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 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20% |
| Without them | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 42.9% |
| Adam Kwarasey | Ghana | 1 |
| Alex Wilkinson | Australia | 1 |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | Spain | 1 |
| Álvaro Negredo | Spain | 1 |
| Andrés Iniesta | Spain | 1 |
| Asamoah Gyan | Ghana | 1 |
| Baba Rahman | Ghana | 1 |
| Ben Halloran | Australia | 1 |
| Bhéu | Mozambique | 1 |
| Christian Atsu | Ghana | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 11 Oct 2016 | v Ghana | 1–1 | 51′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 26 May 2014 | v Australia | 1–1 | 13′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 15 Nov 2016 | v Mozambique | 1–1 | came on 64′ | 26 | — | — | Friendly |
| 11 Oct 2016 | v Ghana | 1–1 | started, off 60′ | 60 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 26 May 2014 | v Australia | 1–1 | started, off 65′ | 65 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 5 Mar 2014 | v Brazil | 0–5 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | Friendly |
| 19 Nov 2013 | v Spain | 1–0 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | 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.