Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
Costa Rica's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0% |
| Without them | 66 | 31 | 12 | 23 | 105 | 74 | 47% |
| Abel Aguilar | Colombia | 1 |
| Adriano | Brazil | 1 |
| Agustín Delgado | Ecuador | 1 |
| Alex | Brazil | 1 |
| Andrés Felipe González | Colombia | 1 |
| Andrés Orozco | Colombia | 1 |
| Antonio Valencia | Ecuador | 1 |
| Arkadiusz Radomski | Poland | 1 |
| Artur Boruc | Poland | 1 |
| Aureliano Torres | Paraguay | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 8 Oct 2005 | v United States | 3–0 | 88′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 8 Oct 2005 | v United States | 3–0 | 60′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 8 Jun 2005 | v Guatemala | 3–2 | 34′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 13 Oct 2004 | v Canada | 3–1 | 87′ | — | Extended lead | 3–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 9 Oct 2004 | v Guatemala | 5–0 | 19′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 22 Jan 2014 | v Chile | 0–4 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | Friendly |
| 19 Nov 2013 | v Australia | 0–1 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | Friendly |
| 20 Jun 2006 | v Poland | 1–2 | came on 82′ | 8 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 2006 | v Ecuador | 0–3 | came on 56′ | 34 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 8 Oct 2005 | v United States | 3–0 | — | — | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 8 Jun 2005 | v Guatemala | 3–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 13 Oct 2004 | v Canada | 3–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 9 Oct 2004 | v Guatemala | 5–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 17 Jul 2004 | v Colombia | 0–2 | started, off 55′ | 55 | — | — | Copa América 2004 · Quarter-final |
| 11 Jul 2004 | v Brazil | 1–4 | came on 76′ | 14 | — | — | Copa América 2004 · Group stage |
| 8 Jul 2004 | v Paraguay | 0–1 | came on 77′ | 13 | — | — | Copa América 2004 · 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.