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Players awarded 50 plus caps by Northern Ireland:

Rank	Player	Career	Caps	St	Sb	Gls
1	Steven Davis	2005-22	134	124	10	13
2	Pat Jennings	1964-86	119	119	0	0
3	Aaron Hughes	1998-18	112	100	12	1
4	David Healy	2000-13	95	83	12	36
5	Jonny Evans	2006-22	94	93	1	4
6	Mal Donaghy	1980-94	91	90	1	0
7	Sammy McIlroy	1972-86	88	86	2	5
8	Maik Taylor	1999-11	88	85	3	0
9	Keith Gillespie	1994-08	86	77	9	2
10	Kyle Lafferty	2006-21	85	55	30	20
11	Gareth McAuley	2005-18	80	75	5	9
12	Chris Baird	2003-16	79	73	6	0
13	Jimmy Nicholl	1976-86	73	72	1	1
14	Michael Hughes	1991-04	71	67	4	5
15	Craig Cathcart	2010-22	69	63	6	2
16	Corry Evans	2009-22	69	50	19	2
17	Niall McGinn	2008-22	69	37	32	6
18	David McCreery	1976-90	67	55	12	0
19	Josh Magennis	2010-22	67	35	32	9
20	Nigel Worthington	1984-97	66	60	6	0
21	Chris Brunt	2004-17	65	55	10	3
22	Martin O’Neill	1971-84	64	58	6	8
23	Gerry Armstrong	1977-86	63	56	7	12
24	Stuart Dallas	2011-22	62	53	9	3
25	Terry Neill	1961-73	59	59	0	2
26	Iain Dowie	1990-99	59	51	8	12
27	Oliver Norwood	2010-18	57	50	7	0
28	Danny Blanchflower	1949-62	56	56	0	2
29	Billy Bingham	1951-63	56	56	0	9
30	Damien Johnson	1999-09	56	48	8	0
31	Jimmy McIlroy	1951-65	55	55	0	10
32	Stephen Craigan	2003-11	54	51	3	0
33	Shane Ferguson	2009-22	54	35	19	2
34	Allan Hunter	1969-79	53	53	0	1
35	John McClelland	1980-90	53	50	3	1
36	Paddy McNair	2015-22	53	42	11	5
37	Alan McDonald	1985-96	52	51	1	3
38	Jim Magilton	1991-02	52	50	2	5
39	Gerry Taggart	1990-02	51	50	1	7
40	Chris Nicholl	1974-83	51	49	2	3
41	Sammy Nelson	1970-82	51	48	3	1
42	Bryan Hamilton	1968-80	50	46	4	4
43	James Quinn	1996-06	50	35	15	4
44	Pat Rice	1968-79	49	49	0	0
45	Dave Clements	1965-76	48	48	0	2

Cap Milestones

10	TB Molyneaux	20/03/1886	Scotland
11	TB Molyneaux	24/03/1888	Scotland
12	W Crone	08/02/1890	Wales
15	OM Stanfield	27/02/1892	Wales
20	OM Stanfield	24/02/1894	Wales	new world record
25	OM Stanfield	29/02/1896	Wales
30	OM Stanfield	27/03/1897	Scotland	world record stood until 1909
31	E Scott	11/03/1936	Wales
40	RD Blanchflower	03/10/1959	Scotland
50	RD Blanchflower	22/11/1961	England
56	RD Blanchflower	28/11/1962	Poland
=56	WL Bingam	20/11/1963	England
59	WJT Neill	19/05/1973	Wales
60	PA Jennings	11/05/1976	England	*
75	PA Jennings	07/02/1979	England
100	PA Jennings	21/09/1983	Austria
109	PA Jennings	27/03/1985	Spain	new British record
117	PA Jennings	03/06/1986	Algeria	new European record #
119	PA Jennings	12/06/1986	Brazil	British and European records stood until 1990
120	S Davis	08/10/2020	Bosnia-Herzegovina
126	S Davis	31/03/2021	Bulgaria	new British record
134	S Davis	29/03/2022	Hungary

# when Jennings won his 117th cap he surpassed Sweden's Bjorn Nordqvist's European record. At the time it was widely reported as a new world record, however, it had already been surpassed by South Korea's Cha Bum-Kun. Like Jennings, Bum-Kun brought his international career to a close at the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico with a total of between 121 and 136 caps (depending on criteria used). Similarly, and although also widely reported, when England's Peter Shilton surpassed Jennings in 1990 he only claimed the British and European records.

* Outfield Records (1982-2020)

Caps	Player	Date	Opponent	Notes
60	SB McIlroy	01/07/1982	Austria
75	SB McIlroy	27/05/1984	Finland
88	SB McIlroy	15/10/1986	England
91	MM Donaghy	11/06/1994	Mexico
92	DJ Healy	29/02/2012	Norway
95	DJ Healy	26/03/2013	Israel
96	AW Hughes	31/05/2015	Qatar
100	AW Hughes	04/06/2016	Slovakia
109	AW Hughes	12/11/2017	Switzerland	most capped British defender
112	AW Hughes	03/06/2018	Costa Rica
116	S Davis	16/11/2019	Netherlands	most capped British midfielder
119	S Davis	07/09/2020	Norway
121	S Davis	11/10/2020	Austria	most capped British outfield player

Figures in BOLD denotes a player's final cap.

Appearance Records by Competition:

Finals
FIFA World Cup				UEFA Euros
#	Apps	Players		#	Apps	Players
= 1	8	Billy Hamilton		= 1	4	Steven Davis
		David McCreery			4	Jonny Evans
		Sammy McIlroy			4	Gareth McAuley
		Jimmy Nicholl			4	Craig Cathcart
		Norman Whiteside			4	Oliver Norwood
					4	Michael McGovern
					4	+3 others
Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup				UEFA Euros ±
#	Apps	Players		#	Apps	Players
1	43	Steven Davis		1	39	Steven Davis
2	37	Aaron Hughes		= 2	32	Aaron Hughes
3	33	Pat Jennings			32	Chris Baird
				UEFA Nations League
				#	Apps	Players
				1	10	Stuart Dallas
				= 2	9	Steven Davis
					9	Paddy McNair
Other Matches
British Championships				Minor Tournaments*
#	Apps	Players		#	Apps	Players
1	43	Pat Jennings		= 1	4	Niall McGinn
2	33	Jimmy McIlroy			4	Oliver Norwood
= 3	32	Danny Blanchflower		= 2	3	4 players
	32	Sammy McIlroy
Friendly Matches
#	Apps	Players
1	39	Aaron Hughes
2	35	Maik Taylor
3	34	David Healy

± includes matches in European Nations Cup; * includes matches in the Canada Cup, Carling Nations Cup and Copa Antel.

See also:
50 Cap Club