# Scotland national football team records and statistics

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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

    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 |
| 3 | Andrew Robertson | 80 | 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 |
| 10 | David Weir | 69 | 1 | 1997–2010 | Heart of Midlothian, Everton, Rangers |

### Top goalscorers

    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 |
| 1 | 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 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 2 March 1878 | John McDougall | England |
| 13 March 1880 | George Ker | England |
| 12 March 1881 | John Smith | England |
| 14 March 1885 | Alex Higgins | Ireland |
| 23 March 1885 | Joseph Lindsay | Wales |
| 20 March 1886 | Charles Heggie | Ireland |
| 24 March 1888 | William Dickson | Ireland |
| 9 March 1889 | Willie Groves | 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 |
| 7 April 1900 | Robert Smyth McColl | England |
| 23 February 1901 | Sandy McMahon | Ireland |
| 23 February 1901 | RC Hamilton | Ireland |
| 1 March 1902 | RC Hamilton | Ireland |
| 14 March 1908 | Jimmy Quinn | Ireland |
| 27 February 1926 | Hughie Gallacher | Ireland |
| 27 February 1928 | Alex Jackson | England |
| 27 October 1928 | Hughie Gallacher | Wales |
| 23 February 1929 | Hughie Gallacher | Ireland |
| 26 May 1929 | Alec Cheyne | Norway |
| 26 May 1932 | Neil Dewar | France |
| 1 October 1949 | Henry Morris | 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 |
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.