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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ailton Yude Macuacua | Mozambique | 1 |
| Alford Velaphi | Botswana | 1 |
| Amadú | Mozambique | 1 |
| Ando Rakotondrazaka | Madagascar | 1 |
| Bame Morwalela | Botswana | 1 |
| Bastia Eddit | Madagascar | 1 |
| Chico Chico | Mozambique | 1 |
| Danilo | Mozambique | 1 |
| Dario Esteve | Mozambique | 1 |
| Datsiry | Madagascar | 1 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Jul 2022 | v Botswana | 2–1 | 80′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | COSAFA Cup 2022 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 17 Jul 2022 | v Botswana | 2–1 | came on 40′ | 50 | 1 | — | COSAFA Cup 2022 |
| 15 Jul 2022 | v Madagascar | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2022 |
| 13 Jul 2022 | v Mozambique | 0–0 | started | 120 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2022 |
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.