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 Austria v Scotland, 29 March 2022[1]
Players in bold are still active with Scotland.
# 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 Tom Boyd 72 1 1990–2001 Motherwell, Chelsea, Celtic
7 Kenny Miller 69 18 2001–2013 Rangers, Wolves, Celtic, Derby County, Bursaspor, Cardiff City, Vancouver Whitecaps
David Weir 1 1997–2010 Heart of Midlothian, Everton, Rangers
9 Christian Dailly 67 6 1997–2008 Blackburn Rovers, Derby County, West Ham United, Southampton, Rangers
10 Craig Gordon 66 0 2004–Present Heart of Midlothian, Sunderland, Celtic

Top goalscorers
See also: Progression of Scotland association football goalscoring record
As of Austria v Scotland, 29 March 2022[1]
# 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 Kenny Miller 18 69 0.261 2001–2013
7 Robert Hamilton 15 11 1.364 1899–1911
James McFadden 15 48 0.313 2002–2010
9 Mo Johnston 14 38 0.368 1984–1991
10 Robert Smyth McColl 13 13 1 1896–1908
Andrew Wilson 13 12 1.083 1920–1923

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 [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 Austria v Scotland, 29 March 2022
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
 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 7 7 0 0 24 6 +18 100.00
 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 115 41 26 48 174 203 −29 35.65
 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 16 8 0 8 15 23 −8 50.00
 Georgia 4 2 0 2 3 4 −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 20 6 5 9 17 28 −11 30.00
 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 40 20 11 9 73 34 +39 50.00
 Norway 18 9 6 3 34 21 +13 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 11 4 3 4 12 9 +3 36.36
 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 13 3 4 6 20 23 −3 23.08
 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 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 0.00
 Ukraine 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 50.00
 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 808 383 176 249 1385 990 +395 47.40
Source: Results

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 Austria v Scotland, 29 March 2022
Period Pld W D L F A GD %W
1872–1914 113 71 23 19 341 137 +204 062.83
1920–1939 75 46 12 17 160 95 +65 061.33
1940–1959 86 39 19 28 162 130 +32 045.35
1960–1979 158 70 33 55 266 217 +49 044.30
1980–1999 179 76 46 57 213 167 +46 042.46
2000–2019 172 70 34 68 213 222 −9 040.70
2020–present 25 11 9 5 30 22 +8 044.00
Totals 808 383 176 249 1,385 990 +395 047.40

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

References
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