Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Northern Ireland's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 27.6% |
| Without them | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 24% |
| Jacek Bak | Poland | 3 |
| Jacek Krzynowek | Poland | 3 |
| Tomasz Rzasa | Poland | 3 |
| Aki Riihilahti | Finland | 2 |
| Andreas Ibertsberger | Austria | 2 |
| Ashley Cole | England | 2 |
| David Beckham | England | 2 |
| Emanuel Pogatetz | Austria | 2 |
| Emin Guliyev | Azerbaijan | 2 |
| Frank Lampard | England | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 3 Sep 2005 | v Azerbaijan | 2–0 | 60′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 13 Oct 2004 | v Austria | 3–3 | 93′ | — | Equaliser | 3–3 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 6 Jun 2004 | v Trinidad and Tobago | 3–0 | 41′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2001 | v Bulgaria | 3–4 | 84′ | — | Pulled one back | 2–4 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 26 Mar 2008 | v Georgia | 4–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 8 Sep 2007 | v Latvia | 0–1 | started, off 66′ | 66 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2007 |
| 22 Aug 2007 | v Liechtenstein | 3–1 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2007 |
| 2 Sep 2006 | v Iceland | 0–3 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2006 |
| 16 Aug 2006 | v Finland | 2–1 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Mar 2006 | v Estonia | 1–0 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 Nov 2005 | v Portugal | 1–1 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Oct 2005 | v Austria | 0–2 | came on 76′ | 14 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 8 Oct 2005 | v Wales | 2–3 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 7 Sep 2005 | v England | 1–0 | started, off 90′ | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 3 Sep 2005 | v Azerbaijan | 2–0 | started, off 89′ | 89 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 17 Aug 2005 | v Malta | 1–1 | started, off 59′ | 59 | — | — | Friendly |
| 4 Jun 2005 | v Germany | 1–4 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | Friendly |
| 30 Mar 2005 | v Poland | 0–1 | came on 88′ | 2 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 26 Mar 2005 | v England | 0–4 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 13 Oct 2004 | v Austria | 3–3 | came on 78′ | 42 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 9 Oct 2004 | v Azerbaijan | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 4 Sep 2004 | v Poland | 0–3 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 18 Aug 2004 | v Switzerland | 0–0 | started, off 81′ | 81 | — | — | Friendly |
| 6 Jun 2004 | v Trinidad and Tobago | 3–0 | started, off 46′ | 46 | 1 | Yellow | Friendly |
| 2 Jun 2004 | v Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2–0 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 30 May 2004 | v Barbados | 1–1 | came on 67′ | 23 | — | — | Friendly |
| 11 Oct 2003 | v Greece | 0–1 | started, off 70′ | 70 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2003 |
| 3 Jun 2003 | v Italy | 0–2 | came on 87′ | 3 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Mar 2003 | v Armenia | 0–1 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2003 |
| 12 Feb 2003 | v Finland | 0–1 | came on 77′ | 13 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Apr 2002 | v Spain | 0–5 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2002 | v Liechtenstein | 0–0 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Feb 2002 | v Poland | 1–4 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2001 | v Bulgaria | 3–4 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
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.