Progression of Scotland association football caps record

This is a progressive list of association footballers who have held or co-held the record for international caps for the Scotland national football team. The record is held by Kenny Dalglish with 102 caps. Dalglish is the only player to have appeared 100 or more times for Scotland, meaning that he is the only Scottish member of the FIFA Century Club.

Criteria

For the early decades, counts of caps were often considered unreliable. RSSSF and IFFHS have spent much effort trying to produce definitive lists of full international matches, and corresponding data on players' international caps and goals. Using this data, the following records can be retrospectively produced. At the time, these records may not have been recognised.

The list begins with Joseph Taylor and Billy MacKinnon, who both appeared in the first six official internationals played by Scotland.

Record

Player

Cap

Date

Opponent

Score

Notes

6

4–0

Friendly

6

4–0

Friendly

7

3–1

Friendly

8

7–2

Friendly

9

4–5

Friendly

9

6–1

Friendly

10

5–1

Friendly

10

5–0

Friendly

11

1–0

1884 British Home Championship

12

1–1

1885 British Home Championship

13

1–0

1886 British Home Championship

13

1–4

1892 British Home Championship

14

2–5

1893 British Home Championship

14

0–2

1903 British Home Championship

14

1–1

1904 British Home Championship

14

1–1

1904 British Home Championship

15

0–1

1904 British Home Championship

16

1–1

1905 British Home Championship

16

0–1

1905 British Home Championship

17

1–0

1906 British Home Championship

17

2–1

1906 British Home Championship

18

1–0

1907 British Home Championship

18

3–0

1907 British Home Championship

19

1–1

1907 British Home Championship

20

2–1

1908 British Home Championship

21

5–0

1908 British Home Championship

22

1–1

1908 British Home Championship

23

2–3

1909 British Home Championship

24

0–2

1909 British Home Championship

25

1–0

1912 British Home Championship

26

4–1

1912 British Home Championship

27

1–1

1912 British Home Championship

28

0–0

1913 British Home Championship

29

0–1

1913 British Home Championship

29

3–2

1932 British Home Championship

30

0–3

1932 British Home Championship

31

3–1

Friendly

31

1–2

1952 British Home Championship

32

6–0

Friendly

33

2–1

Friendly

34

1–3

Friendly

35

2–1

1953 British Home Championship

36

1–1

1953 British Home Championship

37

2–2

1953 British Home Championship

38

1–2

Friendly

39

3–1

1954 British Home Championship

40

3–3

1954 British Home Championship

41

1–0

1955 British Home Championship

42

2–2

1955 British Home Championship

43

3–0

Friendly

44

2–2

Friendly

45

1–2

1956 British Home Championship

46

2–0

1956 British Home Championship

47

1–1

1956 British Home Championship

48

1–1

Friendly

49

2–2

1957 British Home Championship

50

1–0

1957 British Home Championship

51

2–0

Friendly

52

1–2

1957 British Home Championship

53

4–2

1958 FIFA World Cup qualification

54

2–1

1958 FIFA World Cup qualification

54

1–2

1974 British Home Championship

55

2–0

1974 FIFA World Cup

55

1–3

1978 FIFA World Cup

56

1–1

1978 FIFA World Cup

57

3–2

1978 FIFA World Cup

58

2–3

UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

59

3–2

UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

60

0–1

UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

61

0–3

1979 British Home Championship

62

1–0

1979 British Home Championship

63

1–3

1979 British Home Championship

64

1–3

Friendly

65

4–0

UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

66

1–1

Friendly

67

1–1

UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

68

0–2

UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

69

1–3

UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

70

4–1

UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

71

0–1

1980 British Home Championship

72

1–0

1980 British Home Championship

73

0–2

1980 British Home Championship

74

0–1

Friendly

75

1–3

Friendly

76

1–0

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

77

0–0

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

78

1–0

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

79

2–0

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

80

0–0

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

81

1–2

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

82

0–3

Friendly

83

2–1

Friendly

84

1–1

1982 British Home Championship

85

1–0

1982 British Home Championship

86

0–1

1982 British Home Championship

87

5–2

1982 FIFA World Cup

88

1–4

1982 FIFA World Cup

89

2–3

UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying

90

2–2

UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying

91

2–0

Friendly

92

1–1

UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying

93

1–2

UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying

94

6–1

Friendly

95

3–0

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

96

3–1

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

97

0–1

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

98

0–0

Friendly

99

2–0

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–OFC play-off)

100

3–0

Friendly

101

0–0

UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying

102

3–0

UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying

Notes:

See also

  • List of footballers with 100 or more caps
  • Progression of association football caps record