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 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 47.8% |
| Without them | 64 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 89 | 53 | 43.8% |
| Absalom Iimbondi | Namibia | 2 |
| Achraf Hakimi | Morocco | 2 |
| Ademola Lookman | Nigeria | 2 |
| Alex Iwobi | Nigeria | 2 |
| Alhassan Yusuf | Nigeria | 2 |
| Allen Njie | Liberia | 2 |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | Nigeria | 2 |
| Calvin Bassey | Nigeria | 2 |
| Divine Lunga | Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Joachim Adukor | Liberia | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 9 Oct 2021 | v Ethiopia | 3–1 | 71′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Uganda | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Zimbabwe | 3–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 7 Jun 2024 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 7 Feb 2024 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | started | 120 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Semi-final |
| 3 Feb 2024 | v Cape Verde | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 30 Jan 2024 | v Morocco | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 24 Jan 2024 | v Tunisia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Jan 2024 | v Namibia | 4–0 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 16 Jan 2024 | v Mali | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 18 Nov 2023 | v Benin | 2–1 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 17 Oct 2023 | v Ivory Coast | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v DR Congo | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 17 Jun 2023 | v Morocco | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 29 Mar 2022 | v France | 0–5 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 25 Mar 2022 | v Guinea | 0–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 9 Oct 2021 | v Ethiopia | 3–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 6 Sep 2021 | v Ghana | 1–0 | started, off 77′ | 77 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 3 Sep 2021 | v Zimbabwe | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 11 Oct 2020 | v Zambia | 1–2 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | Friendly |
| 8 Oct 2020 | v Namibia | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 4 Jul 2017 | v Botswana | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2017 |
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.