Tallest: 1 · 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 60% |
| Without them | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| Alain Giresse | France | 1 |
| Alexandre Guimarães | Costa Rica | 1 |
| Anders Limpar | Sweden | 1 |
| Bruno Bellone | France | 1 |
| Claudio Caniggia | Argentina | 1 |
| Claudio Jara | Costa Rica | 1 |
| Dariusz Dziekanowski | Poland | 1 |
| Diego Maradona | Argentina | 1 |
| Dominique Rocheteau | France | 1 |
| Gabriel Calderón | Argentina | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 20 Aug 1989 | v Venezuela | 6–0 | 37′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 24 Jun 1990 | v Argentina | 0–1 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Round of 16 |
| 16 Jun 1990 | v Costa Rica | 1–0 | came on 86′ | 4 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 10 Jun 1990 | v Sweden | 2–1 | came on 82′ | 8 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 20 Aug 1989 | v Venezuela | 6–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 21 Jun 1986 | v France | 1–1 | came on 91′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Quarter-final |
| 16 Jun 1986 | v Poland | 4–0 | came on 73′ | 17 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Round of 16 |
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.