Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 18.2% |
| Without them | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 39 | 39.5% |
| Cheikhou Kouyaté | Senegal | 3 |
| Idrissa Gueye | Senegal | 3 |
| Alfred N'Diaye | Senegal | 2 |
| Cheikh N'Doye | Senegal | 2 |
| M'Baye Niang | Senegal | 2 |
| Moussa Konaté | Senegal | 2 |
| Saliou Ciss | Senegal | 2 |
| Youssouf Sabaly | Senegal | 2 |
| Abdoulaye Ba | Senegal | 1 |
| Abebaw Butaco | Ethiopia | 1 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 9 Jun 2012 | v Botswana | 1–1 | 14′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 14 Nov 2017 | v Senegal | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 10 Nov 2017 | v Senegal | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 7 Oct 2017 | v Burkina Faso | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 5 Sep 2017 | v Cape Verde | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 23 Mar 2013 | v Central African Republic | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2013 |
| 9 Jun 2012 | v Botswana | 1–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 |
| 3 Jun 2012 | v Ethiopia | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 |
| 29 Feb 2012 | v Senegal | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 12 Nov 2011 | v Ivory Coast | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 8 Sep 2009 | v Republic of Ireland | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 5 Sep 2009 | v Germany | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
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.