 1991 | v Faroe Islands | 5–0 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1991 |
| 21 Dec 1988 | v Spain | 0–4 | — | — | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1988 |
| 12 Jun 1986 | v Brazil | 0–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 7 Jun 1986 | v Spain | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 3 Jun 1986 | v Algeria | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | 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.