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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Abu Bakry Diop | Senegal | 1 |
| Adrian Chama | Zambia | 1 |
| Alassane Maodo Kante | Senegal | 1 |
| Albert Diène | Senegal | 1 |
| Alioune Mbaye | Senegal | 1 |
| Augustine Mulenga | Zambia | 1 |
| Basia Kenneth Makepe | Lesotho | 1 |
| Benedict Chepeshi | Zambia | 1 |
| Bonginkosi Dlamini | Eswatini | 1 |
| Brian Mwila | Zambia | 1 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 6 Jul 2021 | v Botswana | 1–0 | 67′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 18 Jul 2021 | v Senegal | 0–0 | came on 100′ | 20 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 16 Jul 2021 | v Mozambique | 3–0 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 14 Jul 2021 | v Zambia | 0–0 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 13 Jul 2021 | v Lesotho | 4–0 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 8 Jul 2021 | v Eswatini | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 6 Jul 2021 | v Botswana | 1–0 | came on 56′ | 34 | 1 | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
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.