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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Capi | Spain | 1 |
| Carles Puyol | Spain | 1 |
| Fernando Sanchez Morientes | Spain | 1 |
| Gaizka Mendieta | Spain | 1 |
| Gutí | Spain | 1 |
| Iker Casillas | Spain | 1 |
| Ivan Helguera | Spain | 1 |
| Joaquín | Spain | 1 |
| Míchel Salgado | Spain | 1 |
| Raúl | Spain | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 9 Nov 1996 | v Germany | 1–1 | 38′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1996 |
| 2 Jun 1993 | v Latvia | 2–1 | 15′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
| 28 Apr 1992 | v Lithuania | 2–2 | 16′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1992 |
| 13 Nov 1991 | v Denmark | 1–2 | 71′ | — | Pulled one back | 1–2 | UEFA Euro qualification 1991 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 12 Oct 2002 | v Spain | 0–3 | started | 90 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2002 |
| 9 Nov 1996 | v Germany | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1996 |
| 2 Jun 1993 | v Latvia | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
| 28 Apr 1992 | v Lithuania | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1992 |
| 13 Nov 1991 | v Denmark | 1–2 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1991 |
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.