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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 Poland v Scotland, 18 November 2024
Players in bold are still active with Scotland.
Rank Name Caps Goals Scotland career Clubs
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
Andrew Robertson 4 2014–present Dundee United, Hull City, Liverpool
5 Craig Gordon 79 0 2004–present Heart of Midlothian, Sunderland, Celtic
6 Alex McLeish 77 0 1980–1993 Aberdeen
7 Paul McStay 76 9 1983–1997 Celtic
8 John McGinn 73 20 2016–present Hibernian, Aston Villa
9 Tom Boyd 72 1 1990–2001 Motherwell, Chelsea, Celtic
10 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

Top goalscorers

See also: Progression of Scotland association football goalscoring record
As of Poland v Scotland, 18 November 2024
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 24 20 1.2 1924–1935
4 Lawrie Reilly 22 38 0.579 1948–1957
5 John McGinn 20 73 0.274 2016–present
6 Ally McCoist 19 61 0.311 1986–1998
7 Kenny Miller 18 69 0.261 2001–2013
8 Robert Hamilton 15 11 1.364 1899–1911
James McFadden 48 0.313 2002–2010
10 Mo Johnston 14 38 0.368 1984–1991

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
13 March 1880 George Ker  England
12 March 1881 John Smith  England
14 March 1885 Alex Higgins Ireland Ireland
23 March 1885 Joseph Lindsay  Wales
20 March 1886 Charles Heggie Ireland Ireland
24 March 1888 William Dickson Ireland Ireland
9 March 1889 Willie Groves Ireland Ireland
22 March 1890 William Paul  Wales
18 March 1893 John Barker  Wales
18 March 1893 Jake Madden  Wales
19 March 1898 James Gillespie  Wales
18 March 1899 Robert Smyth McColl  Wales
25 March 1899 Robert Smyth McColl Ireland Ireland
7 April 1900 Robert Smyth McColl  England
23 February 1901 Sandy McMahon Ireland Ireland
23 February 1901 RC Hamilton Ireland Ireland
1 March 1902 RC Hamilton Ireland Ireland
14 March 1908 Jimmy Quinn Ireland Ireland
27 February 1926 Hughie Gallacher Ireland Ireland
27 February 1928 Alex Jackson  England
27 October 1928 Hughie Gallacher  Wales
23 February 1929 Hughie Gallacher Ireland Ireland
26 May 1929 Alec Cheyne  Norway
26 May 1932 Neil Dewar  France
1 October 1949 Henry Morris Ireland Ireland
1 November 1950 Billy Steel  Northern Ireland
20 May 1951 George Hamilton  Belgium
30 April 1952 Lawrie Reilly  United States
8 May 1957 Jackie Mudie  Spain
7 October 1961 Alex Scott  Northern Ireland
7 November 1962 Denis Law  Northern Ireland
4 June 1963 Denis Law  Norway
7 November 1963 Denis Law  Norway
13 June 1967 Joe Harper  Canada Olympic Team
17 May 1969 Colin Stein  Cyprus
29 March 2015 Steven Fletcher  Gibraltar
11 October 2015 Steven Fletcher  Gibraltar
4 September 2016 Robert Snodgrass  Malta
20 November 2018 James Forrest  Israel
12 October 2019 John McGinn  San Marino

Team records

Head to head records

As of Poland v Scotland, 18 November 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 8 3 3 2 8 7 +1 37.50
 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 9 6 3 0 20 7 +13 66.67
 France 17 8 0 9 16 27 −11 47.06
 Georgia 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 50.00
 Germany 10 2 2 6 10 17 −7 20.00
 Gibraltar 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 100.00
 Greece 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 50.00
Hong Kong League XI 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
 Hungary 10 3 2 5 14 19 −5 30.00
 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 13 3 6 4 18 19 −1 23.08
 Portugal 17 4 4 9 15 23 −8 23.53
 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 17 8 4 5 27 25 +2 47.06
 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 839 395 182 262 1430 1037 +393 47.08
Source: Results

Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches, five matches from a 1967 overseas tour that were reclassified as full internationals in 2021, and a match against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 that the Scottish Football Association includes in its statistical totals.

By period

As of Poland v Scotland, 18 November 2024
Period Pld W D L GF GA 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 56 23 15 18 75 69 +6 041.07
Totals 839 395 182 262 1,430 1,037 +393 047.08

Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches, five matches from a 1967 overseas tour that were reclassified as full internationals in 2021, and a match against a Hong Kong League XI played on 23 May 2002 that the Scottish Football Association includes in its statistical totals.

Notes

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

References

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