Tallest: 7 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 5 · Minute
Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 54.5% |
| Without them | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 66.7% |
| Aaron Mokoena | South Africa | 1 |
| Abdelkarim Kissi | Morocco | 1 |
| Abdeslam Ouaddou | Morocco | 1 |
| Abdoulaye Méité | Ivory Coast | 1 |
| Abubakari Yakubu | Ghana | 1 |
| Agueh Maxime | Benin | 1 |
| Allan Johnston | Scotland | 1 |
| Anders Svensson | Sweden | 1 |
| Andreas Andersson | Sweden | 1 |
| Andreas Jakobsson | Sweden | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 26 Mar 2005 | v Gabon | 2–0 | 79′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 5 Sep 2004 | v Zimbabwe | 3–0 | 3′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 7 Jun 2002 | v Sweden | 1–2 | 27′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 16 May 2002 | v Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | 13′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 17 Apr 2002 | v Scotland | 2–1 | 69′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 17 Apr 2002 | v Scotland | 2–1 | 40′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 7 Feb 2002 | v Senegal | 1–2 | 88′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | African Cup of Nations 2002 · Semi-final |
| 28 Jan 2002 | v Liberia | 1–0 | 63′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 2002 · Group stage |
| 21 Jan 2002 | v Algeria | 1–0 | 43′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 2002 · Group stage |
| 1 Jul 2001 | v Sudan | 4–0 | 78′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
| 7 Feb 2000 | v Senegal | 2–1 | 92′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | African Cup of Nations 2000 · Quarter-final |
| 7 Feb 2000 | v Senegal | 2–1 | 85′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | African Cup of Nations 2000 · Quarter-final |
| 3 Feb 2000 | v Morocco | 2–0 | 81′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | African Cup of Nations 2000 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 7 Feb 2006 | v Ivory Coast | 0–1 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Semi-final |
| 27 Jan 2006 | v Zimbabwe | 2–0 | started, off 53′ | 53 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage |
| 23 Jan 2006 | v Ghana | 1–0 | started, off 79′ | 79 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage |
| 26 Mar 2005 | v Gabon | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 5 Sep 2004 | v Zimbabwe | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 4 Feb 2004 | v Benin | 2–1 | started, off 66′ | 66 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2004 · Group stage |
| 31 Jan 2004 | v South Africa | 4–0 | started, off 84′ | 84 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2004 · Group stage |
| 27 Jan 2004 | v Morocco | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2004 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 2002 | v England | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 7 Jun 2002 | v Sweden | 1–2 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 2002 | v Argentina | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 16 May 2002 | v Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 17 Apr 2002 | v Scotland | 2–1 | started | 90 | 2 | — | Friendly |
| 7 Feb 2002 | v Senegal | 1–2 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2002 · Semi-final |
| 28 Jan 2002 | v Liberia | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2002 · Group stage |
| 21 Jan 2002 | v Algeria | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2002 · Group stage |
| 1 Jul 2001 | v Sudan | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
| 7 Feb 2000 | v Senegal | 2–1 | — | — | 2 | — | African Cup of Nations 2000 · Quarter-final |
| 3 Feb 2000 | v Morocco | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2000 · 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.