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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alessandro Costacurta | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Benarrivo | Italy | 1 |
| Daniele Massaro | Italy | 1 |
| Demetrio Albertini | Italy | 1 |
| Dino Baggio | Italy | 1 |
| Gianfranco Zola | Italy | 1 |
| Giuseppe Signori | Italy | 1 |
| Luca Marchegiani | Italy | 1 |
| Nicola Berti | Italy | 1 |
| Paolo Maldini | Italy | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 25 Sep 1993 | v Ivory Coast | 4–1 | 20′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 5 Jul 1994 | v Italy | 1–2 | came on 57′ | 63 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Round of 16 |
| 25 Sep 1993 | v Ivory Coast | 4–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
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.