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 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 37.5% |
| Without them | 35 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 47 | 24 | 48.6% |
| Ahmed Musa | Nigeria | 2 |
| Alex Iwobi | Nigeria | 2 |
| André Ayew | Ghana | 2 |
| Andy Yiadom | Ghana | 2 |
| Jamilu Collins | Nigeria | 2 |
| Jordan Ayew | Ghana | 2 |
| Kasim Nuhu | Ghana | 2 |
| Kenneth Omeruo | Nigeria | 2 |
| Leon Balogun | Nigeria | 2 |
| Peter Etebo | Nigeria | 2 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 6 Jul 2019 | v Egypt | 1–0 | 85′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 2019 · Round of 16 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 9 Jun 2022 | v Morocco | 1–2 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
| 14 Nov 2019 | v Ghana | 0–2 | started, off 70′ | 70 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2019 |
| 13 Oct 2019 | v Mali | 2–1 | started, off 71′ | 71 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Jul 2019 | v Nigeria | 1–2 | started, off 58′ | 58 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2019 · Quarter-final |
| 6 Jul 2019 | v Egypt | 1–0 | started, off 90′ | 90 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2019 · Round of 16 |
| 15 Jun 2019 | v Ghana | 0–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Nov 2018 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2018 |
| 24 Mar 2018 | v Zambia | 2–0 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | 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.