Scotland national football team records and statistics
This page details Scotland national football team records and statistics; the most capped players, the players with the most goals, and Scotland's match record by opponent and decade.
Player records
Most capped players
- As of Scotland v Northern Ireland, 26 March 2024[1]
- Players in bold are still active with Scotland.
Rank | Name | Caps | Goals | Scotland career | Clubs[note 1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenny Dalglish | 102 | 30 | 1971–1986 | Celtic, Liverpool |
2 | Jim Leighton | 91 | 0 | 1982–1998 | Aberdeen, Manchester United, Hibernian |
3 | Darren Fletcher | 80 | 5 | 2003–2017 | Manchester United, West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City |
4 | Alex McLeish | 77 | 0 | 1980–1993 | Aberdeen |
5 | Paul McStay | 76 | 9 | 1983–1997 | Celtic |
6 | Craig Gordon | 74 | 0 | 2004–present | Heart of Midlothian, Sunderland, Celtic |
7 | Tom Boyd | 72 | 1 | 1990–2001 | Motherwell, Chelsea, Celtic |
8 | Kenny Miller | 69 | 18 | 2001–2013 | Rangers, Wolves, Celtic, Derby County, Bursaspor, Cardiff City, Vancouver Whitecaps |
Andrew Robertson | 3 | 2014–present | Dundee United, Hull City, Liverpool | ||
David Weir | 1 | 1997–2010 | Heart of Midlothian, Everton, Rangers |
Top goalscorers
- As of Scotland v Northern Ireland, 26 March 2024[1]
- Players in bold are still active with Scotland.
Rank | Name | Goals | Caps | Average | Scotland career |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Denis Law (list) | 30 | 55 | 0.545 | 1958–1974 |
Kenny Dalglish (list) | 30 | 102 | 0.294 | 1971–1986 | |
3 | Hughie Gallacher[2] | 24 | 20 | 1.2 | 1924–1935 |
4 | Lawrie Reilly | 22 | 38 | 0.579 | 1948–1957 |
5 | Ally McCoist | 19 | 61 | 0.311 | 1986–1998 |
6 | John McGinn | 18 | 64 | 0.281 | 2016–present |
Kenny Miller | 18 | 69 | 0.261 | 2001–2013 | |
8 | Robert Hamilton | 15 | 11 | 1.364 | 1899–1911 |
James McFadden | 15 | 48 | 0.313 | 2002–2010 | |
10 | Mo Johnston | 14 | 38 | 0.368 | 1984–1991 |
Hat-tricks
- Table
Wartime internationals, not regarded as official matches, are not included in the list.
Date | Player | Opponent | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
2 March 1878 | John McDougall | England | [3] |
13 March 1880 | George Ker | England | [3] |
12 March 1881 | John Smith | England | [4] |
14 March 1885 | Alex Higgins | Ireland | [4] |
23 March 1885 | Joseph Lindsay | Wales | [4] |
20 March 1886 | Charles Heggie | Ireland | [4] |
24 March 1888 | William Dickson | Ireland | [4] |
9 March 1889 | Willie Groves | Ireland | [4] |
22 March 1890 | William Paul | Wales | [4] |
18 March 1893 | John Barker | Wales | [5] |
18 March 1893 | Jake Madden | Wales | [5] |
19 March 1898 | James Gillespie | Wales | [5] |
18 March 1899 | Robert Smyth McColl | Wales | [5] |
25 March 1899 | Robert Smyth McColl | Ireland | [5] |
7 April 1900 | Robert Smyth McColl | England | [5] |
23 February 1901 | Sandy McMahon | Ireland | [6] |
23 February 1901 | RC Hamilton | Ireland | [6] |
1 March 1902 | RC Hamilton | Ireland | [6] |
14 March 1908 | Jimmy Quinn | Ireland | [6] |
27 February 1926 | Hughie Gallacher | Ireland | [7] |
27 February 1928 | Alex Jackson | England | [7] |
27 October 1928 | Hughie Gallacher | Wales | [7] |
23 February 1929 | Hughie Gallacher | Ireland | [7] |
26 May 1929 | Alec Cheyne | Norway | [7] |
26 May 1932 | Neil Dewar | France | [8] |
1 October 1949 | Henry Morris | Ireland | [9] |
1 November 1950 | Billy Steel | Northern Ireland | [9] |
20 May 1951 | George Hamilton | Belgium | [10] |
30 April 1952 | Lawrie Reilly | United States | [10] |
8 May 1957 | Jackie Mudie | Spain | [11] |
7 October 1961 | Alex Scott | Northern Ireland | [12] |
7 November 1962 | Denis Law | Northern Ireland | [12] |
4 June 1963 | Denis Law | Norway | [12] |
7 November 1963 | Denis Law | Norway | [12] |
13 June 1967 | Joe Harper | Canada Olympic Team | [13][14] |
17 May 1969 | Colin Stein | Cyprus | [15] |
29 March 2015 | Steven Fletcher | Gibraltar | [16] |
11 October 2015 | Steven Fletcher | Gibraltar | [17] |
4 September 2016 | Robert Snodgrass | Malta | [18] |
20 November 2018 | James Forrest | Israel | [19] |
12 October 2019 | John McGinn | San Marino | [20] |
Team records
Head to head records
- As of Scotland v Northern Ireland, 26 March 2024
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albania | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
Argentina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 25.00 |
Armenia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 100.00 |
Australia | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 75.00 |
Austria | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 30.43 |
Belarus | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 50.00 |
Belgium | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 20.00 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
Brazil | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0.00 |
Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 50.00 |
Canada | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 83.33 |
Canada Olympic Team | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 100.00 |
Chile | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 100.00 |
Colombia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
CIS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
Costa Rica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
Croatia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 33.33 |
Cyprus | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 100.00 |
Czech Republic | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 40.00 |
Czechoslovakia | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 50.00 |
Denmark | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 61.11 |
East Germany | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 33.33 |
Ecuador | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
England | 116 | 41 | 26 | 49 | 175 | 206 | −31 | 35.34 |
Estonia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 75.00 |
Faroe Islands | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 6 | +25 | 81.82 |
Finland | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 75.00 |
France | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 47.06 |
Georgia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 50.00 |
Germany | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 22.22 |
Gibraltar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 100.00 |
Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
Hong Kong League XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
Hungary | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 33.33 |
Iceland | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 100.00 |
Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Ireland | 55 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 185 | 47 | +138 | 78.18 |
Israel | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 54.55 |
Italy | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 9.09 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 50.00 |
Latvia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 100.00 |
Liechtenstein | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
Lithuania | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 60.00 |
Luxembourg | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 80.00 |
Malta | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 85.71 |
Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
Moldova | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 75.00 |
Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
Netherlands | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 28.57 |
New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 50.00 |
Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0.00 |
North Macedonia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 50.00 |
Northern Ireland | 41 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 73 | 35 | +38 | 48.78 |
Norway | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 50.00 |
Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
Peru | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 25.00 |
Poland | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 18.18 |
Portugal | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 26.67 |
Qatar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
Republic of Ireland | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 38.46 |
Romania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 33.33 |
Russia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0.00 |
San Marino | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +27 | 100.00 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
Serbia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
Slovakia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 50.00 |
Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 40.00 |
South Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 50.00 |
South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
Soviet Union | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0.00 |
Spain | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 26.67 |
Sweden | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 41.67 |
Switzerland | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 50.00 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0.00 |
Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 40.00 |
United States | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 28.57 |
Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 25.00 |
Wales | 107 | 61 | 23 | 23 | 243 | 124 | +119 | 57.01 |
West Germany | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 25.00 |
Yugoslavia | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 25.00 |
Zaire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
Total | 828 | 392 | 179 | 257 | 1417 | 1020 | +397 | 47.34 |
Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches, five matches from a 1967 overseas tour that were reclassified as full internationals in 2021,[13] and a match against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 that the Scottish Football Association includes in its statistical totals.[21][22]
By period
- As of Scotland v Northern Ireland, 26 March 2024
Period | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1872–1914 | 113 | 71 | 23 | 19 | 341 | 137 | +204 | 62.83 |
1920–1939 | 75 | 46 | 12 | 17 | 160 | 95 | +65 | 61.33 |
1940–1959 | 86 | 39 | 19 | 28 | 162 | 130 | +32 | 45.35 |
1960–1979 | 158 | 70 | 33 | 55 | 266 | 217 | +49 | 44.30 |
1980–1999 | 179 | 76 | 46 | 57 | 213 | 167 | +46 | 42.46 |
2000–2019 | 172 | 70 | 34 | 68 | 213 | 222 | −9 | 40.70 |
2020–present | 45 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 44.44 |
Totals | 828 | 392 | 179 | 257 | 1,417 | 1,020 | +397 | 47.34 |
Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches, five matches from a 1967 overseas tour that were reclassified as full internationals in 2021,[13] and a match against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 that the Scottish Football Association includes in its statistical totals.[21][22]
Notes
- ^ Only clubs played for while receiving caps are listed.
References
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