Tallest: 4 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 32 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 37 | 31.3% |
| Without them | 65 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 92 | 42 | 52.3% |
| Absalom Iimbondi | Namibia | 3 |
| Ananias Gebhardt | Namibia | 3 |
| Marcel Papama | Namibia | 3 |
| Adalberto Carrasquilla | Panama | 2 |
| Ademola Lookman | Nigeria | 2 |
| Alex Iwobi | Nigeria | 2 |
| Aníbal Godoy | Panama | 2 |
| Benson Sakala | Zambia | 2 |
| Bill Antonio | Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | Nigeria | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 29 Dec 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 3–2 | 50′ | — | Go-ahead goal | 2–1 | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | 79′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 5 Sep 2025 | v Lesotho | 3–0 | 63′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Benin | 2–0 | 53′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 11 Oct 2024 | v Congo | 5–0 | 52′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 6 Sep 2024 | v Uganda | 2–2 | 14′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v DR Congo | 1–0 | 25′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–2 | 22′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–2 | 11′ | pen | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 9 Jun 2022 | v Morocco | 1–2 | 8′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 11 Jun 2026 | v Mexico | 0–2 | started, off 56′ | 56 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 29 May 2026 | v Nicaragua | 0–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 Mar 2026 | v Panama | 1–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2026 | v Panama | 1–1 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | — | Friendly |
| 4 Jan 2026 | v Cameroon | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2026 |
| 29 Dec 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 3–2 | started, off 73′ | 73 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 26 Dec 2025 | v Egypt | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | v Angola | 2–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 2025 |
| 15 Nov 2025 | v Zambia | 3–1 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Zimbabwe | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | started, off 90′ | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 5 Sep 2025 | v Lesotho | 3–0 | started, off 74′ | 74 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Benin | 2–0 | started, off 90′ | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 21 Mar 2025 | v Lesotho | 0–3 | started, off 82′ | 82 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 11 Oct 2024 | v Congo | 5–0 | started, off 68′ | 68 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v South Sudan | 3–2 | started, off 86′ | 86 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 6 Sep 2024 | v Uganda | 2–2 | started | 90 | 1 | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2024 |
| 7 Jun 2024 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 17 Oct 2023 | v Ivory Coast | 1–1 | came on 83′ | 7 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2023 | v Eswatini | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v DR Congo | 1–0 | started, off 81′ | 81 | 1 | Yellow | Friendly |
| 9 Sep 2023 | v Namibia | 0–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–2 | started, off 80′ | 80 | 2 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 9 Jun 2022 | v Morocco | 1–2 | started, off 62′ | 62 | 1 | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
| 29 Mar 2022 | v France | 0–5 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | — | Friendly |
| 25 Mar 2022 | v Guinea | 0–0 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2021 | v Sudan | 0–2 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2021 |
| 11 Oct 2020 | v Zambia | 1–2 | started, off 9′ | 9 | — | — | Friendly |
| 8 Oct 2020 | v Namibia | 1–1 | came on 52′ | 38 | — | — | Friendly |
| 8 Jun 2018 | v Botswana | 3–0 | came on 81′ | 9 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2018 |
| 5 Jun 2018 | v Namibia | 4–1 | came on 82′ | 8 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2018 |
| 3 Jun 2018 | v Madagascar | 0–0 | came on 85′ | 35 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2018 |
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.