Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 60% |
| Without them | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 25% |
| Antonio Dominique | Angola | 2 |
| Bastos | Angola | 2 |
| Buades Abel | Angola | 2 |
| Dario Cardoso | Angola | 2 |
| Dolly Menga | Angola | 2 |
| Jacinto Gelson | Angola | 2 |
| Manuel Afonso | Angola | 2 |
| Abdallah Said | Egypt | 1 |
| Adam Kwarasey | Ghana | 1 |
| Ahmed Duiedar | Egypt | 1 |
| Gambia | 2 | 1 |
| Angola | 1 | 1 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 4 Jun 2016 | v Gambia | 4–0 | 37′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2016 |
| 4 Jun 2016 | v Gambia | 4–0 | 31′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2016 |
| 13 Nov 2015 | v Angola | 3–1 | 20′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
| 5 Sep 2015 | v Mauritania | 1–3 | 50′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2015 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 13 Jun 2017 | v Zambia | 1–2 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | Friendly |
| 11 Oct 2016 | v Ghana | 1–1 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | Friendly |
| 6 Sep 2016 | v Egypt | 1–0 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | Friendly |
| 4 Jun 2016 | v Gambia | 4–0 | — | — | 2 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2016 |
| 17 Nov 2015 | v Angola | 1–0 | started, off 58′ | 58 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
| 13 Nov 2015 | v Angola | 3–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
| 5 Sep 2015 | v Mauritania | 1–3 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2015 |
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.