Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Costa Rica's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0% |
| Without them | 47 | 19 | 8 | 20 | 72 | 68 | 40.4% |
| Adriano | Brazil | 1 |
| Ali Daei | Iran | 1 |
| Ali Karimi | Iran | 1 |
| Ânderson Polga | Brazil | 1 |
| Andranik Teymourian | Iran | 1 |
| Arif Erdem | Turkey | 1 |
| Cafu | Brazil | 1 |
| Dani Alves | Brazil | 1 |
| David Luiz | Brazil | 1 |
| Ebrahim Mirzapour | Iran | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 29 Mar 2003 | v Paraguay | 2–1 | 34′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 9 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 1–1 | 86′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 7 Oct 2011 | v Brazil | 0–1 | started, off 64′ | 64 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Mar 2006 | v Iran | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Mar 2003 | v Paraguay | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 13 Jun 2002 | v Brazil | 2–5 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 9 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 1–1 | came on 77′ | 13 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · 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.