Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Costa Rica's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ânderson Polga | Brazil | 1 |
| Arif Erdem | Turkey | 1 |
| Bo Qu | China PR | 1 |
| Cafu | Brazil | 1 |
| Chen Yang | China PR | 1 |
| Chengying Wu | China PR | 1 |
| Edílson | Brazil | 1 |
| Edmílson | Brazil | 1 |
| Emre Asik | Turkey | 1 |
| Emre Belözoglu | Turkey | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 4 Feb 1998 | v Cuba | 7–2 | 29′ | pen | Winning goal | 3–0 | Gold Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 1 Dec 1996 | v United States | 2–1 | 84′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1996 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 13 Jun 2002 | v Brazil | 2–5 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 9 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 1–1 | started, off 77′ | 77 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2002 | v China PR | 2–0 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 4 Feb 1998 | v Cuba | 7–2 | — | — | 1 | — | Gold Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 1 Dec 1996 | v United States | 2–1 | — | — | 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.