Nigeria national football team records and statistics

The following is a list of the Nigeria national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Player records

 * Players in bold are still active with Nigeria.

FIFA World Cup

 * Notes

African Cup of Nations

 * *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via a penalty shoot-out.
 * **Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

African Games

 * Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.

Head-to-head record
The following table summarizes the all-time record for the Nigeria national football team. Nigeria has played matches against 92 current and former national teams, with the latest result, a loss against 🇦🇷 argentina on 26 June 2018.


 * Win %- Number of wins divided by number of games played (ties count as half a win)
 * Defunct nations are listed in Italics (nations that changed names are listed under their most recent name; nations that have separated into two or more new nations are listed as defunct)
 * Table lists only full senior team competitions. Olympics, underage competition and African Nations Championship matches are excluded
 * Matches which are won after extra time with penalty kicks are listed as draws, per official FIFA designation.