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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 71.4% |
| Without them | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 50% |
| Abel Yalew | Ethiopia | 1 |
| Abu Bakry Diop | Senegal | 1 |
| Abubeker Nasser | Ethiopia | 1 |
| Adrian Chama | Zambia | 1 |
| Alassane Maodo Kante | Senegal | 1 |
| Albert Diène | Senegal | 1 |
| Alexander Djiku | Ghana | 1 |
| Alioune Mbaye | Senegal | 1 |
| Amanuel Gebremichael | Ethiopia | 1 |
| Amanuel Yohannes | Ethiopia | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 16 Jul 2021 | v Mozambique | 3–0 | 24′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 11 Nov 2021 | v Zimbabwe | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 12 Oct 2021 | v Ethiopia | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 6 Sep 2021 | v Ghana | 1–0 | came on 77′ | 13 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 18 Jul 2021 | v Senegal | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 16 Jul 2021 | v Mozambique | 3–0 | started | 90 | 1 | Yellow | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 14 Jul 2021 | v Zambia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 13 Jul 2021 | v Lesotho | 4–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | 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.