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 | 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 |
| Jacek Bak | Poland | 1 |
| Jacek Krzynowek | Poland | 1 |
| Jacek Zielinski | Poland | 1 |
| Marek Koźmiński | Poland | 1 |
| Michal Zewlakow | Poland | 1 |
| Pawel Kryszalowicz | Poland | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 18 Nov 1998 | v Moldova | 2–2 | 63′ | — | Equaliser | 2–2 | UEFA Euro qualification 1998 |
| 5 Oct 1996 | v Armenia | 1–1 | 29′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1996 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 13 Feb 2002 | v Poland | 1–4 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | Friendly |
| 18 Nov 1998 | v Moldova | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1998 |
| 5 Oct 1996 | v Armenia | 1–1 | — | — | 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.