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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 80% |
| Without them | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 46.7% |
| Abdoulaye Faye | Senegal | 1 |
| Abubakari Yakubu | Ghana | 1 |
| Arístides Rojas | Paraguay | 1 |
| Bekithemba Ndlovu | Zimbabwe | 1 |
| Benjamin Mwaruwari | Zimbabwe | 1 |
| Boukary Dramé | Senegal | 1 |
| Carlos Gamarra | Paraguay | 1 |
| Carlos Paredes | Paraguay | 1 |
| Celso Ayala | Paraguay | 1 |
| Cephas Chimedza | Zimbabwe | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 24 Jun 1998 | v Paraguay | 1–3 | 11′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 7 Jun 1997 | v Kenya | 3–0 | 83′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 9 Feb 2006 | v Senegal | 1–0 | came on 67′ | 23 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Third-place play-off |
| 27 Jan 2006 | v Zimbabwe | 2–0 | started, off 53′ | 53 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage |
| 23 Jan 2006 | v Ghana | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage |
| 16 May 2002 | v Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | came on 66′ | 24 | — | — | Friendly |
| 24 Jun 1998 | v Paraguay | 1–3 | started, off 68′ | 68 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 7 Jun 1997 | v Kenya | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
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.