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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Aderito Waldemar Dede | Angola | 1 |
| Alex Afonso | Angola | 1 |
| Amaro | Angola | 1 |
| Antonio Lunguinha | Angola | 1 |
| Babanco | Cape Verde | 1 |
| Bastos | Angola | 1 |
| Carlitos Soares | Cape Verde | 1 |
| David Silva | Cape Verde | 1 |
| Djalma Campos | Angola | 1 |
| Fernando Neves | Cape Verde | 1 |
| Angola | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 23 Jan 2013 | v Angola | 2–0 | 62′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | African Cup of Nations 2013 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 23 Jan 2013 | v Angola | 2–0 | came on 58′ | 32 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2013 · Group stage |
| 19 Jan 2013 | v Cape Verde | 0–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2013 · Group stage |
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.