| Shirt | Player | Position | Club | Age | Caps | Goals |
| 1 | Alan Rough | Goalkeeper | Partick Thistle | 30 | 48 | 0 |
| 2 | Danny McGrain (captain) | Full-Back | Celtic | 32 | 60 | 0 |
| 3 | Frank Gray | Full-Back | Leeds Utd | 27 | 22 | 1 |
| 4 | Graeme Souness | Midfielder | Liverpool | 29 | 25 | 0 |
| 5 | Alan Hansen | Defender | Liverpool | 27 | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Willie Miller | Defender | Aberdeen | 27 | 17 | 1 |
| 7 | Gordon Strachan | Midfielder | Aberdeen | 25 | 11 | 1 |
| 8 | Kenny Dalglish | Forward | Liverpool | 31 | 86 | 25 |
| 9 | Alan Brazil | Forward | Ipswich Town | 23 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | John Wark | Midfielder | Ipswich Town | 24 | 15 | 3 |
| 11 | John Robertson | Winger | Nottingham Forest | 29 | 21 | 6 |
| 12 | George Wood | Goalkeeper | Arsenal | 29 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Alex McLeish | Defender | Aberdeen | 23 | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | David Narey | Defender | Dundee Utd | 26 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | Joe Jordan | Forward | AC Milan | 30 | 51 | 10 |
| 16 | Asa Hartford | Midfielder | Manchester City | 31 | 49 | 4 |
| 17 | Allan Evans | Defender | Aston Villa | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Steve Archibald | Forward | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 14 | 3 |
| 19 | Paul Sturrock | Forward | Dundee Utd | 25 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 | Davie Provan | Winger | Celtic | 26 | 10 | 1 |
| 21 | George Burley | Full-Back | Ipswich Town | 26 | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | Jim Leighton | Goalkeeper | Aberdeen | 23 | 0 | 0 |