Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Portugal's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 49 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 78 | 26 | 61.2% |
| Without them | 86 | 44 | 20 | 22 | 162 | 89 | 51.2% |
| Lars Jacobsen | Denmark | 4 |
| Simon Kjaer | Denmark | 4 |
| William Kvist | Denmark | 4 |
| Christian Eriksen | Denmark | 3 |
| Gevorg Ghazarian | Armenia | 3 |
| Nicklas Bendtner | Denmark | 3 |
| Robert Arzumanyan | Armenia | 3 |
| Roman Berezovski | Armenia | 3 |
| Alphonse Leweck | Luxembourg | 2 |
| Andre Ooijer | Netherlands | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 21 Jun 2010 | v North Korea | 7–0 | 89′ | — | Extended lead | 7–0 | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 2010 | v North Korea | 7–0 | 60′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 28 Mar 2007 | v Serbia | 1–1 | 5′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 2007 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 8 Oct 2015 | v Denmark | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2015 |
| 16 Jun 2015 | v Italy | 1–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Jun 2015 | v Armenia | 3–2 | started | 62 | — | Yellow, Second yellow | UEFA Euro qualification 2015 |
| 29 Mar 2015 | v Serbia | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2015 |
| 18 Nov 2014 | v Argentina | 1–0 | started, off 78′ | 78 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 14 Nov 2014 | v Armenia | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | UEFA Euro qualification 2014 |
| 14 Oct 2014 | v Denmark | 1–0 | started, off 84′ | 84 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2014 |
| 11 Oct 2014 | v France | 1–2 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Oct 2010 | v Iceland | 3–1 | came on 77′ | 13 | — | Yellow | UEFA Euro qualification 2010 |
| 8 Oct 2010 | v Denmark | 3–1 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2010 |
| 7 Sep 2010 | v Norway | 0–1 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2010 |
| 29 Jun 2010 | v Spain | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Round of 16 |
| 25 Jun 2010 | v Brazil | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 2010 | v North Korea | 7–0 | started | 90 | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 2010 | v Ivory Coast | 0–0 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 24 May 2010 | v Cape Verde | 0–0 | came on 57′ | 33 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 3 Mar 2010 | v China PR | 2–0 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | Friendly |
| 18 Nov 2009 | v Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 14 Nov 2009 | v Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 9 Sep 2009 | v Hungary | 1–0 | started, off 89′ | 89 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 5 Sep 2009 | v Denmark | 1–1 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 28 Mar 2009 | v Sweden | 0–0 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 22 Aug 2007 | v Armenia | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2007 |
| 2 Jun 2007 | v Belgium | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2007 |
| 28 Mar 2007 | v Serbia | 1–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2007 |
| 24 Mar 2007 | v Belgium | 4–0 | started | 90 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2007 |
| 6 Feb 2007 | v Brazil | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 Nov 2006 | v Kazakhstan | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2006 |
| 11 Oct 2006 | v Poland | 1–2 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2006 |
| 7 Oct 2006 | v Azerbaijan | 3–0 | came on 64′ | 26 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2006 |
| 6 Sep 2006 | v Finland | 1–1 | came on 85′ | 5 | — | — | UEFA Euro qualification 2006 |
| 1 Jul 2006 | v England | 0–0 | started, off 74′ | 74 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Quarter-final |
| 25 Jun 2006 | v Netherlands | 1–0 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Round of 16 |
| 21 Jun 2006 | v Mexico | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 2006 | v Iran | 2–0 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 11 Jun 2006 | v Angola | 1–0 | started, off 83′ | 83 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 3 Jun 2006 | v Luxembourg | 3–0 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 Nov 2005 | v Northern Ireland | 1–1 | started, off 76′ | 76 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Oct 2005 | v Latvia | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 8 Oct 2005 | v Liechtenstein | 2–1 | came on 72′ | 18 | — | — | 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.