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 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0% |
| Without them | 58 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 69 | 46 | 48.3% |
| Aarón Alburquerque | Andorra | 1 |
| Absalom Iimbondi | Namibia | 1 |
| Adri da Cunha | Andorra | 1 |
| Ahmed Kendouci | Algeria | 1 |
| Aïssa Mandi | Algeria | 1 |
| Alexandre Martínez | Andorra | 1 |
| Alfeus Leevi | Namibia | 1 |
| Ananias Gebhardt | Namibia | 1 |
| Anis Hadj Moussa | Algeria | 1 |
| Aprocius Petrus | Namibia | 1 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 2 Jun 2019 | v Botswana | 2–2 | 28′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | COSAFA Cup 2019 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 26 Mar 2024 | v Algeria | 3–3 | came on 63′ | 27 | — | Yellow | FIFA Series 2024 |
| 21 Mar 2024 | v Andorra | 1–1 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA Series 2024 |
| 9 Sep 2023 | v Namibia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 7 Jun 2019 | v Malawi | 0–0 | started, off 83′ | 83 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2019 |
| 2 Jun 2019 | v Botswana | 2–2 | started | 120 | 1 | — | COSAFA Cup 2019 |
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.