Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
Argentina's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 47.1% |
| Without them | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 61 | 37 | 61.8% |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | 3 |
| Bernd Schneider | Germany | 3 |
| Édgar Barreto | Paraguay | 3 |
| Julio Cáceres | Paraguay | 3 |
| Oswaldo Sánchez | Mexico | 3 |
| Per Mertesacker | Germany | 3 |
| Rafael Márquez | Mexico | 3 |
| Roque Santa Cruz | Paraguay | 3 |
| Andrés Guardado | Mexico | 2 |
| Andrés Iniesta | Spain | 2 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 |
| Peru | 1 | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 26 Mar 2011 | v United States | 1–1 | 42′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 10 Sep 2008 | v Peru | 1–1 | 82′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 16 Jun 2006 | v Serbia | 6–0 | 31′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 2005 | v Germany | 2–2 | 74′ | — | Equaliser | 2–2 | Confederations Cup 2005 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 6 Jul 2011 | v Colombia | 0–0 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | Copa América 2011 · Group stage |
| 1 Jul 2011 | v Bolivia | 1–1 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Copa América 2011 · Group stage |
| 26 Mar 2011 | v United States | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 9 Feb 2011 | v Portugal | 2–1 | started, off 78′ | 78 | — | — | Friendly |
| 7 Sep 2010 | v Spain | 4–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 14 Nov 2009 | v Spain | 1–2 | came on 75′ | 15 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 Oct 2008 | v Chile | 0–1 | started, off 82′ | 82 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 11 Oct 2008 | v Uruguay | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 10 Sep 2008 | v Peru | 1–1 | started, off 88′ | 88 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 6 Sep 2008 | v Paraguay | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 20 Nov 2007 | v Colombia | 1–2 | started, off 75′ | 75 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2007 |
| 17 Nov 2007 | v Bolivia | 3–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2007 |
| 16 Oct 2007 | v Venezuela | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2007 |
| 13 Oct 2007 | v Chile | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2007 |
| 15 Jul 2007 | v Brazil | 0–3 | started, off 59′ | 59 | — | — | Copa América 2007 · Final |
| 11 Jul 2007 | v Mexico | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Copa América 2007 · Semi-final |
| 8 Jul 2007 | v Peru | 4–0 | started, off 84′ | 84 | — | — | Copa América 2007 · Quarter-final |
| 5 Jul 2007 | v Paraguay | 1–0 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | Copa América 2007 · Group stage |
| 2 Jul 2007 | v Colombia | 4–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Copa América 2007 · Group stage |
| 28 Jun 2007 | v United States | 4–1 | started, off 58′ | 58 | — | — | Copa América 2007 · Group stage |
| 7 Feb 2007 | v France | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 30 Jun 2006 | v Germany | 1–1 | came on 72′ | 48 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Quarter-final |
| 24 Jun 2006 | v Mexico | 2–1 | started, off 76′ | 76 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Round of 16 |
| 21 Jun 2006 | v Netherlands | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 16 Jun 2006 | v Serbia | 6–0 | came on 17′ | 73 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 10 Jun 2006 | v Ivory Coast | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 30 May 2006 | v Angola | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Mar 2006 | v Croatia | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Nov 2005 | v England | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 3 Sep 2005 | v Paraguay | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 29 Jun 2005 | v Brazil | 1–4 | started, off 56′ | 56 | — | Yellow | Confederations Cup 2005 · Final |
| 26 Jun 2005 | v Mexico | 1–1 | started | 120 | — | — | Confederations Cup 2005 · Semi-final |
| 21 Jun 2005 | v Germany | 2–2 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Confederations Cup 2005 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2005 | v Ecuador | 0–2 | — | — | — | Red | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 9 Feb 2005 | v Germany | 2–2 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Feb 2003 | v Netherlands | 0–1 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | 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.