Billy Hamilton

#	Player	Years	Together	Both started
1	Jimmy Nicholl	1980–1986	37	35
2	Sammy McIlroy	1980–1986	35	32
3	Mal Donaghy	1980–1986	34	30
4	Gerry Armstrong	1980–1986	33	32
5	John McClelland	1980–1985	29	27
6	Pat Jennings	1981–1986	28	25
7	Martin O'Neill	1980–1984	27	27
8	Chris Nicholl	1980–1983	25	24
9	John O'Neill	1980–1986	25	20
10	David McCreery	1980–1986	24	13
11	Noel Brotherston	1980–1983	21	16
12	Norman Whiteside	1982–1986	20	17
13	Ian Stewart	1982–1986	20	16
14	Jim Platt	1980–1986	15	12
15	Terry Cochrane	1980–1984	13	6
16	Tommy Cassidy	1980–1982	9	8
17	Sammy Nelson	1981–1982	7	6
18	Gerry McElhinney	1983–1984	6	6
19	Paul Ramsey	1983–1986	5	4
20	Nigel Worthington	1984–1986	5	2

Counted from the line-ups and substitutions of his 40 FIFA matches. Players with an unknown position in the line-up count as starters.

#	Opponent	Years	Matches	W	D	L	Goals
1	Scotland	1980–1983	6	2	3	1	2
2	England	1980–1984	4	0	2	2	0
3	Wales	1980–1984	4	1	1	2	0
4	Austria	1982–1983	3	1	1	1	3
5	Spain	1982–1986	3	1	1	1	0
6	Albania	1982–1983	2	1	1	0	0
7	Germany	1982–1983	2	2	0	0	0
8	Portugal	1980–1981	2	1	0	1	0
9	Sweden	1980–1981	2	1	0	1	0
10	Australia	1980	2	2	0	0	0
11	Algeria	1986	1	0	1	0	0
12	Brazil	1986	1	0	0	1	0
13	Morocco	1986	1	1	0	0	0
14	Finland	1984	1	0	0	1	0
15	Romania	1984	1	1	0	0	0

FIFA matches against the team. Won / drawn / lost only where the result is known; a penalty shoot-out decides.