Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 57.1% |
| Without them | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0% |
| Daniel Borimirov | Bulgaria | 2 |
| Emil Kostadinov | Bulgaria | 2 |
| Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | 2 |
| Krasimir Balakov | Bulgaria | 2 |
| Trifon Ivanov | Bulgaria | 2 |
| Zlatko Yankov | Bulgaria | 2 |
| Abel Balbo | Argentina | 1 |
| Albert Celades | Spain | 1 |
| Albert Ferrer | Spain | 1 |
| Alejandro Mancuso | Argentina | 1 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 12 Mar 1990 | v Zambia | 2–0 | 18′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 1990 · Semi-final |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 28 Jun 1998 | v Denmark | 1–4 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Round of 16 |
| 19 Jun 1998 | v Bulgaria | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 13 Jun 1998 | v Spain | 3–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 5 Jul 1994 | v Italy | 1–2 | started | 120 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Round of 16 |
| 30 Jun 1994 | v Greece | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 25 Jun 1994 | v Argentina | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 1994 | v Bulgaria | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 12 Mar 1990 | v Zambia | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 1990 · Semi-final |
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.