| Shirt | Player | Position | Club | Age | Caps | Goals |
| 1 | Jim Leighton | Goalkeeper | Manchester Utd | 31 | 55 | 0 |
| 2 | Alex McLeish | Defender | Aberdeen | 31 | 69 | 0 |
| 3 | Roy Aitken (captain) | Midfielder | Newcastle Utd | 31 | 53 | 1 |
| 4 | Richard Gough | Defender | Rangers | 28 | 49 | 5 |
| 5 | Paul McStay | Midfielder | Celtic | 25 | 46 | 6 |
| 6 | Maurice Malpas | Full-Back | Dundee Utd | 27 | 34 | 0 |
| 7 | Maurice Johnston | Forward | Rangers | 27 | 33 | 13 |
| 8 | Jim Bett | Midfielder | Aberdeen | 30 | 25 | 1 |
| 9 | Ally McCoist | Forward | Rangers | 27 | 23 | 6 |
| 10 | Murdo MacLeod | Midfielder | Borussia Dortmund | 31 | 15 | 1 |
| 11 | Gary Gillespie | Defender | Liverpool | 29 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Andy Goram | Goalkeeper | Hibernian | 26 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | Gordon Durie | Forward | Chelsea | 24 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | Alan McInally | Forward | Bayern Munich | 27 | 7 | 3 |
| 15 | Craig Levein | Defender | Hearts | 25 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Stuart McCall | Midfielder | Everton | 26 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Stewart McKimmie | Full-Back | Aberdeen | 27 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | John Collins | Midfielder | Hibernian | 22 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | Dave McPherson | Defender | Hearts | 26 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Gary McAllister | Midfielder | Leicester City | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Robert Fleck | Forward | Norwich City | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Bryan Gunn | Goalkeeper | Norwich City | 26 | 1 | 0 |