Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Abel Balbo | Argentina | 1 |
| Alejandro Mancuso | Argentina | 1 |
| Alexis Alexandris | Greece | 1 |
| Alexis Alexiou | Greece | 1 |
| Borislav Mihaylov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Christos Karkamanis | Greece | 1 |
| Claudio Caniggia | Argentina | 1 |
| Daniel Borimirov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Diego Maradona | Argentina | 1 |
| Diego Simeone | Argentina | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 6 Jan 1995 | v Japan | 3–0 | 4′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Confederations Cup 1995 · Group stage |
| 25 Jun 1994 | v Argentina | 1–2 | 8′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 10 Oct 1992 | v South Africa | 4–0 | 56′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1992 |
| 12 Jan 1992 | v Senegal | 2–1 | 13′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 1992 · Group stage |
| 25 Jun 1989 | v Gabon | 1–2 | 57′ | — | Pulled one back | 1–2 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 10 Jun 1989 | v Cameroon | 2–0 | 86′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 6 Jan 1995 | v Japan | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | Confederations Cup 1995 · Group stage |
| 30 Jun 1994 | v Greece | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 25 Jun 1994 | v Argentina | 1–2 | started, off 57′ | 57 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 1994 | v Bulgaria | 3–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 10 Oct 1992 | v South Africa | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1992 |
| 12 Jan 1992 | v Senegal | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 1992 · Group stage |
| 25 Jun 1989 | v Gabon | 1–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 10 Jun 1989 | v Cameroon | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
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.