^The Scottish FA profile for Neil Alexander omits an appearance against Switzerland on 1 March 2006.
^The Scottish FA website attributes appearances by Bob Brown (born 1870) and Robert Brown (born 1860) to Robert Brown (born 1856).
^The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Peter Campbell (Morton FC, active in the 1890s) and Peter Campbell (Rangers FC, active in the 1870s) into a single profile.
^The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of James Hamilton (born 1901) and James Hamilton (active in the 1890s) into a single profile.
^The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of David Hill (born 1881) and David Hill (active in the 1880s) into a single profile.
^The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John Inglis (a goalkeeper, born 1857) and John Inglis (a forward, born 1859) into a single profile.
^Some sources attribute a cap and goal in 1886 to Lambie, who had to withdraw from the team at short notice but was still included in match reports – his replacement, who scored, was James Kelly.
^The Scottish FA profile for Gary McSwegan omits an appearance against Bosnia & Herzegovina on 5 October 1999.
^ abThe Scottish FA attributes two of Willie Orr's appearances to Ronald Orr.
^The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Willie Paul and William Paul into a single profile.
^Most sources credit a goal in the Ireland v Scotland fixture of 1890 to John McPherson, but contemporary reports credit this to Gilbert Rankin (who scored two other goals in the match).
^The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of Jimmy Simpson (born 1908) and Jimmy Connor (born 1873) into a single profile.
^The Scottish FA profile attributes an appearance by Jimmy Watson (born 1924) on 4 October 1947 to Jimmy Watson (born 1877).
^The Scottish FA website merges the statistics of John White and Jock White into a single profile.