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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ashley Cole | England | 1 |
| Danny Mills | England | 1 |
| Darius Vassell | England | 1 |
| David Beckham | England | 1 |
| David Seaman | England | 1 |
| Emile Heskey | England | 1 |
| Michael Owen | England | 1 |
| Nicky Butt | England | 1 |
| Paul Scholes | England | 1 |
| Rio Ferdinand | England | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Jun 2000 | v Sierra Leone | 2–0 | 37′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2000 |
| 22 Apr 2000 | v Eritrea | 4–0 | 13′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2000 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 12 Jun 2002 | v England | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 2000 | v Sierra Leone | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2000 |
| 22 Apr 2000 | v Eritrea | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2000 |
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.