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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 75% |
| Without them | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 32% |
| Abdellatif Boya | Sudan | 1 |
| Abuaagla Abdalla | Sudan | 1 |
| Adama Traoré | Mali | 1 |
| Ahmed Hamed Mahmoud | Sudan | 1 |
| Ali Aboeshren | Sudan | 1 |
| Allan Chibwe | Zambia | 1 |
| Amadou Haidara | Mali | 1 |
| Amir Suliman | Sudan | 1 |
| Athar El-Tahir | Sudan | 1 |
| Benoit Marie | Seychelles | 1 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Nov 2019 | v Sudan | 1–0 | 45′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2019 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 17 Nov 2019 | v Sudan | 1–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2019 |
| 13 Oct 2019 | v Mali | 2–1 | came on 63′ | 27 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2018 | v Seychelles | 6–0 | came on 85′ | 5 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2018 |
| 13 Jun 2017 | v Zambia | 1–2 | came on 58′ | 32 | — | — | 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.