Tallest: 4 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 50% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Abel Balbo | Argentina | 1 |
| Alejandro Mancuso | Argentina | 1 |
| Alessandro Costacurta | Italy | 1 |
| Alexis Alexandris | Greece | 1 |
| Alexis Alexiou | Greece | 1 |
| Antonio Benarrivo | Italy | 1 |
| Borislav Mihaylov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Christos Karkamanis | Greece | 1 |
| Claudio Caniggia | Argentina | 1 |
| Daniel Borimirov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 7 Jun 1997 | v Kenya | 3–0 | 43′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 27 Apr 1997 | v Burkina Faso | 2–1 | 58′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 5 Jul 1994 | v Italy | 1–2 | 25′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Round of 16 |
| 21 Jun 1994 | v Bulgaria | 3–0 | 55′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 10 Apr 1994 | v Zambia | 2–1 | 47′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | African Cup of Nations 1994 · Final |
| 10 Apr 1994 | v Zambia | 2–1 | 5′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | African Cup of Nations 1994 · Final |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 7 Jun 1997 | v Kenya | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 27 Apr 1997 | v Burkina Faso | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 5 Jul 1994 | v Italy | 1–2 | started, off 57′ | 57 | 1 | — | 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 | 1 | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 10 Apr 1994 | v Zambia | 2–1 | — | — | 2 | — | African Cup of Nations 1994 · 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.