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 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 37.9% |
| Without them | 66 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 90 | 54 | 43.9% |
| Mubarak Wakaso | Ghana | 3 |
| Abel Yalew | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Absalom Iimbondi | Namibia | 2 |
| Abubeker Nasser | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Alexander Djiku | Ghana | 2 |
| Allen Njie | Liberia | 2 |
| Amanuel Gebremichael | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Amanuel Yohannes | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Ananias Gebhardt | Namibia | 2 |
| André Ayew | Ghana | 2 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 5 Jun 2018 | v Namibia | 4–1 | 54′ | — | Extended lead | 4–1 | COSAFA Cup 2018 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 26 Mar 2024 | v Algeria | 3–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA Series 2024 |
| 10 Feb 2024 | v DR Congo | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Third-place play-off |
| 7 Feb 2024 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | started, off 76′ | 76 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Semi-final |
| 16 Jan 2024 | v Mali | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Rwanda | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 18 Nov 2023 | v Benin | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 17 Oct 2023 | v Ivory Coast | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2023 | v Eswatini | 0–0 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v DR Congo | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 9 Sep 2023 | v Namibia | 0–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Jun 2023 | v Morocco | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 20 Nov 2022 | v Angola | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 Sep 2022 | v Botswana | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Mar 2022 | v France | 0–5 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 25 Mar 2022 | v Guinea | 0–0 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | Friendly |
| 14 Nov 2021 | v Ghana | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 12 Oct 2021 | v Ethiopia | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 9 Oct 2021 | v Ethiopia | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 6 Sep 2021 | v Ghana | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 3 Sep 2021 | v Zimbabwe | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 28 Mar 2021 | v Sudan | 0–2 | started, off 77′ | 77 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2021 |
| 25 Mar 2021 | v Ghana | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2021 |
| 8 Jun 2018 | v Botswana | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2018 |
| 5 Jun 2018 | v Namibia | 4–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | COSAFA Cup 2018 |
| 3 Jun 2018 | v Madagascar | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2018 |
| 5 Mar 2014 | v Brazil | 0–5 | came on 20′ | 70 | — | — | Friendly |
| 19 Nov 2013 | v Spain | 1–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | 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.