Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 29.4% |
| Without them | 44 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 68 | 53 | 50% |
| Rafael Márquez | Mexico | 2 |
| Aaron Hughes | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Abdulaziz Al Mishaam | Kuwait | 1 |
| Abdullah Al Buraiki | Kuwait | 1 |
| Adem Ljajic | Serbia | 1 |
| Ahmed Hayel | Jordan | 1 |
| Ala'a Al Shaqran | Jordan | 1 |
| Alan Pulido | Mexico | 1 |
| Alberto Rodríguez | Peru | 1 |
| Albin Ekdal | Sweden | 1 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 10 Oct 2014 | v Paraguay | 2–0 | 26′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 23 Jun 2018 | v Mexico | 1–2 | started, off 84′ | 84 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2018 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 2018 | v Sweden | 0–1 | came on 28′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2018 · Group stage |
| 11 Jun 2018 | v Senegal | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 7 Jun 2018 | v Bolivia | 0–0 | came on 81′ | 9 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Jun 2018 | v Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–3 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 May 2018 | v Honduras | 2–0 | came on 56′ | 34 | — | — | Friendly |
| 24 Mar 2018 | v Northern Ireland | 1–2 | came on 35′ | 55 | — | — | Friendly |
| 14 Nov 2017 | v Serbia | 1–1 | started, off 82′ | 82 | — | — | Friendly |
| 5 Sep 2017 | v Uzbekistan | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 13 Jan 2015 | v Kuwait | 1–0 | started, off 76′ | 76 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2015 · Group stage |
| 14 Nov 2014 | v Jordan | 1–0 | started, off 71′ | 71 | — | — | Friendly |
| 14 Oct 2014 | v Costa Rica | 1–3 | came on 20′ | 70 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Oct 2014 | v Paraguay | 2–0 | started, off 70′ | 70 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 5 Sep 2014 | v Venezuela | 3–1 | started, off 81′ | 81 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Feb 2014 | v United States | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Jan 2014 | v Mexico | 0–4 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 14 Aug 2013 | v Peru | 0–0 | 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.