Nigeria | World Cup | Competitions
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | G | W‑D‑L | GF‑GA | Reached |
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| 2026 | 1‑1 | 1‑1 | 1‑1 | 1‑2 | 2‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 1‑1 | 2‑1 | 4‑0 | 4‑1 | 1‑1 | 12 | 5‑6‑1 | 20‑10 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2022 | 2‑0 | 2‑1 | 0‑1 | 2‑0 | 2‑0 | 1‑1 | 0‑0 | 1‑1 | 8 | 4‑3‑1 | 10‑4 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2018 | 0‑0 | 2‑0 | 2‑1 | 3‑1 | 4‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 1‑1 | 0‑2 | 2‑0 | 1‑2 | 11 | 6‑3‑2 | 17‑8 | Group stage | ||||
| 2014 | 1‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 1‑1 | 2‑0 | 2‑1 | 2‑0 | 0‑0 | 1‑0 | 2‑3 | 0‑2 | 12 | 6‑4‑2 | 14‑9 | Round of 16 | |||
| 2010 | 2‑0 | 1‑0 | 1‑0 | 2‑0 | 1‑0 | 4‑1 | 0‑0 | 3‑0 | 0‑0 | 2‑2 | 1‑0 | 3‑2 | 0‑1 | 1‑2 | 2‑2 | 15 | 9‑4‑2 | 23‑10 | Group stage |
| 2006 | 2‑0 | 0‑1 | 1‑0 | 3‑0 | 1‑1 | 2‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑1 | 5‑2 | 5‑1 | 10 | 6‑3‑1 | 21‑7 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 2002 | 0‑0 | 4‑0 | 2‑0 | 1‑2 | 3‑0 | 0‑0 | 0‑1 | 2‑0 | 4‑0 | 3‑0 | 0‑1 | 1‑2 | 0‑0 | 13 | 6‑3‑4 | 20‑6 | Group stage | ||
| 1998 | 2‑0 | 1‑1 | 2‑1 | 2‑1 | 3‑0 | 0‑1 | 3‑2 | 1‑0 | 1‑3 | 1‑4 | 10 | 6‑1‑3 | 16‑13 | Round of 16 | |||||
| 1994 | 4‑0 | 1‑0 | 0‑0 | 2‑0 | 1‑2 | 4‑1 | 4‑1 | 1‑1 | 3‑0 | 1‑2 | 2‑0 | 1‑2 | 12 | 7‑2‑3 | 24‑9 | Round of 16 | |||
| 1990 | 0‑1 | 1‑0 | 2‑2 | 2‑0 | 1‑2 | 1‑0 | 6 | 3‑1‑2 | 7‑5 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 1986 | 3‑0 | 1‑0 | 3‑0 | 3‑1 | 1‑0 | 0‑2 | 6 | 5‑0‑1 | 11‑3 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 1982 | 0‑2 | 2‑0 | 1‑1 | 2‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 0‑2 | 1‑2 | 8 | 3‑2‑3 | 8‑8 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1978 | 0‑0 | 6‑2 | 4‑0 | 2‑2 | 0‑0 | 4‑0 | 1‑3 | 0‑1 | 8 | 3‑3‑2 | 17‑8 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1974 | 2‑1 | 1‑1 | 0‑2 | 0‑0 | 4 | 1‑2‑1 | 3‑4 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||
| 1970 | 1‑1 | 3‑2 | 2‑1 | 1‑1 | 2‑2 | 1‑2 | 3‑3 | 2‑0 | 8 | 3‑4‑1 | 15‑12 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1962 | 1‑4 | 2‑2 | 2 | 0‑1‑1 | 3‑6 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
| Home games in bold. Neutral-site matches in italics. Includes data from RSSSF. | |||||||||||||||||||