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Nigeria

Nigeria national football team
Played 665
Draw % 29.0%
No-draw N 0
Max streak 14 27 Apr 1991 → 25 Jan 1992
Avg top run 9.4 top 10
Draw debt E 0.00
p50 36.0%
p100 30.0%
Draw score 0.094 rank #1,578 Draws 193
Trophies 1 competition
ITL · African Cup of Nations
🏆 2 × Champion (1980, 2013)
🥈 5 × Runner-up (1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2024)
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,949 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,962 reached 30 May 2026
Rank #17 of 336 national teams
Matches rated 662 last 6 Oct 2026

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every national team ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 15 Oct 2026.

Recent form · draws highlighted
W D L W D W D D W D W W W D W W W W W D D W D W W D L W L D
Luck or skill how this is worked out ›

Over 134 matches (Jan 2015 – Oct 2026), Nigeria drew 38 where the draw model expected 31.7 from those particular fixtures — about 6 more, or 1.3 standard errors, a gap most teams show over a stretch this long.

As unusual as a coin landing the same way 2 times running. A flat league average would have expected 32.5 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. 2 of the matches carry no model probability and are left out. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
1 14 27 Apr 1991 → 25 Jan 1992 2 12 10 Apr 1994 → 06 Jan 1995 3 11 28 May 2022 → 10 Sep 2023 4 9 02 Jun 2018 → 16 Oct 2018 5 9 17 Jun 2013 → 16 Nov 2013 6 9 06 Nov 1972 → 08 Jan 1973 7 8 16 Jun 2019 → 17 Jul 2019 8 8 22 Aug 1981 → 13 Mar 1982 9 7 11 Aug 2010 → 01 Jun 2011 10 7 01 Jun 2008 → 19 Nov 2008
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%
Friendly 266 85 32.0%
FIFA World Cup qualification 124 38 30.7%
African Cup of Nations 110 25 22.7%
African Cup of Nations qualification 106 35 33.0%
FIFA World Cup 21 3 14.3%
All-African Games 10 3 30.0%
Unity Cup 7 1 14.3%
Confederations Cup 6 2 33.3%
USA Cup 3 0 0.0%
Korea Cup 3 1 33.3%
African Friendship Games 2 0 0.0%
King Hassan II Tournament 2 0 0.0%
Nehru Cup 1 0 0.0%
Lunar New Year Cup 1 0 0.0%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 13 5 38.5% 3
2025 14 5 35.7% 3
2024 16 5 31.3% 4
2023 8 3 37.5% 4
2022 13 2 15.4% 7
2021 11 2 18.2% 6
2020 4 3 75.0% 1
2019 15 3 20.0% 8
2018 14 3 21.4% 9
2017 9 3 33.3% 3
2016 7 1 14.3% 6
2015 10 3 30.0% 3
2014 14 5 35.7% 4
2013 22 8 36.4% 9
2012 12 5 41.7% 3
2011 11 4 36.4% 4
2010 16 4 25.0% 3
2009 9 5 55.6% 2
2008 13 2 15.4% 7
2007 10 2 20.0% 5
2006 8 1 12.5% 3
2005 7 2 28.6% 4
2004 16 3 18.8% 7
2003 9 1 11.1% 6
2002 20 8 40.0% 6
2001 13 4 30.8% 6
2000 14 4 28.6% 6
1999 5 1 20.0% 3
1998 10 1 10.0% 7
1997 8 2 25.0% 6
1996 4 0 0.0% 3
1995 8 2 25.0% 5
1994 17 4 23.5% 11
1993 10 3 30.0% 5
1992 10 2 20.0% 5
1991 12 3 25.0% 9
1990 10 1 10.0% 5
1989 10 3 30.0% 4
1988 5 3 60.0% 1
1987 6 2 33.3% 2
1986 2 1 50.0% 1
1985 10 4 40.0% 2
1984 8 3 37.5% 3
1983 16 7 43.8% 4
1982 3 0 0.0% 3
1981 12 3 25.0% 5
1980 12 3 25.0% 6
1979 5 3 60.0% 1
1978 10 4 40.0% 2
1977 12 3 25.0% 4
1976 11 4 36.4% 3
1975 12 2 16.7% 7
1974 3 1 33.3% 1
1973 11 3 27.3% 4
1972 16 4 25.0% 8
1971 4 0 0.0% 3
1970 2 1 50.0% 1
1969 7 3 42.9% 2
1968 5 1 20.0% 2
1967 9 5 55.6% 2
1966 5 2 40.0% 2
1965 5 1 20.0% 4
1963 11 3 27.3% 4
1962 2 1 50.0% 1
1961 6 2 33.3% 2
1960 9 4 44.4% 3
1959 3 0 0.0% 3
1958 1 0 0.0% 1
1957 1 1 100.0% 0
1956 2 1 50.0% 1
1955 2 0 0.0% 1
1954 1 0 0.0% 1
1953 1 0 0.0% 1
1951 1 0 0.0% 1
1950 1 0 0.0% 1
1949 1 0 0.0% 1
Matches all results ›
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
☆ 06 Oct 2026 Russia 3–3 Nigeria D ITL · Friendly
☆ 29 Sep 2026 Guinea-Bissau 3–0 Nigeria H —
☆ 25 Sep 2026 Nigeria 2–1 Madagascar H —
☆ 10 Jun 2026 Portugal 2–1 Nigeria H ITL · Friendly
☆ 03 Jun 2026 Poland 2–2 Nigeria D ITL · Friendly
☆ 30 May 2026 Nigeria 3–0 Jamaica H ITL · Unity Cup
☆ 26 May 2026 Nigeria 2–0 Zimbabwe H ITL · Unity Cup
☆ 31 Mar 2026 Jordan 2–2 Nigeria D ITL · Friendly
☆ 27 Mar 2026 Iran 1–2 Nigeria A ITL · Friendly
☆ 17 Jan 2026 Egypt 2–4(ft:0–0) Nigeria D ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 14 Jan 2026 Morocco 4–2(ft:0–0) Nigeria D ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 10 Jan 2026 Algeria 0–2 Nigeria A ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 05 Jan 2026 Nigeria 4–0 Mozambique H ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 30 Dec 2025 Uganda 1–3 Nigeria A ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 27 Dec 2025 Nigeria 3–2 Tunisia H ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 23 Dec 2025 Nigeria 2–1 Tanzania H ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 16 Nov 2025 Nigeria 3–4(ft:1–1) DR Congo D ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 13 Nov 2025 Nigeria 4–1 Gabon H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 14 Oct 2025 Nigeria 4–0 Benin H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 10 Oct 2025 Lesotho 1–2 Nigeria A ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 09 Sep 2025 South Africa 1–1 Nigeria D ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 06 Sep 2025 Nigeria 1–0 Rwanda H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 06 Jun 2025 Russia 1–1 Nigeria D ITL · Friendly
☆ 31 May 2025 Jamaica 2–2 Nigeria D ITL · Unity Cup
☆ 28 May 2025 Nigeria 2–1 Ghana H ITL · Unity Cup
☆ 25 Mar 2025 Nigeria 1–1 Zimbabwe D ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 21 Mar 2025 Rwanda 0–2 Nigeria A ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 18 Nov 2024 Nigeria 1–2 Rwanda A ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 14 Nov 2024 Benin 1–1 Nigeria D ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 11 Oct 2024 Nigeria 1–0 Libya H ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 10 Sep 2024 Rwanda 0–0 Nigeria D ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 07 Sep 2024 Nigeria 3–0 Benin H ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 10 Jun 2024 Benin 2–1 Nigeria H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 07 Jun 2024 Nigeria 1–1 South Africa D ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 22 Mar 2024 Nigeria 2–1 Ghana H ITL · Friendly
☆ 11 Feb 2024 Ivory Coast 2–1 Nigeria H ITL · African Cup of Nations Final
☆ 07 Feb 2024 Nigeria 4–2(ft:1–1) South Africa D ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 02 Feb 2024 Nigeria 1–0 Angola H ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 27 Jan 2024 Nigeria 2–0 Cameroon H ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 22 Jan 2024 Guinea-Bissau 0–1 Nigeria A ITL · African Cup of Nations
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