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 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 26.3% |
| Without them | 37 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 51 | 35 | 40.5% |
| Bastos | Angola | 3 |
| Antonio Dominique | Angola | 2 |
| Asamoah Gyan | Ghana | 2 |
| Baba Rahman | Ghana | 2 |
| Buades Abel | Angola | 2 |
| Christian Atsu | Ghana | 2 |
| Dani Alves | Brazil | 2 |
| Dario Cardoso | Angola | 2 |
| David Luiz | Brazil | 2 |
| Dolly Menga | Angola | 2 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 15 Nov 2014 | v Sudan | 2–1 | 38′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2014 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 17 Nov 2019 | v Sudan | 1–0 | started, off 75′ | 75 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2019 |
| 13 Oct 2019 | v Mali | 2–1 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Jul 2019 | v Morocco | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2019 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 2019 | v Ghana | 0–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 20 Nov 2018 | v Paraguay | 1–1 | came on 65′ | 25 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Nov 2018 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2018 |
| 28 Mar 2017 | v Angola | 0–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 25 Mar 2017 | v Guinea-Bissau | 3–1 | started, off 81′ | 81 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 Nov 2016 | v Mozambique | 1–1 | came on 75′ | 15 | — | — | Friendly |
| 11 Oct 2016 | v Ghana | 1–1 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | Friendly |
| 8 Oct 2016 | v Burkina Faso | 1–1 | started, off 86′ | 86 | — | Yellow, Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2016 |
| 17 Nov 2015 | v Angola | 1–0 | came on 59′ | 31 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
| 13 Nov 2015 | v Angola | 3–1 | started, off 54′ | 54 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
| 15 Nov 2014 | v Sudan | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2014 |
| 26 May 2014 | v Australia | 1–1 | started, off 90′ | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 5 Mar 2014 | v Brazil | 0–5 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 Jan 2013 | v Morocco | 2–2 | came on 51′ | 39 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2013 · Group stage |
| 19 Jan 2013 | v Cape Verde | 0–0 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2013 · Group stage |
| 7 Sep 2012 | v Brazil | 0–1 | started, off 76′ | 76 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Feb 2012 | v Senegal | 0–0 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | 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.