Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
North Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14.3% |
| Without them | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14.3% |
| Abdul Kader Keïta | Ivory Coast | 1 |
| Abdulla Al Zouri | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdulla Malallah | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| Abdullah Shuhail | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdulrahim Juma'a | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| Abdulrahman Al Qahtani | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Ahmed Khalil | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| Alexandros Tziolis | Greece | 1 |
| Alexandros Tzorvas | Greece | 1 |
| Angelos Charisteas | Greece | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 6 Sep 2008 | v United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | 72′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 7 Jun 2008 | v Turkmenistan | 1–0 | 72′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 25 Jun 2010 | v Ivory Coast | 0–3 | came on 67′ | 23 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2010 · Group stage |
| 6 Jun 2010 | v Nigeria | 1–3 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 25 May 2010 | v Greece | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 May 2010 | v Paraguay | 0–1 | started, off 50′ | 50 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Jun 2009 | v Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 1 Apr 2009 | v South Korea | 0–1 | came on 83′ | 7 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 28 Mar 2009 | v United Arab Emirates | 2–0 | came on 88′ | 2 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 |
| 6 Sep 2008 | v United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 7 Jun 2008 | v Turkmenistan | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.