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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alex Wilkinson | Australia | 1 |
| Ben Halloran | Australia | 1 |
| Dario Vidosic | Australia | 1 |
| Ivan Franjic | Australia | 1 |
| James Holland | Australia | 1 |
| James Troisi | Australia | 1 |
| Jason Davidson | Australia | 1 |
| Joshua Kennedy | Australia | 1 |
| Luke Wilkshire | Australia | 1 |
| Mark Milligan | Australia | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 2 Sep 2016 | v Mauritania | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2016 |
| 26 May 2014 | v Australia | 1–1 | 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.