Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Brazil's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 56 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 119 | 33 | 73.2% |
| Without them | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 47 | 23 | 42.9% |
| Cristian Riveros | Paraguay | 3 |
| Darío Verón | Paraguay | 3 |
| Giancarlo Maldonado | Venezuela | 3 |
| Juan Fernando Arango | Venezuela | 3 |
| Justo Villar | Paraguay | 3 |
| Paulo da Silva | Paraguay | 3 |
| Víctor Cáceres | Paraguay | 3 |
| Akira Kaji | Japan | 2 |
| Alberto Gilardino | Italy | 2 |
| Alejandro Moreno | Venezuela | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 12 Nov 2005 | v United Arab Emirates | 8–0 | 65′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 9 Feb 2005 | v Hong Kong | 7–1 | 19′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | Lunar New Year Cup 2005 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 5 Sep 2011 | v Ghana | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Aug 2011 | v Germany | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Jul 2011 | v Paraguay | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | Copa América 2011 · Quarter-final |
| 13 Jul 2011 | v Ecuador | 4–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Copa América 2011 · Group stage |
| 9 Jul 2011 | v Paraguay | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Copa América 2011 · Group stage |
| 3 Jul 2011 | v Venezuela | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Copa América 2011 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2011 | v Netherlands | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2011 | v Scotland | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 2 Jul 2010 | v Netherlands | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Quarter-final |
| 28 Jun 2010 | v Chile | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Round of 16 |
| 25 Jun 2010 | v Portugal | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 20 Jun 2010 | v Ivory Coast | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 2010 | v North Korea | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 2010 | v Zimbabwe | 3–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 2 Mar 2010 | v Republic of Ireland | 2–0 | started, off 82′ | 82 | — | — | Friendly |
| 14 Nov 2009 | v England | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 5 Sep 2009 | v Argentina | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 28 Jun 2009 | v United States | 3–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Final |
| 25 Jun 2009 | v South Africa | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Semi-final |
| 21 Jun 2009 | v Italy | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 2009 | v United States | 3–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 2009 | v Egypt | 4–3 | started | 90 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2009 · Group stage |
| 10 Jun 2009 | v Paraguay | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 6 Jun 2009 | v Uruguay | 4–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 1 Apr 2009 | v Peru | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 29 Mar 2009 | v Ecuador | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 10 Feb 2009 | v Italy | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 Oct 2008 | v Colombia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 12 Oct 2008 | v Venezuela | 4–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 10 Sep 2008 | v Bolivia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 7 Sep 2008 | v Chile | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 26 Mar 2008 | v Sweden | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 6 Feb 2007 | v Portugal | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 3 Sep 2006 | v Argentina | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Jul 2006 | v France | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Quarter-final |
| 27 Jun 2006 | v Ghana | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Round of 16 |
| 22 Jun 2006 | v Japan | 4–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 2006 | v Australia | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 13 Jun 2006 | v Croatia | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2006 | v New Zealand | 4–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
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.