Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 47.1% |
| Without them | 44 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 48 | 36 | 45.5% |
| Achraf Hakimi | Morocco | 2 |
| Fiston Mayele | DR Congo | 2 |
| Joris Kayembe | DR Congo | 2 |
| Meschack Elia | DR Congo | 2 |
| Nayef Aguerd | Morocco | 2 |
| Noussair Mazraoui | Morocco | 2 |
| Nuke Mfulu | DR Congo | 2 |
| Romain Saïss | Morocco | 2 |
| Silas Katompa-Mvumpa | DR Congo | 2 |
| Yoane Wissa | DR Congo | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Jun 2023 | v Morocco | 2–1 | 48′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–1 | 19′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 20 Nov 2022 | v Angola | 1–1 | 28′ | pen | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 10 Feb 2024 | v DR Congo | 0–0 | came on 89′ | 1 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Third-place play-off |
| 7 Feb 2024 | v Nigeria | 1–1 | came on 75′ | 45 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Semi-final |
| 3 Feb 2024 | v Cape Verde | 0–0 | came on 103′ | 17 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 30 Jan 2024 | v Morocco | 2–0 | came on 72′ | 18 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 24 Jan 2024 | v Tunisia | 0–0 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Jan 2024 | v Namibia | 4–0 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 16 Jan 2024 | v Mali | 0–2 | came on 73′ | 17 | — | — | African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Rwanda | 0–2 | came on 52′ | 38 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 18 Nov 2023 | v Benin | 2–1 | came on 52′ | 38 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 13 Oct 2023 | v Eswatini | 0–0 | came on 76′ | 14 | — | — | Friendly |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v DR Congo | 1–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Jun 2023 | v Morocco | 2–1 | started, off 77′ | 77 | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Liberia | 2–1 | started | 90 | 1 | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 20 Nov 2022 | v Angola | 1–1 | started, off 71′ | 71 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 17 Nov 2022 | v Mozambique | 2–1 | started, off 89′ | 89 | — | — | Friendly |
| 24 Sep 2022 | v Sierra Leone | 4–0 | started, off 84′ | 84 | — | — | Friendly |
| 2 Jun 2019 | v Botswana | 2–2 | came on 58′ | 62 | — | — | COSAFA Cup 2019 |
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.