The Captain of Team Melli , Javad Nekounsm is only 3 games short of equaling Ali Daei’s total match appearances for Team Melli. Ali Daei with 149 games, is the top Iranian players and also the highest scorer for Team Melli with 109 international goals. Daei , has in fact scored 112 goals , but 3 goals were removed from his records for various reasons.
With Nekounam still 34 and a year or so from hanging his boots , the Al Kuwait player will surpass Daei if he is included in the AFC Asian Cup 2015 campaign.
Nekounam has also done quite well in the scoring department with 37 goals sitting the the 4th place 1 goal behind the recently retired Ali Karimi.
| Season | Openin. | Subst. | Goals | Yellows | Reds |
| 2000 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 134 | 12 | 37 | 22 | 1 |
| By season | In opening squad | Substituted in | Goals | Yellow cards | Red cards | |||||
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Top Team Melli players appearances list
| Name | Openin. | Subst. | Goals | Yellows | Reds | |
| 1. | DAEI, Ali | 144 | 5 | 112 | 9 | 2 |
| 2. | NEKOUNAM, Javad | 134 | 12 | 37 | 22 | 1 |
| 3. | KARIMI, Ali | 118 | 10 | 38 | 15 | 0 |
| 4. | MAHDAVIKIA, Mehdi | 106 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 2 |
| 5. | HOSSEINI, Jalal | 87 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 6. | BAGHERI, Karim | 84 | 3 | 50 | 10 | 1 |
| 7. | KAEBI, Hossein | 82 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| 8. | ZARRINCHEH, Javad | 79 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 9. | GOLMOHAMMADI, Yahya | 78 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| 10. | MIRZAPOUR, Ebrahim | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11. | TEYMOURIAN, Andranik | 75 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 1 |
| 12. | NOSRATI, Mohammad | 74 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| ABEDZADEH, Ahmadreza | 74 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| RAHMATI, Mehdi | 74 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 15. | ESTILI, Hamidreza | 72 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 16. | PARVIN, Ali | 68 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 17. | VAHEDI-NIKBAKHT, Alireza | 66 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 |
| AGHILI, Hadi | 66 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | |
| GHLEECHKHANI, Parviz | 66 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20. | PEYROVANI, Afshin | 65 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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Top Team Melli Goal Scorers
| Name | Openin. | Subst. | Goals | Yellows | Reds | |
| 1. | DAEI, Ali | 144 | 5 | 112 | 9 | 2 |
| 2. | BAGHERI, Karim | 84 | 3 | 50 | 10 | 1 |
| 3. | KARIMI, Ali | 118 | 10 | 38 | 15 | 0 |
| 4. | NEKOUNAM, Javad | 134 | 12 | 37 | 22 | 1 |
| 5. | MAZLOOMI, Gholamhossein | 31 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 6. | PEYOUS, Farshad | 30 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 7. | ALIDOUSTI, Hamid | 25 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. | BEHZADI, Homayoun | 32 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| GHLEECHKHANI, Parviz | 66 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| HASHEMIAN, Vahid | 39 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0 | |
| MOHAMMADKHANI, Nasser | 22 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| VAHEDI-NIKBAKHT, Alireza | 66 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | |
| 13. | JABBARI, Ali | 33 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| MAHDAVIKIA, Mehdi | 106 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 2 | |
| 15. | ESTILI, Hamidreza | 72 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| FARIBA, Behtash | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| ROWSHAN, Hassan | 31 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18. | AZIZI, Khodadad | 41 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| FARAKI, Hossein | 12 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| GHOOCHANNEJAD, Reza | 16 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| KALANI, Hossein | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| MAJIDI, Farhad | 24 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |
| PARVIN, Ali | 68 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| REZAEI, Gholamreza | 36 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 0 |