Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| Without them | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 56% |
| Aaron Mokoena | South Africa | 1 |
| Bevan Fransman | South Africa | 1 |
| Bryce Daren Moon | South Africa | 1 |
| Cho Yong-Hyung | South Korea | 1 |
| Delron Buckley | South Africa | 1 |
| Du-Ri Cha | South Korea | 1 |
| Excellent Walaza | South Africa | 1 |
| Innocent Mdledle | South Africa | 1 |
| Jung Sung-Ryong | South Korea | 1 |
| Kagisho Dikgacoi | South Africa | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 8 Oct 2005 | v Zimbabwe | 5–1 | 62′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 22 Jun 2010 | v South Korea | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 1 Jun 2008 | v South Africa | 2–0 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 8 Oct 2005 | v Zimbabwe | 5–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
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.