Scotland 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Scotland in the 1980s — 80 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Kenny Dalglish racked up the most caps of anyone here — 102 in all. He also leads the scoring, with 30 goals. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Ally McCoist: 19 goals in 61 caps. The squad breaks down as 6 goalkeepers, 25 defenders, 27 midfielders and 22 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Dalglish | FW | 102 | 30 | 86 |
| Jim Leighton | GK | 91 | — | 86 |
| Paul McStay | MF | 76 | 9 | 86 |
| Alex McLeish | DF | 77 | 0 | 86 |
| John Collins | MF | 58 | 12 | 86 |
| Ally McCoist | FW | 61 | 19 | 84 |
| Willie Miller | DF | 65 | 1 | 84 |
| Danny McGrain | DF | 62 | 0 | 83 |
| Richard Gough | DF | 61 | 6 | 83 |
| Roy Aitken | DF | 57 | 1 | 82 |
| Graeme Souness | MF | 54 | 4 | 82 |
| Maurice Malpas | DF | 55 | 0 | 82 |
| Alan Rough | GK | 53 | — | 81 |
| Mo Johnston | FW | 38 | 14 | 81 |
| Asa Hartford | MF | 50 | 5 | 81 |
| Gordon Strachan | MF | 50 | 5 | 81 |
| Archie Gemmill | MF | 43 | 8 | 81 |
| Joe Jordan | FW | 52 | 11 | 80 |
| Andy Goram | GK | 43 | — | 79 |
| Kevin Gallacher | FW | 53 | 9 | 79 |
| Stewart McKimmie | DF | 40 | 1 | 77 |
| Gordon Durie | FW | 43 | 7 | 77 |
| John Wark | MF | 29 | 7 | 76 |
| John Robertson | MF | 28 | 8 | 76 |
| David Narey | DF | 35 | 1 | 76 |
| Pat Nevin | MF | 28 | 5 | 75 |
| Frank Gray | DF | 32 | 1 | 74 |
| Andy Gray | FW | 20 | 7 | 74 |
| Davie Cooper | FW | 22 | 6 | 74 |
| Gordon McQueen | DF | 30 | 5 | 73 |
| Steve Archibald | FW | 27 | 4 | 73 |
| Charlie Nicholas | FW | 20 | 5 | 72 |
| Steve Nicol | DF | 27 | 0 | 72 |
| Dave McPherson | DF | 27 | 0 | 72 |
| Jim Bett | MF | 26 | 1 | 72 |
| Alan Hansen | DF | 26 | 0 | 71 |
| Brian McClair | FW | 30 | 2 | 71 |
| Paul Sturrock | FW | 20 | 3 | 70 |
| Murdo MacLeod | MF | 20 | 1 | 69 |
| Ian Durrant | MF | 20 | 0 | 67 |
| Kenny Burns | DF/FW | 20 | 1 | 67 |
| Alan McInally | FW | 8 | 3 | 64 |
| Alan Brazil | FW | 13 | 1 | 64 |
| Graeme Sharp | FW | 12 | 1 | 64 |
| Arthur Albiston | DF | 14 | 0 | 64 |
| Arthur Graham | MF | 11 | 2 | 63 |
| Gary Gillespie | DF/MF | 13 | 0 | 62 |
| Eamonn Bannon | MF | 11 | 1 | 62 |
| Derek Whyte | DF | 12 | 0 | 62 |
| David Provan | MF | 10 | 1 | 62 |
| George Burley | DF | 11 | 0 | 61 |
| David Speedie | FW | 10 | 0 | 61 |
| Ray Stewart | DF | 10 | 1 | 60 |
| Jim McInally | MF | 10 | 0 | 60 |
| Billy Thomson | GK | 7 | — | 59 |
| Ian Ferguson | MF | 9 | 0 | 59 |
| Stuart Kennedy | DF | 8 | 0 | 58 |
| Paul Hegarty | DF | 8 | 0 | 58 |
| Tommy Burns | MF | 8 | 0 | 58 |
| Frank McGarvey | FW | 7 | 0 | 58 |
| Iain Munro | MF | 7 | 0 | 57 |
| Frank McAvennie | FW | 5 | 1 | 57 |
| Steve Clarke | DF | 6 | 0 | 56 |
| George Wood | GK | 4 | — | 56 |
| Mark McGhee | FW | 4 | 2 | 56 |
| Ally Dawson | DF | 5 | 0 | 55 |
| Ian Wilson | MF | 5 | 0 | 54 |
| Neil Simpson | MF | 5 | 0 | 54 |
| Henry Smith | GK | 3 | — | 54 |
| Gary Mackay | MF | 4 | 1 | 53 |
| Allan Evans | DF | 4 | 0 | 53 |
| Bobby Connor | MF | 4 | 0 | 53 |
| Andy Walker | FW | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| Davie Dodds | FW | 2 | 1 | 51 |
| Eric Black | FW | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| Derek Ferguson | MF | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| Peter Grant | MF | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| John Colquhoun | MF | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| Doug Rougvie | DF | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Peter Weir | MF | — | — | 44 |
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