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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Andrzej Bledzewski | Poland | 1 |
| Arkadiusz Bąk | Poland | 1 |
| Ebi Smolarek | Poland | 1 |
| Emmanuel Olisadebe | Poland | 1 |
| Franz Burgmeier | Liechtenstein | 1 |
| Frederic Gigon | Liechtenstein | 1 |
| Harry Zech | Liechtenstein | 1 |
| Jacek Bak | Poland | 1 |
| Jacek Krzynowek | Poland | 1 |
| Jacek Zielinski | Poland | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 2 Jun 1993 | v Latvia | 2–1 | 4′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
| 9 Sep 1992 | v Albania | 3–0 | 44′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1992 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 27 Mar 2002 | v Liechtenstein | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Feb 2002 | v Poland | 1–4 | started, off 82′ | 82 | — | — | Friendly |
| 2 Jun 1993 | v Latvia | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
| 9 Sep 1992 | v Albania | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1992 |
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.