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
See also: Scotland national football team roll of honour
As of Israel v Scotland, 18 November 2020
# Name Clubs[note 1] Scotland career Caps Goals
1 Kenny Dalglish[1] Celtic, Liverpool 1971–1986 102 30
2 Jim Leighton[1] Aberdeen, Manchester United, Arsenal, Hibernian 1982–1998 91 0
3 Darren Fletcher Manchester United, West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City 2003–2017 80 5
4 Alex McLeish[1] Aberdeen 1980–1993 77 0
5 Paul McStay[1] Celtic 1983–1997 76 9
6 Tom Boyd[1] Motherwell, Chelsea, Celtic 1990–2001 72 1
7 Kenny Miller[1] Rangers, Wolves, Celtic, Derby County, Bursaspor, Cardiff City, Vancouver Whitecaps 2001–2013 69 18
David Weir[1] Heart of Midlothian, Everton, Rangers 1997–2010 1
9 Christian Dailly[2] Blackburn Rovers, Derby County, West Ham United, Southampton, Rangers 1997–2008 67 6
10 Willie Miller[1] Aberdeen 1975–1989 65 1

Highest goalscorers
See also: Progression of Scotland association football goalscoring record, List of international goals scored by Denis Law, and List of international goals scored by Kenny Dalglish
As of Israel v Scotland, 18 November 2020
# Name Scotland career Caps Goals Average
1 Denis Law[3] 1958–1974 55 30 0.545
Kenny Dalglish[3] 1971–1986 102 30 0.294
3 Hughie Gallacher[4][5] 1924–1935 20 24 1.2
4 Lawrie Reilly[3] 1948–1957 38 22 0.579
5 Ally McCoist[3] 1986–1998 61 19 0.311
6 Kenny Miller 2001–2013 69 18 0.261
7 Robert Hamilton 1899–1911 11 15 1.364
James McFadden 2002–2010 48 15 0.313
9 Mo Johnston 1984–1991 38 14 0.368
10 Robert Smyth McColl 1896–1908 13 13 1
Andrew Wilson 1920–1923 12 13 1.083

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Scotland national football team 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 [6]
13 March 1880 George Ker  England [6]
12 March 1881 John Smith  England [7]
14 March 1885 Alex Higgins Ireland [7]
23 March 1885 Joseph Lindsay  Wales [7]
20 March 1886 Charles Heggie Ireland [7]
24 March 1888 William Dickson Ireland [7]
9 March 1889 Willie Groves Ireland [7]
22 March 1890 William Paul  Wales [7]
18 March 1893 John Barker  Wales [8]
18 March 1893 Jake Madden  Wales [8]
19 March 1898 James Gillespie  Wales [8]
18 March 1899 Robert Smyth McColl  Wales [8]
25 March 1899 Robert Smyth McColl Ireland [8]
7 April 1900 Robert Smyth McColl  England [8]
23 February 1901 Sandy McMahon Ireland [9]
23 February 1901 RC Hamilton Ireland [9]
1 March 1902 RC Hamilton Ireland [9]
14 March 1908 Jimmy Quinn Ireland [9]
27 February 1926 Hughie Gallacher Ireland [10]
27 February 1928 Alex Jackson  England [10]
27 October 1928 Hughie Gallacher  Wales [10]
23 February 1929 Hughie Gallacher Ireland [10]
26 May 1929 Alec Cheyne  Norway [10]
26 May 1932 Neil Dewar  France [11]
1 October 1949 Henry Morris Ireland [12]
1 November 1950 Billy Steel  Northern Ireland [12]
20 May 1951 George Hamilton  Belgium [13]
30 April 1952 Lawrie Reilly  United States [13]
8 May 1957 Jackie Mudie  Spain [14]
7 October 1961 Alex Scott  Northern Ireland [15]
7 November 1962 Denis Law  Northern Ireland [15]
4 June 1963 Denis Law  Norway [15]
7 November 1963 Denis Law  Norway [15]
17 May 1969 Colin Stein  Cyprus [16]
29 March 2015 Steven Fletcher  Gibraltar [17]
11 October 2015 Steven Fletcher  Gibraltar [18]
4 September 2016 Robert Snodgrass  Malta [19]
20 November 2018 James Forrest  Israel [20]
12 October 2019 John McGinn  San Marino [21]

Team records

Head to head records
As of Israel v Scotland, 18 November 2020
Opponent Pld W D L %W
 Albania 2 2 0 0 100.00
 Argentina 4 1 1 2 025.00
 Australia 5 3 1 1 060.00
 Austria 20 6 6 8 030.00
 Belarus 4 2 1 1 050.00
 Belgium 20 4 3 13 020.00
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 2 0 0 100.00
 Brazil 10 0 2 8 000.00
 Bulgaria 6 3 3 0 050.00
 Canada 6 5 1 0 083.33
 Chile 2 2 0 0 100.00
 CIS 1 1 0 0 100.00
 Colombia 3 0 2 1 000.00
 Costa Rica 2 0 0 2 000.00
 Croatia 5 2 3 0 040.00
 Cyprus 7 7 0 0 100.00
 Czech Republic 9 4 1 4 044.44
 Czechoslovakia 10 5 1 4 050.00
 Denmark 16 10 0 6 062.50
 East Germany 6 2 1 3 033.33
 Ecuador 1 1 0 0 100.00
 Egypt 1 0 0 1 000.00
 England 114 41 25 48 035.96
 Estonia 8 6 2 0 075.00
 Faroe Islands 9 7 2 0 077.78
 Finland 8 6 2 0 075.00
 France 16 8 0 8 050.00
 Georgia 4 2 0 2 050.00
 Germany 9 2 2 5 022.22
 Gibraltar 2 2 0 0 100.00
 Greece 2 1 0 1 050.00
Hong Kong League XI 1 1 0 0 100.00
 Hungary 9 3 2 4 033.33
 Iceland 6 6 0 0 100.00
 Iran 1 0 1 0 000.00
 Ireland 55 43 6 6 078.18
 Israel 8 4 2 2 050.00
 Italy 11 1 2 8 009.09
 Japan 3 0 2 1 000.00
 Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 050.00
 Latvia 4 4 0 0 100.00
 Liechtenstein 2 2 0 0 100.00
 Lithuania 10 6 3 1 060.00
 Luxembourg 4 3 1 0 075.00
 North Macedonia 4 2 1 1 050.00
 Malta 7 6 1 0 085.71
 Mexico 1 0 0 1 000.00
 Moldova 2 1 1 0 050.00
 Morocco 1 0 0 1 000.00
 Netherlands 19 6 4 9 031.58
 New Zealand 2 1 1 0 050.00
 Nigeria 2 0 1 1 000.00
 Northern Ireland 40 20 11 9 050.00
 Norway 18 9 6 3 050.00
 Paraguay 1 0 0 1 000.00
 Peru 4 1 1 2 025.00
 Poland 10 2 5 3 020.00
 Portugal 15 4 3 8 026.67
 Qatar 1 1 0 0 100.00
 Republic of Ireland 11 4 3 4 036.36
 Romania 6 2 2 2 033.33
 Russia 4 0 2 2 000.00
 San Marino 8 8 0 0 100.00
 Saudi Arabia 1 0 1 0 000.00
 Serbia 3 0 2 1 000.00
 Slovakia 4 2 0 2 050.00
 Slovenia 5 2 3 0 040.00
 South Africa 2 1 0 1 050.00
 South Korea 1 0 0 1 000.00
 Soviet Union 4 0 1 3 000.00
 Spain 13 3 4 6 023.08
 Sweden 12 5 1 6 041.67
  Switzerland 16 8 3 5 050.00
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 0 0 100.00
 Turkey 1 0 0 1 000.00
 Ukraine 2 1 0 1 050.00
 United States 7 2 3 2 028.57
 Uruguay 4 1 1 2 025.00
 Wales 107 61 23 23 057.01
 West Germany 8 2 3 3 025.00
 Yugoslavia 8 2 5 1 025.00
 Zaire 1 1 0 0 100.00
Totals 786 370 170 246 047.07

Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches, and also includes a match against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 that the Scottish Football Association includes in its statistical totals.[22][23]

By decade
As of Israel v Scotland, 18 November 2020
Decade Pld W D L F A GD %W
1870s 12 8 2 2 41 15 +26 066.67
1880s 26 22 3 1 110 32 +78 084.62
1890s 30 19 5 6 100 48 +52 063.33
1900s 30 15 7 8 70 32 +38 050.00
1910s 15 7 6 2 20 10 +10 046.67
1920s 34 24 5 5 82 33 +49 070.59
1930s 41 22 7 12 78 62 +16 053.66
1940s 19 9 3 7 39 26 +13 047.37
1950s 67 30 16 21 123 104 +19 044.78
1960s 64 28 13 23 138 115 +23 043.75
1970s 89 37 20 32 114 98 +16 041.57
1980s 87 35 24 28 101 83 +18 040.23
1990s 92 41 22 29 112 84 +28 044.57
2000s 86 31 20 35 95 111 −16 036.05
2010s 86 39 14 33 118 111 +7 045.35
2020s 8 3 3 2 6 5 +1 037.50
Totals 786 370 170 246 1,347 969 +378 047.07

Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches, and also includes a match against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 that the Scottish Football Association includes in its statistical totals.[22][23]

Notes
  1. Only clubs played for while receiving caps are listed.

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