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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Without them | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Abel Yalew | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Abubeker Nasser | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Amanuel Gebremichael | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Amanuel Yohannes | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Aschalew Tamene | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Asrat Tonjo | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Fasil Gebremichael | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Getaneh Kebede | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Mesud Mohammed | Ethiopia | 2 |
| Remedan Yesuf | Ethiopia | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 16 Jul 2021 | v Mozambique | 3–0 | 59′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 9 Jun 2022 | v Morocco | 1–2 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
| 12 Oct 2021 | v Ethiopia | 1–0 | started, off 74′ | 74 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 9 Oct 2021 | v Ethiopia | 3–1 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 18 Jul 2021 | v Senegal | 0–0 | started, off 79′ | 79 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 16 Jul 2021 | v Mozambique | 3–0 | started, off 85′ | 85 | 1 | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 14 Jul 2021 | v Zambia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 13 Jul 2021 | v Lesotho | 4–0 | started | 90 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 8 Jul 2021 | v Eswatini | 1–0 | came on 81′ | 9 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2021 |
| 6 Jul 2021 | v Botswana | 1–0 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | 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.