Tallest: 5 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 4 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 43 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 83 | 36 | 60.5% |
| Without them | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 25 | 52.2% |
| Abbas Asi | Lebanon | 2 |
| Abdallah Nasib | Jordan | 2 |
| Abdullah Al-Khaibari | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| Abdulrahman Ghareeb | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| Ali Adnan Kadhim | Iraq | 2 |
| Ali Al-Bulayhi | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| Anas Hammad | Jordan | 2 |
| Aymen Hussein | Iraq | 2 |
| Bashar Resan Bonyan | Iraq | 2 |
| Brayan Landaverde | El Salvador | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 30 May 2026 | v Trinidad and Tobago | 5–0 | 77′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 30 May 2026 | v Trinidad and Tobago | 5–0 | 65′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 14 Nov 2025 | v Bolivia | 2–0 | 88′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 30 Jan 2024 | v Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | 90′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Singapore | 5–0 | 44′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 32′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 28 Nov 2022 | v Ghana | 2–3 | 61′ | — | Equaliser | 2–2 | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Group stage |
| 28 Nov 2022 | v Ghana | 2–3 | 58′ | — | Pulled one back | 1–2 | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Group stage |
| 14 Jun 2022 | v Egypt | 4–1 | 85′ | — | Extended lead | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 27 Jan 2022 | v Lebanon | 1–0 | 45′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2022 |
| 15 Jan 2022 | v Iceland | 5–1 | 15′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 24 Jun 2026 | v South Africa | 0–1 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 2026 | v Mexico | 0–1 | came on 77′ | 13 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 3 Jun 2026 | v El Salvador | 1–0 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | Friendly |
| 30 May 2026 | v Trinidad and Tobago | 5–0 | came on 61′ | 29 | 2 | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2026 | v Ivory Coast | 0–4 | came on 58′ | 32 | — | — | Friendly |
| 18 Nov 2025 | v Ghana | 1–0 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | Friendly |
| 14 Nov 2025 | v Bolivia | 2–0 | came on 76′ | 14 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 26 Mar 2024 | v Thailand | 3–0 | started, off 56′ | 56 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 21 Mar 2024 | v Thailand | 1–1 | came on 73′ | 17 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 6 Feb 2024 | v Jordan | 0–2 | came on 56′ | 34 | — | Yellow | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Semi-final |
| 2 Feb 2024 | v Australia | 2–1 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 30 Jan 2024 | v Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | came on 64′ | 56 | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 25 Jan 2024 | v Malaysia | 3–3 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 20 Jan 2024 | v Jordan | 2–2 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 15 Jan 2024 | v Bahrain | 3–1 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | Yellow | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 6 Jan 2024 | v Iraq | 1–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v China PR | 3–0 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Singapore | 5–0 | started, off 65′ | 65 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 17 Oct 2023 | v Vietnam | 6–0 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2023 | v Tunisia | 4–0 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 7 Sep 2023 | v Wales | 0–0 | started, off 73′ | 73 | — | — | Friendly |
| 20 Jun 2023 | v El Salvador | 1–1 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | Friendly |
| 16 Jun 2023 | v Peru | 0–1 | came on 63′ | 27 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Uruguay | 1–2 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | Friendly |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Colombia | 2–2 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | — | Friendly |
| 5 Dec 2022 | v Brazil | 1–4 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Round of 16 |
| 2 Dec 2022 | v Portugal | 2–1 | started, off 90′ | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Group stage |
| 28 Nov 2022 | v Ghana | 2–3 | started | 90 | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Group stage |
| 24 Nov 2022 | v Uruguay | 0–0 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Group stage |
| 11 Nov 2022 | v Iceland | 1–0 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | — | Friendly |
| 14 Jun 2022 | v Egypt | 4–1 | came on 79′ | 11 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 10 Jun 2022 | v Paraguay | 2–2 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | Friendly |
| 6 Jun 2022 | v Chile | 2–0 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | Friendly |
| 24 Mar 2022 | v Iran | 2–0 | came on 67′ | 23 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2022 |
| 1 Feb 2022 | v Syria | 2–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2022 |
| 27 Jan 2022 | v Lebanon | 1–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2022 |
| 20 Jan 2022 | v Moldova | 4–0 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 Jan 2022 | v Iceland | 5–1 | started, off 61′ | 61 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 16 Nov 2021 | v Iraq | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 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.