Tallest: 2 · 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 66.7% |
| Without them | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0% |
| Albert Celades | Spain | 1 |
| Albert Ferrer | Spain | 1 |
| Alfonso | Spain | 1 |
| Allan Nielsen | Denmark | 1 |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | 1 |
| Brian Laudrup | Denmark | 1 |
| Daniel Borimirov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Ebbe Sand | Denmark | 1 |
| Emil Kostadinov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Fernando Hierro | Spain | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 23 Jan 2000 | v Tunisia | 4–2 | 77′ | — | Extended lead | 4–1 | African Cup of Nations 2000 · Group stage |
| 23 Jan 2000 | v Tunisia | 4–2 | 71′ | — | Winning goal | 3–1 | African Cup of Nations 2000 · Group stage |
| 19 Jun 1998 | v Bulgaria | 1–0 | 28′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 23 Jan 2000 | v Tunisia | 4–2 | — | — | 2 | — | African Cup of Nations 2000 · Group stage |
| 28 Jun 1998 | v Denmark | 1–4 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Round of 16 |
| 19 Jun 1998 | v Bulgaria | 1–0 | started, off 75′ | 75 | 1 | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 13 Jun 1998 | v Spain | 3–2 | started, off 83′ | 83 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
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.