Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
Costa Rica's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 50% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alan McInally | Scotland | 1 |
| Alemão | Brazil | 1 |
| Alex McLeish | Scotland | 1 |
| Ally McCoist | Scotland | 1 |
| Bebeto | Brazil | 1 |
| Branco | Brazil | 1 |
| Careca | Brazil | 1 |
| Carlos Mozer | Brazil | 1 |
| Cláudio Taffarel | Brazil | 1 |
| David McPherson | Scotland | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 13 Jun 1997 | v Brazil | 0–5 | 34′ | own goal | Extended lead | 0–2 | Copa América 1997 · Group stage |
| 15 Nov 1992 | v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1–0 | 57′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1992 |
| 23 Jun 1990 | v Czech Republic | 1–4 | 55′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Round of 16 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 13 Jun 1997 | v Brazil | 0–5 | — | — | — | — | Copa América 1997 · Group stage |
| 15 Nov 1992 | v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1992 |
| 23 Jun 1990 | v Czech Republic | 1–4 | started | 90 | 1 | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Round of 16 |
| 20 Jun 1990 | v Sweden | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 16 Jun 1990 | v Brazil | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 11 Jun 1990 | v Scotland | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · 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.