Tallest: 4 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 5 · Minute
Costa Rica's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 15.4% |
| Without them | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 40% |
| Kléberson | Brazil | 2 |
| Abel Aguilar | Colombia | 1 |
| Adriano | Brazil | 1 |
| Agustín Delgado | Ecuador | 1 |
| Alex | Brazil | 1 |
| Alex Fabián Varas Rubio | Chile | 1 |
| Alou Diarra | France | 1 |
| Anatoliy Tymoschuk | Ukraine | 1 |
| Ânderson Polga | Brazil | 1 |
| Andrés Felipe González | Colombia | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 20 Jun 2006 | v Poland | 1–2 | started, off 82′ | 82 | 1 | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 2006 | v Ecuador | 0–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 9 Jun 2006 | v Germany | 2–4 | started, off 90′ | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 30 May 2006 | v Czech Republic | 0–1 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 May 2006 | v Ukraine | 0–4 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 9 Nov 2005 | v France | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 3 Sep 2005 | v Panama | 3–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 19 Jun 2005 | v China PR | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 8 Jun 2005 | v Guatemala | 3–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 9 Feb 2005 | v Mexico | 1–2 | — | — | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 17 Jul 2004 | v Colombia | 0–2 | came on 55′ | 35 | — | — | Copa América 2004 · Quarter-final |
| 14 Jul 2004 | v Chile | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Copa América 2004 · Group stage |
| 11 Jul 2004 | v Brazil | 1–4 | came on 59′ | 31 | — | — | Copa América 2004 · Group stage |
| 8 Jul 2004 | v Paraguay | 0–1 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | — | Copa América 2004 · Group stage |
| 20 Jun 2004 | v Cuba | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 13 Jun 2002 | v Brazil | 2–5 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 9 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2002 | v China PR | 2–0 | started | 90 | 1 | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 30 Jan 2002 | v South Korea | 3–1 | — | — | 1 | — | Gold Cup 2002 · Semi-final |
| 26 Jan 2002 | v Haiti | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | Gold Cup 2002 · Quarter-final |
| 1 Sep 2001 | v Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | — | — | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
| 16 Jul 2001 | v Uruguay | 1–1 | — | — | — | Yellow | Copa América 2001 · Group stage |
| 23 Mar 1997 | v United States | 3–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 14 Dec 1996 | v United States | 1–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1996 |
| 10 Nov 1996 | v Guatemala | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1996 |
| 1 Sep 1996 | v Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1996 |
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.