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 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 49 | 40% |
| Adriano | Brazil | 1 |
| Ali Daei | Iran | 1 |
| Ali Karimi | Iran | 1 |
| Alou Diarra | France | 1 |
| Amado Guevara | Honduras | 1 |
| Andranik Teymourian | Iran | 1 |
| Andrés Guardado | Mexico | 1 |
| Anthony Reveillere | France | 1 |
| Boniek García | Honduras | 1 |
| Carlos Bocanegra | United States | 1 |
| Iran | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 1 Mar 2006 | v Iran | 2–3 | 43′ | — | Pulled one back | 1–3 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 7 Oct 2011 | v Brazil | 0–1 | came on 66′ | 24 | — | — | Friendly |
| 5 Sep 2009 | v Mexico | 0–3 | started, off 49′ | 49 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 3 Jun 2009 | v United States | 3–1 | came on 75′ | 15 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 11 Feb 2009 | v Honduras | 2–0 | came on 52′ | 38 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 1 Mar 2006 | v Iran | 2–3 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 9 Nov 2005 | v France | 2–3 | started, off 64′ | 64 | — | — | 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.